COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. D-Day, __ 6th, 1944 (More at #61Down)
5. URL’s . follower often
8. Circled
13. Alphabetic quartet
17. “Once __ a time...” (Fairytale starter)
18. Charlemagne’s li’l realm
19. Point __ (Located in Ontario, it’s the most southerly point of Canada’s mainland)
20. “Deal __ __ Deal” (Howie Mandel’s game show)
21. Mob-dispersing equipment as at a G7 Summit: 2 wds.
23. Heroine of Longfellow’s poem set during the Acadian expulsion
25. Ambitiously aim
26. Denmark’s people
28. One’s long-running occupation, __ work
29. Celebrated pachyderm Jumbo, for one (He tragically was killed in 1885 when struck by a train in St. Thomas, Ontario): 2 wds.
33. Canadian tennis player Ms. Bouchard
36. “__ bodkins!” (Olde-style “Holy moly!”)
37. Elvis sound-alike Mr. Donner
38. Ted Baxter’s news station, _ _ _-TV
41. Nero’s 1150
42. Canadian director of “Mommy” (2014), Xavier __
44. Barbershop service
46. Berth
47. _ __ of bread (Convenience store purchase)
49. ‘Fluor’ finisher
50. “__ Como Va” by Santana
51. Satellites
52. __ Suspension Bridge, in North Vancouver
54. Strummed 4-stringer
55. Vinegary
56. ‘The Poet of the Yukon’: 2 wds.
59. “Maybe so, however...”: 2 wds.
62. Say “Sure.” with a signal
63. “Here’s an item I want you to hawk.”: 2 wds.
67. Venomous snake
68. Canada’s 15th Prime Minister’s monogram
69. __ down (Set back the progress)
70. Having the intention, with an __ __
71. Dry
72. Green stone mined in British Columbia
73. Sarah McLachlan ballad
75. Island of Kyushu volcano
76. Mesh
77. Lid
78. House of Commons debaters, commonly
80. How Canada’s motto ‘A Mari usque ad Mare’ is written: 2 wds.
82. Woodland in the epic Tale at #23-Across: 2 wds.
86. Seaport in Ireland
88. Semi-sheer curtain fabric
89. Like customers-attracting store items: 2 wds.
93. Plants like #102-Across
96. __ Islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
98. “Up and __ ‘__!”
99. Mountains of South America 100. Oz bird
101. Transmit
102. Fancy name of Alberta’s provincial flower the Wild Rose, __ acicularis
103. Temper tantrum, __ fit
104. View
105. New Zealand birds
Down
1.__ Mountains of Switzerland France
2. “Breaking __ __ Hard to Do” by Neil Sedaka
3. “Wrooong!”
4. Tempt
5. “Bye!” in England
6. British songstress Rita
7. __ __ Labrador (French for ‘Labrador Sea’)
8. Unlocked
9. British Columbia mountain city
10. Indifferent
11. ‘Eight’ ender
12. Univ. grad’s honour
13. Canadian comedy improviser Mr. Mochrie
14. The Band song which, like #23-Across, is about The Great Upheaval: “Acadian __”
15. Feminine suffix
16. Enemies
22. What the Old Stone Mill (a National Historic Site of Canada) in Delta, Ontario continues to do: 2 wds.
24. Airline of Israel: 2 wds.
27. Seamlessly united: 2 wds.
30. “Ashes” songstress Ms. Dion
31. Prayer bench, __-dieu
32. Stage lover
33. Apple computer, once
34. American sch.
35. Lumpy meal serving
39. Ms. Mitchell of Canadian singing/ songwriting
40. Richie’s mom, to The Fonz: wd. + letter
43. Embellished
45. University in Toronto
46. Portion/share
48. Inflated cottage mattress
51. __ & Stewart (Canadian book publisher)
53. Concerning, for short
54. Across-the-Cdn.-border currency
55. Be under the weather
57. Symbolic carved monuments of the Northwest Coast: 2 wds.
58. Spud or zuke or cuke
59. Mr. Cournoyer, Hockey Hall of Famer
60. Ireland
61. Fighters flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Normandy Landings, keeping the skies clear of enemy planes
64. Warmth
65. “__ _.” (Posh reply to “Who’s there?”)
66. Shortly
68. Tabloid’s pics-takers
69. Pesto herb
72. __ Fresh (Canadian fashion line at Loblaw stores)
74. “Free Your Mind” singers in 1992: 2 wds.
77. Jeff Bridges’ 1982 iconic sci-fi movie
79. Very Victorian
81. Prairie community which sounds like a combo of two provinces
83. South-of-Regina town, home to the Southern Prairie Railway of tourist train trips in Saskatchewan
84. Commercials, e.g.: 2 wds.
85. Funny social media images
86. Bowsprit, for example
87. Oscar-winner Jared
90. Boat’s sheltered position
91. Ms. Horne of “Stormy Weather” (1943)
92. Remnants
94. “Uh-uh, never!”
95. Suffix for pasta names
97. Soul: French