COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. Ms. Simpson, CBC News Senior Reporter
6. Got-a-glimpse, to Tweety Bird
9. Bears: Spanish
13. Away
16. 1961 Patsy Cline chart-topper: “_ __ to Pieces”
17. Singer Ms. Grant of 1956 tune “The Wayward Wind”
18. Receipt, in Rimouski
19. Spiritual ideal
20. Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque and Tim Horton
22. Custard-filled dessert
23. Poetic contraction
24. Adjust
25. Tic-Tac-Toe winner
26. Advanced gradually
28. Shop assistant
30. One tops Montreal’s Mount Royal
32. South Seas story by Herman Melville
33. Paddle
34. Steinbach-Manitoba-born author of 2004 Governor General’s Award winning novel A Complicated Kindness: 2 wds.
38. Jester’s sceptre topped with a carved head
42. Wizard __ __ (Comic strip)
43. Chocolate __ Candies (Canadian confectioner since 2003)
44. Westerns star Mr. Gulager
45. Swedish car
46. Dwindle
47. It means ‘Bones’
48. __-toity
50. George Gershwin’s brother
51. Canadian music legends Ian or Sylvia
53. “Hockey Night in Canada” innovation in 1955: 2 wds.
56. Cosmetic surgery operation, e.g.
58. Sundial number
59. The ‘T’ in TV
60. Florida promontory from whence the historic space event at #17-Down took place in 1972: 2 wds.
65. Queen’s __ Council for Canada
69. Cellular letters
70. Matrikin
71. In-small-crates li’l citrus fruits
73. Gladiator’s 54
74. Stars sci.
76. Dr. __ (Rap music icon)
77. Edible seaweed
78. Jazz legend Ms. Fitzgerald
79. ‘The __ to the West’ (Winnipeg)
81. What ‘they called her’ in the Gordon Lightfoot tune: 2 wds.
83. Bambi’s aunt
84. Mo’__ (French Polynesia island)
86. Olympics great Ms. Korbut, and namesakes
87. __-Tracy (City in Quebec)
89. Write poetry
91. Word’s li’l meaning
92. Whopper
95. Harvest goddess of Roman myth
96. Timber wolf
98. Saskatchewan town east of Prince Albert
101. God willing, __ volente
102. Put __ __ writing (Have a contract)
103. Linguist Mr. Chomsky
104. Completed
105. __-Margret
106. Memo
107. Clothe
108. “I’m __” by Bryan Adams
Down
1. “The __ in the Hall” (Canada’s legendary sketch comedy series)
2. For _ __ (Money will make it happen)
3. William H. __ (1909 to 1913 US President)
4. ‘Tact’ suffix
5. Alberta village southeast of Red Deer
6. Canadian comic Mr. Green
7. American writer James __ (b.1909 d.1955), posthumous Pulitzer-winner in 1958 for A Death in the Family
8. Microsoft’s famous operating system
9. 1762-premiering Gluck opera, __ ed Euridice
10. Uniquely-named Fogo Island community in Newfoundland that’s ‘Rarely-Small Rarely’?
11. Wood sorrel
12. Canadian energy company headquartered in Calgary
13. Sort of canoe paddle shape: 2 wds.
14. Impartial
15. Music for #51-Across
17. As per #60-Across... Canadian satellite Anik A1 was launched via a Delta rocket into a what above the Earth?: 2 wds.
21. Ernie of iconic Canadian show “Mr. Dressup”
27. Sports team bosses, in brief
29. Thailand neighbour
30. “El __” (1961)
31. Danish philosopher Mr. Kierkegaard
34. __ & Chandon Champagne
35. “Two __ __ Sea” (1996)
36. BBQ orders
37. Wearing, like wind and waves
39. Other: French
40. Canadian singer/songwriter Ms. MacLean
41. Online auctioneer
44. Bamboozle
47. Where skater’s skate basically: 2 wds.
48. Barbershop request
49. Puppy’s sounds!
52. Grand __ Opry
54. Neckwear
55. ‘P’ of WPM
57. Zoo’s bamboo-eater
60. Jagged cliff
61. Looped vase handle
62. For Better or For Worse comic strip family surname
63. Corroded
64. “We’re __ __ Blame” by Canadian band Sum 41
66. Latin pronoun
67. Foul
68. Hockey Hall of Famer Mr. Cournoyer
72. Business news headline
75. Movie star Ms. Russo
77. Cap __ (Chateau Frontenac sits atop it in Quebec City)
78. Busy hosp. areas
80. Pamela of the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame
81. “Halo” singer, to fans
82. Movie’s lighting electrician
85. Winery river valley in France
87. Pop
88. Frank
90. Fun suffix to ‘Switch’
92. Lake near Erickson, Manitoba
93. __ _’Orleans, Quebec
94. Guitar legend Duane
97. It means ‘Ear’
99. Suitcase
100. Suffix to ‘Serpent’