COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Letters to the left of GHJKL on the computer keyboard
5. Montreal Canadiens, to hockey fans
9. Plea “Pretty, please!”
12. Taken __ (Surprised)
17. Brogue or Oxford
18. “There ought to be _ __ against that!”
19. Letter ‘H’ in Athens
20. __ aves (‘Rare birds’ in Latin)
21. Start to ‘scope’ (Capricorn’s daily read)
22. Brand of spring water from Mirabel, Quebec
23. It’s sold by Canadian companies The Brick and Leon’s
25. ‘The Canadian Samson’... Lifter-of-extremely-heavyweights Louis Cyr (b.1863 - d.1912) was known as the what?: 3 wds.
28. Dwindles, __ out
29. Pre-fri. day
30. Kimono accessories
31. Pu-__ (Variety of tea from China)
32. Rip
34. Turn to for trusty support: 2 wds.
36. Ara __ Prec (1920 T.S. Eliot poetry volume)
39. Irving, Grant and Schumer
41. Fancy-style muscle/strength
43. Chum
44. Prefix to ‘phone’ (Antique record player)
46. Gym bag powders
48. Kathie Gifford link
49. Old road of Rome
51. Panache
52. Add to the bowl, as per a recipe: 2 wds.
54. Instruct
56. Young eels
58. Delivery trucks
59. Sewing __
60. Clairvoyant
61. Traditional cone-shaped dwelling
63. Skincare formula
65. Hockey game segment
68. Simplicity
69. 1991: “Walking in Memphis” by Marc __
71. Furrow
73. Carolyn __ (Pen name behind ‘Nancy Drew’ mysteries)
74. Certain cliff
76. Show agreement
77. Genuine
79. Twirl
80. Reserved
81. Get by salary-wise: 2 wds.
84. Scoundrel
86. Singer Mr. Orbison
87. Range in Russia, __ Mountains
88. Tree in Gilligan’s island backyard
90. ‘Rabbits’ in Rimouski
92. Rock classic “Flip Flop and Fly” was famously covered in 1973 by this legendary Canadian group: 3 wds.
97. Town or Bay in Newfoundland
98. __ __ were (Seemingly)
99. Me-me-me’s ...and more me’s!
101. Lone Star State denizen 102. Putrefaction
103. “Song for the __” (Maritime folk tune)
104. __ mater
105. ‘Speak’ Shakespeareanstyle
106. Certain compass pt. 107. Tennis serving whiz 108. Old depilatory brand
DOWN
1. Fireplace stuff
2. Non-slip accessory in the bathroom: 2 wds.
3. Winnipeg-born poet (b.1909 - d.1996) who won the Governor General’s Literary Award, first in 1944 and again in 1947: 2 wds.
4. American-born Canadian star Colm of “Bon Cop, Bad Cop” (2006)
5. Landline telephone piece
6. Sigher’s word...
7. Thoroughfare-of-finance in downtown Toronto: 2 wds.
8. Strip of fabric
9. Shot often taken (in order to ‘After’ see the progress made) at the commencement of a fitness overhaul: 2 wds.
10. Vingt-__-__ (‘Twenty-one’ in Quebec)
11. Frightful spout on the cathedral
12. On the way up from the horizon
13. Newfoundland... Joe __
Arm (Fogo Island community)
14. Variety of lily
15. “Fame” (1980) star Irene
16. Eager
24. Biblical peak
26. Lettered transportation service in Edmonton
27. 1921 Karel Capek sci-fi play
28. Marshy matters
33. Toronto Marlies sports org.
35. Thin wood strip
36. Windsor-born broadcaster, a Member of the Order of Canada: 2 wds.
37. Mr. Sharif of “Doctor Zhivago” (1965)
38. William and Harry, to Prince Charles
40. Windshield clearer in Winter
42. The news segment of created-by-a-canadian (Lorne Michaels) sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live”: 2 wds.
45. Holds in high honour
47. Trigonometry ratio
50. Aretha Franklin’s signature song segment: “_-_-_-_-E-C-T / Find out what it means to me...”
53. Itsy-bitsy bit of a min.
55. Oxygen
57. Potato __ Soup
61. “Guarding __” (1994) starring Shirley Maclaine
62. Apiece
63. “Begone!”
64. Canadian channel of VJS and videos launched in 1984
66. One of Saint Basil’s Cathedral’s vivid architectural features in Moscow: 2 wds.
67. Oscar-winning Canadian director Mr. Arcand
70. Carton of soy milk capacity, for instance: 2 wds.
72. French restaurant ‘tea’
75. %
78. The Tornados’ 1962 charttopping instrumental hit
82. Comic actress Madeline
83. Identifying flap on the office file
85. Newfoundland pup
87. Character in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757
89. Loads transporter in The Andes
91. Ancient song of joy of Greece
92. ‘Produce’ and ‘Bakery’ in the grocery store [abbr.]
93. __ europaea (Olive, botanically)
94. Candle-ish or Crayon-ish
95. “The __ in Winter” (1968)
96. Ireland
100. Rested