Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

Across

1 Devil costume part 5 “__ Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal” (1996 to 2000 series hosted by #111-Down) 8 Bird of Minerva 11 __ soap opera (#84-Down is one) 17 #21-Across’ post-apocalypti­c setting 19 Law: French 20 Apple device 21 Jim Steinman’s new musical bringing the classic Meat Loaf album to life: 4 wds. 23 Sting’s wife Trudie who produced 2009 sci-fi flick “Moon” 24 Stars science [abbr.] 25 Pre-Halloween... Mat Night prankster’s prop, in Montreal 26 Greek alphabet letter 27 Aye 28 Laboratory attempt 31 Caesar’s 3501 33 Sound from the cornfield 35 Approximat­ion 38 Initials-sharers of the escape artist who died October 31st, 1926 40 Theme song from 197666’s “The Omen” composed by Jerry Goldsmith: 2 wds. 44 Preacher’s title, e.g. 45 Bram Stoker’s land 46 Seance table shape, for short 47 Dishes 48 “The __ Horror” (1979) starring Margot Kidder 51 Frat. counterpar­t 53 “Scream” (1996) star Ms. Campbell 54 Sun-related 55 Mr. Bridges of “Bear Island” (1979), also starring Donald Sutherland 57 “Scream Queens” star Ms. Michele 59 Ms. Dawn Chong of “Mysterious Ways” 60 Lumber jack rolling-a-log-on water 62 Firstborn 65 Sort of slitherer 68 ‘Computer’ suffix (Techie jargon) 69 Coffee drinker’s pref’ 71 Martin of “The Dead Zone”(1983), directed by David Cronenberg 75 Scratch 77 Three, in Rome 79 Rick Moranis’ character in “Ghost-busters” (1984): 2 wds. 81 Environmen­t 83 Items-to-get note, for short 85 “Interview with the Vampire” (1994) star Stephen’s surnamesak­es 86 Deceive 87 Toronto venue where #21-Across is now on stage, __ __ Theatre 89 Math course, e.g. 90 Greatest 91 Lettered supermarke­t 92 Swedish autos 95 Art for Jean Arp 97 Low: French 99 Distress at sea 101 Insider’s info, informally 103 In the distance 106 Welsh writer Mr. Machen (b.1863 - d.1947) of The Great God Pan 108 Hamilton-born actor who starred as the vampire Barnabas Collins on #84-Down: 2 wds. 112 Scottish actor Mr. Butler of “Dracula 2000” (2000) 113 Have debts 114 Toronto’s castle attraction, where to experience the Legends of Horror theatrical Halloween promenade: 2 wds. 115 Agree: 2 wds. 116 ‘Count’ suffix 117 Elevs. 118 “Angels & Demons” (2009) star Mr. McGregor

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1 From A __ _ (Starting step) 2 Rhyme scheme 3 ‘Special’ suffixes 4 “Hannibal” (2001) star Ray 5 Snake’s scary spot 6 __ Paulo, Brazil 7 Data 8 Latin for ‘oil’ 9 “Clap for the __” by The Guess Who 10 Tiny, tiny-ly 11 Lillian of“The Cobweb”(1955) 12 Like a magician’s illusion 13 Archaic‘ your’ 14 It burns the demon in “The Exorcist”(1973): 2 wds. 15 Arrow poison 16 Canadian actor Michael of “This Is the End” (2013) 18 Tough, in Tadoussac 22 Tailoring site 26 Pumpkin dessert 29 Switchblad­e 30 Scary movie 32 Purchases for the home theatre 34 Slanted, __ __ angle 35 Rosemary’s Baby novelist Mr. Levin’s 36 Up-andcoming band’s submission 37 “The __ Dead” (1981) 39 River of France 41 Shopping jag 42 Saint Petersburg’s river 43 “_ __ dead people.”- Line in “The Sixth Sense”(1999) 45 Hawk’s habitation 46 King: Spanish 49 Computer keyboard key 50 1995 horror flick, “__ of Illusions” 52 British composer Mike of the distinctiv­e theme music of“The Exorcist”(1973) 56 Art __ 58 Helpers, for short 61 Q-W link 63 Ms. Linney of “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” (2005) 64 Wee weekday 65 Pinnacle 66 Slipped 67 Psychic fair offering 70 “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” singer Mr. John, to pals 72 She: French 73 “__ Coming” by Three Dog Night 74 Russian negative 76 “Ghostbuste­rs” (2016) star Kristen 78 British actress Ms. Lanchester of “Bride of Frankenste­in” (1935) 80 “The Twilight __: New Moon” (2009) 82 Expunging 84 “Dark __” (TV classic of 1966 to 1971) 88 Magazine edition [abbr.] 90 Mystify 93 Skeleton components 94 Beauty retreat 96 Mr. Carvey of “Little Nicky” (2000) 97 Halloween candy totes 98 Region 100 Alphabetic­al and numerical, e.g. 102 Inscribe the tombstone 104 Sequential­ly, in _ __ 105 Terza __ (Italian verse form) 107 Barnyard fodder 108 Coffee 109 Witch’s topper 110 Beast of burden 111 Mr. Aykroyd

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