Colossal Canada Crossword

Across

1 Hold the handle

5 Cuckoo bird variety 8 Rugby formation

13 Tread 17 Ail __ (Roasted garlic in a Montreal restaurant) 18 Mr. Green, co-founder of Canadian retailer Roots 19 “__-__-Loo-RaLoo-Ral” by Bing Crosby 20 Tara __,“Fly Girl” Canadian country singer 21 The Confederation Bridge spans it to connect PEI to New Brunswick, __ Passage 23 Med. pro treating urgent care patients: 2 wds. 24 “Love It or __ ItVancouver” 25 Joggins __ __ (UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nova Scotia along the Bay of Fundy, it’s 300 million years old) 27 They’re green on trees 29 Swiss-born artist, Paul __ (b.1879 - d.1940) 30 Pittance of Paris’past 31 Canadian singer Ms. Clark who hosts the radio show‘Country Gold’ 32 Newfoundland town on Conception Bay, a British colony established in 1610

35 ‘B’of HBC 36 Arctic fish 37 Do basic math 40 Economic blessings 41 Family 42 Good: French 43 Hint 44 Winnipeg Blue Bombers org. 45 “Haha ...sure!”: 2 wds.

47 Chq. account opposite 48 Ranges 50 Relative-bymarriage 52 Break up 54 Eyes, in Latin 55 Legendary singer/ songwriter whose music about our great land lives on: 3 wds. 58 Chilliwack’s precipitation song 59 Prophets 60 Sitting spots inTVrooms 61 Mountaineer’s climb

63 Tub 64 Vancouver Island: Harbour community Ucluelet’s cute nickname

65 Ms. Merkel of movies

68 “__ ‘70s Show” 69 Canadian satellite launched in 1972 71 Jimmy 72 ‘Totalled’ attractions in tourism

74 Mr. Mineo 75 Heroic saga 76 Before-Fri. day 77 Seven-member group 78 Spreads at the party 80 Covert gr. in The States 81 __ Fein (Republican party in Ireland) 82 River for London, Ontario, it’s like being in England 84 Final jurisdiction on the road for appellate cases in Canada: 2 wds. 89 Uncommon: Latin 90 Characteristic 92 __ Formation (Up-and-coming geological area of Alberta gaining attention in the energy sector) 93 Picnic-loving bugs 94 Safari animal, for short 95 ‘Advert’add-on 96 It swooshes to the shore 97 “Yahoos!” 98 Looooong street inToronto

99 Ordinal suffixes 100 Alteration

locations

Down

1 Steffi of tennis

2 Automated telephone messages, __-calls 3 ‘Social’suffixes (Party invitees) 4 Hamilton: He gets fans cheering atTiger-Cats games, __ Pete 5 Namesakes of Fred Astaire’s entertainer sister 6 Pop orderer’s request: 2 wds. 7 Global [abbr.] 8 Place __-__ (Posh shopping mall in Quebec City) 9 Greek island where Prince Philip was born June 10th, 1921 10 Stewart and Steiger

11 It means ‘Tail’ 12 Canadian magazine with a red maple leaf apostrophe 13 __ eclipse 14 Canadian board game since 1981: 2 wds. 15 Simplicity 16 Installments of money owed [abbr.]

22 It’s fished, not farmed: 2 wds. 26 “This __ __ absolute outrage!” 28 Flub

31 Tea, in Quebec 32 “Murdoch Mysteries”airer 33 Big sch. in Edmonton, _ __ A 34 Liberal, Conservative or New Democratic: 2 wds. 35 Canadian recording artist, __ Naked 36 Municipal 38 Sword-wielding battles 39 Mr.Arnaz 41 New Zealand birds

42 Lip ointments 43 Hot chocolate 46 Devitalize 47 __ Canada (Federal athletic agency) 49 Canadian Confederation was the topic in 1864 at the Charlottetown __, in Prince Edward Island 51 Nine-person musical group 52 Vegan’s barbecue no-no

53 Sea __ __ Highway, in British Columbia 55 Beyonce aka __ Fierce 56 Alberta hamlet east of

Red Deer

57 San Francisco’s __ Valley

58 “Darn it!” 62 Cheticamp, Nova Scotia is famed for what textile art? 64 Montevideo is its cap. city 66 Direction opposite SSW

67 Nova Scotia hrs. 70 Negative answers 71 Racing horse movie,“__ Lap” (1983) 73 Visiting the cottage maybe: 2 wds. 75 Season after ‘Printemps’ 76 Performers at The National Ballet of Canada dance on what? 77 Strainers 79 Accumulate 80 Line-prompter’s theatrical activity 81 Flatten, cute-style 82 Cafeteria order carrier 83 Juliette Binoche’s role in “The English Patient” (1996) 84 Johnny __ (1940s baseball pitcher) 85 Fine-tune 86 L’Eglise __ du Canada (The United Church of Canada) 87 Royal Canadian Navy rank, e.g. 88 Nautical ropes 91 17th Greek alphabet letter