COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1 Tree that’s very ‘poplar’ with snacking beavers 6 Bennett, Borden and Bowell, e.g. 9 Tender 12 The __ Peninsula 17 ‘Nervy’ prefix to ‘science’ 18 Porridge morsel 19 Suffix to ‘Invent’ (Stock) 20 Radiant 21 __ _. Rombauer (Joy of Cooking author) 22 Southern Ontario attraction, __ Falls 24 Racket 25 ChapStick targets 26 Cosmicomics writer Mr. Calvino 27 It means ‘Peculiar’ 29 Compose 30 __ Lake Provincial Park, in British Columbia 32 Power failures mean there’s no what, for short? 34 Dir. opposite SSE 36 Alanis Morissette hit that goes “It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid...” 38 Toronto-born architect of #84-Across: 2 wds. 43 Author Ms. Rand 45 Athlete in the ring 47 Biblical grandson 48 ‘October 31st’, for example 49 Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice “__” Richard 51 Not positive [abbr.] 53 __ & Sciences 55 Operate 56 Spicy tea variety 57 Ringo of The Beatles 59 Took the trophy once again 61 Canada’s David Cronenberg for “Scanners” (1981) or “The Dead Zone” (1983) or “The Fly” (1986): 3 wds. 67 Grey/green songbird 68 Gulf leaders 69 Mal de __ (Montrealer’s headache) 70 It means ‘Centre’ 72 Discontinue 74 Hydrocarbon suffix 75 One of the Discovery Islands in British Columbia 77 Place for a game of hockey 79 “__ cost ya!” 81 Capital of Afghanistan 83 Scoundrel 84 __ Museum Bilbao (Cultural attraction in Spain, as per #38-Across) 87 “Thanks, that really __ _ lot.” (I’m appreciative) 89 Charles, to Andrew or Edward, for short 90 Bump on _ __ 92 TTC, Toronto __ Commission 95 Access-to-theweb co. 98 Unfortunately 100 Dispense 102 Raison d’__ 103 Showbiz star, shortly 105 Frybread of Indigenous cuisine 107 Mr. Lugosi’s of “Dracula” (1931) 108 Jazzy Canadian singer/pianist Diana 109 Singer Ms. DiFranco 110 ‘Electr’ ender 111 Mr. Hart’s of Canadian wrestling greatness 112 Successful self-praiser’s exclamation!: 2 wds. 113 Dollars dispenser, diminutively 114 Butterfly logo co. 115 Way for cargo ships to travel: 2 wds.
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1 ‘It’s __ __ wind that blows nobody any good’ 2 Opera __ (Serious opera style) 3 Halloween-time activity: 2 wds. 4 Pencil’s pink part 5 Headshakes 6 Saskatchewan town where the Notre Dame d’Auvergne Church is located 7 Pleiades sister in Greek myth 8 Unfresh at the bakery 9 Fashion scarf 10 The name of this Alberta town is derived from the words ‘irrigation canals’ 11 Pair 12 New Brunswick chocolatier established in 1873 13 Way back then 14 Fall 15 Model 16 Paterson __, Canadian painter (b.1925 - d.2002) of Gibbous Moon 23 ‘Green’ game 26 “This __ __ a test.” (It’s the real deal, folks) 28 Boulevard in Winnipeg 31 Earring’s spot 33 Poet’s ‘previously’ 35 Bus. week day 37 100 in Sicily 39 James __ Memorial Trophy (Bobby Orr won it eight times) 40 Petrifying places of terrifying turrets, cobwebbed corners, bitter bats, creepy crypts ...Ooooooo!: 2 wds. 41 Football positions, e.g. 42 “__-haw!” 43 Curve 44 “__ __ (A Pirate’s Life for Me)” 46 Steal long ago 50 Opera singer, Dame __ Te Kanawa 52 Grunge 54 Stockholm’s country, in brief 57 Un-lumpy 58 Dip the quill once more 60 It means ‘Eight’ 62 Alternatives 63 Anti-aging skincare serum 64 Aspiration 65 Other, in Spain 66 Canadian skiing legend Ken 70 Unit of work 71 ‘More’ musically 73 Village on Cape Breton Island, __ Bay 75 Milk carton size perhaps 76 Skeleton’s forearm bone 78 Cold War spy org. 80 Small, fun-style 82 Archaically indicate 85 Sirop d’__ (Maple syrup, in Quebec) 86 Complain and complain 88 Sort of scornful 91 __ and doom 93 Upset 94 TSN anchor Ms. Bonhomme (Player on Canada’s golden 2010 Olympic ice hockey team) 95 “Ewww!” 96 Evening, in Rome 97 Dramatist’s output 99 Poetic rhyme scheme, e.g. 101 Flat-screen televisions, e.g. 104 Furniture wood 106 Classic pick-upsticks game 107 ‘Start With Trust’ is this consumer org.’s slogan