COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD Today’s Puzzle Solution

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1 Astonished reaction! 5 Famous spaghetti sauce brand 9 Exec. levels 13 Food package meas.: 2 wds. 17 “Is that for here __ __ go?” (Fast food query) 18 “_ __ It Bad” by Usher 19 Slangy suffix to ‘Switch’ 20 “__, __! I didn’t see you at first.” (Greeting to the just-spotted) 21 Saw or drill 22 “White Flag” songstress 23 Canadian forest’s patriotic standout: 2 wds. 25 Newfoundland town on Conception Bay near Butter Pot Provincial Park 27 Person’s ‘Potbellied’ porcine pal: 2 wds. 28 Atop, poetically 29 “Taj __” by Canadian singer Sam Roberts 30 Canadian Arcotts, for instance 32 Eat in the pasture 34 Titus and Napoleon, e.g. 36 Mr. Sverdrup (b.1854 - d.1930), Norwegian explorer of the Canadian Arctic 37 Inground __ pool 38 Musical events at Toronto summer fair the Canadian National Exhibition: 2 wds. 43 Verdi creation 44 Sitcom star Ms. Remini’s 45 Mountain range spines 48 Hold ups 50 Three, in Rome 51 Vertical’s opp. 52 Atlanta Braves’ baseball div. 53 Tax bureau in The US 54 Denizens of Lethbridge’s province 57 Mil. title 58 __-friendly 59 Mr. Scheider of “Jaws” (1975) 60 Piece of the pie, puny-ly 61 They debate the Grits in the House of Commons 64 Protective toppers at the beach 67 Chart-topping song 69 Jack of early’90s series “Twin Peaks” 70 Extinct mammal on the ‘Fangs of Death’ badge of the 439 Combat Support Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force: 2 wds. 73 Withdraw oneself from a court case 75 Aussie birds 76 BC football player 77 Convex moulding 78 Specialists at shorthand, shortly 80 Ms. Brown, Videographer at CityNews in Toronto 83 Garlic: French 84 Fox: French 86 __ Falls (Small town in the outdoor recreation ‘Sunset Country’ region of northwestern Ontario) 89 __. __ Horseman (1971 Mordecai Richler novel) 91 Dame __ Dench 92 Neighbour of Belg. 93 Domesticated 94 Disgorge, archaically 95 Drawn dog by Jim Davis 96 Rock’s Motley __ 97 SINs equivalents in The USA 98 Quiz 99 Ballpark figs. 100 ‘Happy Motoring!’ sloganeer

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1 Roman Empire invader 2 1929 Virginia Woolf feminist essay, _ __ of One’s Own 3 Ancient tunic of Rome 4 Many-sidedfigures such as cubes and pyramids 5 Maya of “Bridesmaids” (2011) 6 Currency exchange fee 7 Canadian band with the 1981 hit tune “Pretty Bad Boy” 8 __-Aztecan languages 9 Souvenirs 10 Rankle: 2 wds. 11 Trading cards company 12 ‘Sun’-meaning prefix 13 Nullifier 14 Inuit vocal artistry: 2 wds. 15 Breathe with difficulty in a whistle-like way 16 In layers as wedding cake 24 They urge others onwards! 26 Celebrity chef Gordon 27 Elevation at Toronto Blue Jays games, for instance: 2 wds. 31 1958 international hit for Italian singer Domenico Modugno 33 Alleyway rodents 35 Salt: French 37 Northern Ontario town named for the 1914 to 1919 Premier of Ontario 38 Organizations of people 39 Short synopsis 40 War monument in Old Montreal commemorating British naval admiral Horatio: 2 wds. 41 Allow to pass: 2 wds. 42 1958: “_’__ Everybody” by Eddie Cochran 46 Defraud 47 Intuition-getter, say 49 1944... No Exit playwright Jean-Paul 51 Abrasive 55 Be the team with the ‘2’ in a game with a final score of ‘4 to 2’ 56 “Is __ __?” (Really??) 62 Going from city to city as a rock band: 2 wds. 63 “Can your telescope tell me where the sun’s gone?” is a query from Christopher to the Astronomer in this song by The Guess Who: 2 wds. 65 Pull along 66 Soak up 67 Large island in Nunavut sharing the name of a village in southern Manitoba 68 Underworld goddess of Norse myth 71 Shot given for a puncture wound 72 The Stone __ (Carol Shields novel, winner of the 1993 Governor General’s Award) 73 Classic meals on Sundays 74 Namesakes of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s title musical lady of Argentina 78 Straight-billed marsh bird 79 PEI exports 81 Repenters 82 High: Latin 85 Canadian restaurant chain, __ Side Mario’s 87 Modify 88 Vincent van Gogh’s art world brother 90 Hi-__ graphics 91 Canadian clothing line, __ Fresh