Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

Across

1. Baffin Island in Nunavut ... Mount __ (Auyuittuq National Park peak named after the Norse thunder god) 5. 1957 Igor Stravinsky ballet choreograp­hed by George Balanchine 9. Prominent passenger aboard RMS Titanic, John Jacob __ IV (b.1864 - d.1912) 14. Slugger's feat in baseball 17. Merchandis­e 18. Major bear in space 19. Winery river valley of France 20. Quebec cheese 21. Dawn love song 22. The __ (Margaret Atwood's new 2019 novel, a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale which came out in 1985)

24. Big name in hair care 25. Buckingham Palace dog

27. Irish airline, __ Lingus 28. Perroquet ou Poulet ou Paon, par exemple 30. CBC's figure skaters paired with hockey players competitio­n series: 4 wds. 35. Nullify

36. ‘Rivers' of Spain 37. ‘The Heart of the Wheat Belt' community in West-Central Saskatchew­an 40. “__ _ in Need of a Musical Revolution” by Canadian songstress Esthero

41. Bay window

43. Shoe filler

44. Sonny & Cher 45. Time __ __ the essence

47. Some batteries 48. The catchy part of a song's melody

49. The __ (Superman's family on Earth) 50. Green and white commuter transport to/ from #76-Across' surroundin­g regions: 2 wds. 52. Wine bottle's plug 53. Bungle 54. Commonly, fancy-style

55. “The Simpsons” mom

56. Clandestin­e maritime org. 57. Alternativ­ely...: 2 wds.

59. Hint

60. Much more wet 64. Red and __ (Canada's flag hues)

65. Historic periods 66. Mil. authority/ order

67. Celebrity chef Mr. Matsuhisa

68. Beaver __, British Columbia

69. ‘A' in UAE

70. Rouge

72. “__, _ don't.” (Retort to “Yes, you do.”)

73. __ Cup (Ice hockey tournament in Davos in Switzerlan­d of which Team Canada has won it several times) 75. Retro synthesize­r 76. Toronto transporta­tion hub, __ Station 78. 2019 National Lacrosse League Cup champions: 2 wds.

81. Coinage

83. Cyclades island 84. Trombone part 85. Harrison's “Star Wars” (1977) character

86. __ __ Provincial Park, in Alberta 89. Touristy or showbiz attraction 93. State-of-the-__ 94. Opera soprano Ms. Lehmann 95. Swiss river

96. “Rio __” (1970) starring John Wayne

97. Occurred

98. Rowdy __ (Clint Eastwood's “Rawhide” character) 99. Hubbub

100. The Guess Who's “These __”

Down

1. Old airline, e.g.

2. “Barney Miller” star Mr. Linden 3. Sceptre's royal prop pal 4. Acknowledg­es any action 5. Other: French 6. __ chants (Music made by monks) 7. Hardens into bone

8. Mr. Pendleton of “Northwest Passage” (1940) 9. __ du Salut (The Salvation Army) 10. Bishop's University city in Quebec

11. Bon __ (High society)

12. Where to place the poached egg at breakfast: 2 wds.

13. Lodge in the lodging

14. Fjord on British Columbia's coast northwest of Vancouver: 2 wds.

15. Swedish furniture giant

16. An island of the Haida Gwaii archipelag­o in British Columbia 23. Oohs and __ 26. Margarine

29. Sort of stagecraft: 2 wds. 30. Adorn with artificial hair

31. “You __ __ Beautiful” by Joe Cocker

32. Futuristic card in the circus deck 33. Mr. Avery of “Buchanan Rides Alone” (1958)

34. See

38. “What were __ __ do?” (There weren't any alternativ­es for us so how could you expect a different outcome?)

39. Late shift times [abbr.]

42. “Thing Called Love” singer Bonnie

43. Work with an anvil

46. Le Chateau __ (Quebec

City's historic attraction) 48. Falcon-headed ancient deity of Egypt

49. The Queen's father

51. “... friend or _ __?”

52. Biblical spy for Moses 53. Temperamen­ts 55. Kate & Anna __ (Canadian singer/ songwriter sisters) 57. American restaurant chain 58. Value of Canada's beaver coin: 2 wds.

60. “To Serve, Protect and Entertain” by Canadian band The __

61. Ancient Greek column style 62. Kindle-user's download to read 63. Ancient architectu­ral attraction­s

64. Mr. Fields' of classic comedy 65. Vicinity 66. ‘Pink Panther' movies Inspector 69. Where

Algiers is the capital 70. Ghost's scare!

71. Dog: German

74. In a rather flippant manner 75. Richie Cunningham's mom to Fonzie, __. _

77. “Drop the __” by Maestro Fresh Wes 79. Belonging to baseball legend Mr. Berra

80. Treks the trails 81. Canadian communicat­ions provider

82. Prefix to ‘legal' 87. Music genre, __-Rock

88. UK mil. service 90. “Rob __” (1995) 91. Pres. Lincoln (b.1809 - d.1865) 92. Canadian author Mr. Mitchell, et al.

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