Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

Across

1. It’s stored in the Aron Kodesh 6. “My word!” 10. __ cell research 14. BC Lions org. 17. Cognizant 18. Scruff

19. “Where did __ __?” (That guy was just here?) 20. British singer Rita

21. Bubbled item in the tool kit

22. Ms. Cannon of “Heaven Can Wait” (1978)

23. “__ Flux” (2005) 24. “Love Story” (1970) score composer Francis

25. Status in 2020 of the North Atlantic Right Whale which is on the brink of extinction ...first word in answer here, continued at #6-Down

27. Do this over the campfire after a day of fishing: 2 wds.

29. President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, William Cornelius Van __ (b.1843 - d.1915) 30. Norse thunder god Thor’s wife 32. Ancient Greek god†of†war 33. Canadian painter Ms. Collyer (b.1898 - d.1979) 36. Equal: French 38. Where the title character in Robert Service’s Yukon-set poem The Cremation of Sam McGee was from 42. There, in Latin 43. Barry Gibb = Bee __

44. Earthy hue

46. Had supper delivered: 2 wds. 47. Entire 49. 19th-century English writer Charles’ bookish surname 51. TV remote’s loudness button [abbr.] 53. Conjunctio­n in Cologne

54. “You treat me like I’m a princess...” is from what Alanis Morissette song?: 3 wds. 57. Captain’s spot at sea

59. Dwelling

60. __ glue 62. Three-player card game

63. Lacrosse and Beach Volleyball: 2 wds.

70. “Not too impressed.” 72. WKRP employee 74. Tortilla chips sauce

75. Hour after midnight: wd. + acr.

76. __ lights (Brightener­s on the movie set) 78. Fish holding basket

80. Y-ending word’s plural ending 82. Expert

83. It’s stamped on an espionage envelope: 2 wds. 85. Song in ’65’s “The Sound of Music”: “Climb __ Mountain” 87. Vessel’s figurehead site 88. Shetland __

89. Not negative [abbr.]

91. “And on his farm he had a cow, _-_-_-_-_!”

93. Hamlet with a battleship on its Welcome sign, it’s in Smoky Lake County in Alberta 96. August vine fruit 101. Island: French 102. Ocean’s hue 103. “There is _ __!” (I believe now!) 104. Video game pioneer

105. Canuck golden lion logo financial inst.

106. Litter’s little pup 107. Vincent’s art dealer brother, __ van Gogh (b.1857 - d.1891)

108. Cook out on the patio

109. Tibetan ox

110. New Zealand parrots

111. Famed puppeteer, Tony __ (b.1880 d.1942)

112. Charlotte Bronte heroine Jane, and surnamesak­es

Down

1. Powdery purchase 2. Indebted individual 3. Sitarist Mr. Shankar 4. “Freeway of

Love” singer Ms. Franklin 5. ‘Sun’-meaning prefix

6. Second word of the answer to #25-Across 7. Canadian dairy products brand since 1958: 2 wds. 8. “Be _ __!” (Help out will ya!) 9. Canadian movie director Mr. Arcand

10. Paul __ (David Letterman’s bandleader from Thunder Bay) 11. Golfer when at the peg

12. Canadian movie director Atom 13. Baseball team that became the Washington Nationals: 2 wds. 14. The Flavian Amphitheat­re in Rome

15. Herr’s wife

16. Cafe au __ 26. Canadian actress Ms. Summer 28. Relaxation

31. “With this ring _ __ wed.”

33. __ River (Waterway in the community of New Hamburg in the Waterloo region of southweste­rn Ontario)

34. Hautbois

35. East Coast music legend Ms. MacNeil

37. __ of bread

39. Reno’s li’l locale 40. German article 41. Stop

43. Nova Scotia’s Cliffs of Fundy as recently designated by UNESCO:

2 wds.

45. Alphabetic trio 48. Aleutian island 50. ’70s Spanish hit: “__ Tu”

52. Cries of surprise! 55. X-mark the ballot 56. Casual shirts

58. City on the Rhone River in France 61. Burrowing critter of the squirrel family in Saskatchew­an: 2 wds.

62. The Titanic is one off the coast of Newfoundla­nd 64. Be of __ __ (Help) 65. Elvis’ paternal grandmothe­r, Minnie __

Presley (b.1890 d.1980)

66. ‘Miss’ in Paris [abbr.] 67. Raise

68. Old El Paso kit component 69. Diving duck variety 70. Shopping estab.

71. “Strange Magic” gr.

73. PC monitor 77. Those, in Spanish 79. Iterates 81. Spotter/glancer 84. Exclusive ‘in’ crowd 86. Naysayer 87. Creative realm of Canada’s Al Purdy 90. Attacks the flies

92. Picture

93. Terrier dog’s coat texture 94. Dawn love song 95. Skipjack __ 97. Title in Turkey 98. Hideaway 99. Shield border

100. Zilches

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