Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

Across

1 Commerce grad’s degree 4 Iron Age ornamental neck ring

8 Earth crawler

12 Fools 17 TD Canada Trust’s comfy green furniture symbol

19 Jai __

(Basque court game) 20 Legendary movie critic Roger 21 American oceanograp­her who discovered the wreck of RMS Titanic in 1985 off the coast of Newfoundla­nd: 2 wds.

23 ‘Sea’ suffix (Carried by the ocean)

24 Marriage announceme­nt word

25 Product by Canadian food brand Clover Leaf: 2 wds. 27 Equestrian gait 30 Arctic explorer Mr. Rasmussen (b.1879 - d.1933)

31 Neil Young written song which was a hit for #57-Down: “__ Love” 32 Biblical stringed instrument 33 Time on the job 35 Bone dry 36 Charge 39 Knowledgea­ble traditions

41 1982: “__ Day Now” by Ronnie Milsap

42 Really, really, really didn’t like

43 Aries, The __ 44 1994 Sarah McLachlan album: ‘__ Towards Ecstasy’ 46 Luciano Pavarotti’s voice

47 Music systems company often on The Shopping Channel 48 Lengthy 49 WWII-era ship positionin­g system 50 Ponderer 51 Stupefies

54 Dance fitness program

55 With dexterity and skill

56 How to spell the letter ‘H’ 57 Dressed to the __ (Decked out) 58 “Gone!” ...exclaimed the magician 59 Boat-building wood

60 Mighty men monarchs 61 Hockey... LW, RW and C

65 Op. __. (Footnote abbreviati­on) 66 Bowling game of Italy

67 Take greedily 68 Streamline­d 69 __ polloi (The common people) 70 Vegetables of Japan

71 Lute-like instrument 73 Formerly 74 __ carpeting 76 Comedian Ms. Poehler’s

77 Laugh-getter only the clique gets: 2 wds. 79 Broadcaste­r (b.1926 - d.2017) who was one of the famous panelists on Canadian quiz show

“Front Page Challenge”: 2 wds.

82 Folksy tune: “Skip to My __” 83 My tale was false: 2 wds.

84 The Habitants of New France: 2 wds.

89 Aerobics class fabric

90 Golfer when readying at the peg

91 Political unrest areas: 2 wds. 92 Spirited in attitude

93 ’70s Spanish hit: “__ Tu”

94 Mer __ (Aegean Sea, in French) 95 __ Brunswick

Down

1 Scratch/spoil

2 Bob, to Doug McKenzie 3 Embassy VIP 4 Five-minusTwo’s answer 5 Western movies 6 Poke fun

7 ‘Get __.’ (Slogan of the Egg Farmers of Ontario)

8 Maple __ (Ice cream flavour) 9 The __ Family (Owners of the Moosehead brewery in New Brunswick) One-of-a-kind 10 11 Maiden name of Prince William’s wife Duchess Kate

12 Weighed the pros and cons 13 Hardware fastener, _-__ 14 Frozen layer of Arctic ground 15 Fun colourful ‘Cube’ inventor Mr. Rubik

16 WWII submachine gun

18 Main building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa: 2 wds.

22 Calgary Flames legend Mr. McDonald

26 More achy

27 Baby cow

28 Not worth _ __ (Without value) 29 Canadian comedian

Mr. Macdonald, a cast member of “Saturday Night Live” in the 1990s 34 Piquancy 35 Capital city of

Yemen

37 Painting class stand 38 Manicurist’s board

40 Creature that likes to take it easy

42 Sage and Parsley

45 __ and outs 46 Voluminous books

47 UNESCO

World Heritage Site in Alberta, Head-SmashedIn __ __

49 Move in

Aerobics class 50 Cat’s calls! 51 Homemade cookies quantity 52 Famous farm song refrain... 53 __ Canada (Collecting­studying-data federal agency) 54 Multivitam­ins minerals 55 Val-_’__, Quebec 57 As per #31-Across... Singer Ms.

Larson (b.1952 - d.1997)

58 __ stick

(Classic bouncy toy)

60 Imaging company 61 “Dynasty” star John who portrayed Blake Carrington

62 DIY project maybe

63 Casino pack

64 __-Ball (Vintage arcade game)

66 Jam-packed work period: 2 wds. 67 ‘Father of the Symphony’ Austrian composer, Joseph __ (b.1732 - d.1809) 71 Besmirches 72 Get wider as pupils

75 Old Roman roads

76 Year:

French

78 Leif Ericsson = __ navigator 79 The Family Circus cartoonist Mr. Keane’s

80 “Air Force One” (1997) actor Mr. Baskin 81 __-do-well 85 Seafaring concern

86 Time division 87 Wee way to travel

88 NNE opposite

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