COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1 Ballpark fig.
4 Canada _ _ _
‘The Great White North’
7 Beautiful flowing garment
11 E-to-I link
14 Dutch for ‘city’ 16 Towards, in France
18 __ __ first you don’t succeed try...
19 Flowery necklace
20 Historic undergarments giving skirts of yore the very hooped look: 2 wds.
24 Can still offer, as the still-to-befilled slots on the schedule:
2 wds.
25 Church deliveries on Sundays, for short
26 St. __, Ontario
27 Record label
Clive Davis founded in 1974 28 Rather like an amphibian marsh creature 30 Athabaskanspeaking people of the Northwest Territories
31 VIPs in the House of Commons 32 Smoke, in Italy 34 Prince Michael of __ (Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin)
35 Garth __, “Wayne’s World” (1992) friend played by Dana Carvey
36 Town on the south coast of the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland, __ __-__
39 Academy
Award
42 Hershey’s chocolate/toffee treat
43 Las Vegas illuminator: 2 wds.
46 “Help Me, __” by The Beach Boys 48 Frequently: 2 wds.
50 Hrs. in Halifax 51 Untruth
52 Phoenix __ (NBA team)
53 The Phantom’s request of Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musical: 3 wds. 56 River for Hamburg
57 Li’l flying saucer passengers 58 Graduate’s degree, e.g.
59 “__ boy!” (Well done, fellow!) 60 Concurred 62 Marked the manuscript in red pen again
65 Female octopi 67 G. Gordon __ (Watergate figure)
68 Enjoy Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, as an example: 4 wds.
71 Keeps
73 David __ (Husband portrayer on
’70s sitcom “Rhoda”) 74 Pharaoh’s snakes
75 Crisis site in Quebec in 1990 78 Start to ‘sack’ (Backpack)
79 Eliminate/cull: 2 wds.
81 Wobble 83 Consumed quantity
85 Ancient land conquered by Caesar
86 Much more posh 87 Preparation details on the pasta package: 2 wds.
90 River of Scotland 91 Port of Yemen 92 Lake __ (It’s one of the ‘Great’ ones)
93 ‘Susp’ add-on (Movie genre) 94 Rapper of “Gangnam Style” 95 Athena’s walkway 96 Porridge-eating hrs.
97 Nightfall, in the poem
Down
1 F’s musical equivalent: note + word
2 State of inactivity 3 Giant bronze guardian of Crete in ancient Greek mythology 4 Sold-viabooklets makeup company 5 Canadiens goalie great Mr. Dryden 6 “You __ __ Beautiful” by Joe Cocker
7 Observes the meeting: 3 wds.
8 Morn’s follower 9 Ontario community northwest of Thunder Bay 10 “The Seven Year __” (1955)
11 __-__ burgers (Specialty at since-1959 Canadian fast food chain Harvey’s)
12 Do well on the exam, __ __ ‘_’ 13 Snake when making sounds 15 The __ Trilogy (Canadian author Robertson Davies’ novels series)
17 Job on Parliament Hill: 4 wds.
20 1983: “Club Tropicana” Brit pop duo!
21 Musee des __-arts de Montreal 22 Montreal-born fashion designer Mr. Moralioglu 23 Bunches and bunches
28 __ __ interest (Showed curiosity) 29 Broadcast like Netflix Canada 33 Hammer and Young of rap music
35 Shania Twain’s “I __ No Quitter” 36 Sports team rooters!
37 Russian river 38 Go __ __ (Set sail) 39 Canadian figure skating great Brian
40 A Town Like Alice author, Nevil __ (b.1899 - d.1960) 41 The Royal __ (Canadian music education institution since 1886) 44 Wisecracked 45 Wanting
47 Helped, for short 49 Songbook standard: “When I Take My Sugar __ __” 54 Pleistocene’s frigid happening: 2 wds.
55 Berate: 2 wds. 56 The Phantom’s name in Gaston Leroux’s classic novel The Phantom of the Opera
58 Prejudice 61 Canadian brand of chocolatecovered raisins 63 Well-being expert Mr. Chopra
64 ‘_._. __’ (It means ‘By the Grace of God, Queen’ on Canadian coins) 66 Initials-sharers of Keanu Reeves’ co-star in “Speed” (1994) 69 Dermatologists who created skincare brand Proactiv, __ + Fields
70 Eyeball attachment, __ nerve
71 Tuque:
2 wds.
72 Bugs
75 Futile
76 American filmmaker/ comedian, __ Ivory Wayans 77 Coming-inplanes, for short 79 George of “Cheers” 80 Ne plus __ (Perfection) 82 Web publication 84 Cars of South Korea
86 ‘Streets’ of Quebec City
88 Nat __ WILD (Cable network) 89 The Pacific __