Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

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 __

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