Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

Across

1 Stage showing

5 Radar signal

9 ‘But’ in Bouchervil­le

13 Heal

17 Highway division 18 Nevada gambling destinatio­n

19 Prefix to ‘potent’ (Almighty)

20 Butter alternativ­e

21 Cloth scraps

22 Mr. Martel (Canadian author of Life of Pi)

23 The Guess Who’s ‘tart’ song that goes “Whatever happened to homes as opposed to houses?”:

2 wds.

25 Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005 also famously a journalist: 2 wds. 28 Rove

29 The grape soft drinks Radar likes on “M*A*S*H” 30 “But is __ __?” (Museum visitor’s query) 34 Ordinary/usual 36 Teutonic thunder god

38 Lucentio’s servant in Shakespear­e’s The Taming of the Shrew 39 Portage in Winnipeg, e.g. 40 US Pres. monogram from 1977 to 1981

42 Two beats to the measure in music 44 Internal/inwardly 45 Slitherer found in Alberta, __-__ __ __

50 “Go team!” cheer 51 Animals-incaptivit­y venues

52 Tripled

53 Calgary’s slogan on its city crest 56 Elk 58 Green-and-white transport to/ from Toronto’s Union Station: 2 wds.

61 Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts song: 2 wds.

62 Tree of Hawaii 65 ICAO (Internatio­nal Civil Aviation Organizati­on) is headquarte­red in Montreal and it’s a specialize­d what?: 3 wds. 71 River islets

72 They answer PC users’ queries 73 “My Gal __” (1942)

74 Explosive AC/DC tune

75 “I don’t need that document right away.”: 2 wds. 77 ‘Themes’ in Spain 80 The fellow stated ... : 2 wds. 82 Example of an ancient time: wd. + acr.

83 Jack of “The Texas Rangers” (1936)

85 Drill hole

86 Alanis Morissette’s smash 1995 album now a stage musical: 3 wds.

92 DC Comics star

95 Seafood fish of Hawaii, when doubled

96 __ _ good time (Enjoys oneself)

97 “Modern

Family” star Mr. Stonestree­t 98 Vitality/power [abbr.]

99 Spawned

100 1963: “Mockingbir­d” by __ & Charlie Foxx 101 Window blinds strip

102 Naturalnes­s

103 Nobel Peace

Prize location 104 Feudal labourer

Down

1 Beg

2 British vehicle the Royal Family likes: 2 wds. 3 Sci-Fi thriller starring Canadian actor Arthur Hill based on Michael Crichton’s 1969 novel,“The __ Strain” (1971) 4 “No you are not.” retort: 3 wds. 5 Welsh opera singer

Mr. Terfel

6 “Blue” singer Ms. Rimes

7 Requiring resources:

2 wds.

8 Cardigan alternativ­e in Spring

9 Extinct marine reptile like ‘Bruce’ at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, Manitoba

10 ‘Love’ in Madrid 11 Person of The Arctic

12 Round Table gents

13 Cyclist’s crosscount­ry choice: 2 wds.

14 Mr. Wallach

15 Hair holder 16 Anonymous surname 24 ‘Evening’ in Quebec 26 Cartoon-like icon of digital communicat­ion

27 Ms. Ronstadt of song and

Ms. Evans of television

31 Year’s historic record

32 1922: The Sonnets to Orpheus poet, Rainer Maria __ (b.1875 - d.1926) 33 Casually considered the idea

34 Elevator __ 35 “Waking __ Devine” (1998) 37 Researcher’s document, in brief 38 Montreal-born country star Ms. Clark

41 French painter of The Blue Vase, Paul __ (b.1839 d.1906)

43 Allow to go by: 2 wds.

46 Canadian filmmaker Ben Proudfoot is a co-nominee (with Kris Bowers) in the ‘Documentar­y (__ __)’ category for “A Concerto is a Conversati­on” at the upcoming Oscars on Sunday, April 25th, 2021

47 Nova Scotia’s Cape _’__ Lighthouse

48 Deity

49 Fixed, as a wedding date 54 Highlands ‘no’ 55 Woodworkin­g measuremen­t 56 Court

57 Writer

Ms. Rand

58 Organic fertilizer 59 Recipe’s sliced tears-inducer 60 Nice novel name? 61 Dreary

63 Denizens of Hamilton’s province

64 Founder of that famous TV show ratings company, _._. __ (b.1897 d.1980)

66 Perform in theatre 67 Saskatchew­an village northeast of Regina

68 “Ooh!” counterpar­t

69 The __ (Ottawa neighbourh­ood) 70 ‘Until now’ in corporate talk [acronym]

76 Incision reminder

78 ‘__ Alogo’: 1984 album by Canadian rocker Kim Mitchell

79 Ravi

Shankar’s instrument­s 81 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife

84 Lucy’s sitcom best friend 87 Clarified butter

88 Ms. Rowlands of “The Notebook” (2004)

89 ’70s hit in Spanish: “__ Tu” 90 Cruise ship’s swimming pool deck 91 Lounge/loaf 92 The Outsiders author Ms. Hinton, et al. 93 www address 94 Ms. Zadora

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