COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. PIN-entering place for $20 bills 4. Honour for Shania Twain, e.g. 8. Bulk-carrying barge 12. Nimble 16. Attempt to communicate by phone or e-mail, for instance: 2 wds. 18. Stringed instrument of Japan 19. Mr. Onassis, et al. 20. __ District (Historic area of downtown Winnipeg) 21. Canadian Her-Story... Suffragist group behind the ‘Persons Case’ to give women the right to sit on The Senate: 2 wds. 23. Capt. James _. __ (Canadian star William Shatner’s iconic sci-fi role) 24. French Sudan, now 25. More incisive or interested 26. Swindle 27. District of __ (Vancouver Island municipality) 30. PC keyboard key 31. Mr. Estrada of “CHiPs” 32. Mixes the mixture 33. Acorns abodes 35. __ Island National Park, in Alberta 38. Great dancer Mr. Kelly (b.1912 - d.1996) 39. ‘Formerly’ fancily 40. Ship spar sort for a sail 41. “Yoo-__!” (Hello there!) 42. Bus. letters on Wall St. in The Big Apple 44. “I reeeeaally love that ...not!”: 2 wds. 46. WWII-era servicewomen 47. Twin-crystal 50. Less sleepy 52. “Whoopee!” 54. Assuage 55. Three-pronged fishing spear of the Arctic 57. Strong suit 58. Royal’s jewelled headdress 60. Nobel-winning ‘Mother’ in 1979 61. More thick, as tissues 62. “What _ __!” (That’s quite the bargain) 63. Hockey-playing venues 65. Drummer/singer Mr. Collins 67. __-Atlantic Ridge 68. Blatant/obvious 69. Table d’__ (Fixed price restaurant menu) 71. “O Canada” part in French...“Car ton bras sait porter l’__ / Il sait porter la croix!” 75. Peer Gynt’s mother 76. ‘Donkey’ in Hamburg 77. “Wake Up Little __” by The Everly Brothers 78. Jodie Foster movie 79. Some Cdn. politicians 81. Constrict 83. Express indirectly 84. Short-tailed weasels 87. Milk: French 88. 1053 to a Gladiator 89. Metro Toronto __ Centre (Where there is currently an immersive 2021 exhibit featuring the works of the artist at #49-Down) 91. __-__ boots (Worksite footwear) 94. Ship’s sheltered side 95. Pitching great Mr. Hershiser 96. Low tide tracts in the Bay of Fundy 97. NY baseball players 98. Sea __ (Sporting fish) 99. Hold up 100. Canonized Mlle.
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1. “__ you kidding me?” 2. The feel of fabrics 3. ‘Home of the World Bunnock Championship’ town in western Saskatchewan 4. Get a song on Billboard 5. __ out (Stop running as a car) 6. Comfy coffee cup 7. Depleted 8. _._. __ (Canadian author of current 2021 book Misfit in Love) 9. 1878: Stage productions such as “H.M.S. Pinafore” by Gilbert & Sullivan: 2 wds. 10. ‘Ear’-meaning prefix 11. Herman who won the Pulitzer for his 1951 novel The Caine Mutiny 12. Vaults 13. British royal born September 15th, 1984: 2 wds. 14. Tear apart 15. River of Flanders 17. Feathery character for Ottawa-born comedian Mark McKinney on Canadian sketch show classic “The Kids in the Hall”: 2 wds. 21. Sports rooters 22. Biblically ‘view’ 24. Earth mother of Canadian co-created character Superman: 2 wds. 26. Rom-Coms star Ms. Ryan 27. Smudge on the window 28. Three-toed sloths 29. Famous spy Mata 32. The Outsiders author Ms. Hinton, et al. 34. __ and kin (Friends and family) 36. Find 37. Recipe seasoning, __ Salt 40. Montreal Canadiens great whose number was 22: 2 wds. 43. 1960s French pop music style 45. Filmmaker Mr. Kurosawa 46. 19th-century textiles site in Almonte, an Ontario town on the Mississippi River: 2 wds. 47. Puccini production, __ Butterfly 48. Cover stories in the courtroom 49. French Impressionism painter (b.1840 - d.1926): 2 wds. 51. Masterpiece paintings series by #49-Down: 2 wds. 53. 2001 Yann Martel novel, Life __ __ 56. “Take Me to the __” by Canadian band Prism 59. Dallas MBA players 64. “__ Petite” by Jackie Wilson 66. Tee-__ (Cute chuckle) 68. ‘West’ in Barcelona 70. ‘Verb’ suffix (Wordy) 72. Squash seeds 73. Prime Minister Pierre __ Trudeau 74. English cathedral town 77. Hockey gear, __ pads 80. Does work on the roads 82. British slammers 83. “_ __ My Heart in San Francisco” by Tony Bennett 84. __ artist 85. Lacquered metalware 86. Highbrow human 88. Pharmacy-dispensed products [abbr.] 90. __-la-la! 91. The three T-Shirt size choices 92. Your, in Rome 93. Certain compass pt.