COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. “MacArthur Park” songwriter Jimmy and “Dragnet” star Jack’s

6. Sherlock Holmes author's monogram

9. Finisher to 'Fluor'

12. Car manufacturer based in Japan

17. Bit of Elvis hit “Suspicious Minds”: “We're caught in _ __...”

18. Mr. Clark, 1979 to 1980 Prime Minister of Canada

19. Utters, casual-style

20. American basketball great Mr. Thomas who helped build the Toronto Raptors

21. Frightening

22. Fruit originating in British Columbia's Similkameen Valley: 2 wds.

25. Hamilton Harbour red-baseball-cap wearing vessel, the iconic title character of the Canadian kids show of 1993 to 2001: 2 wds.

27. Faint

28. Big name in electronics

29. Baby __ (Character for #24-Down)

30. Bryn __, Pennsylvania

32. Colony mammals of the icy Arctic

37. Inconclusive, at law

39. Sound system sort

42. Root vegetable

43. Units of illumination

45. Canadian comedy team Wayne & Shuster were guests on “The Ed __ Show” more than any other act

47. Pet Shop Boys hit: “It's _ __”

48. Supplement/subjoin

50. Zzzzzzz-ing ones

51. Blood type: letter + abbr.

52. Prepares for action

54. Building extension

55. Syllable-singing system

57. Cut the flower at the stem

59. Greenfly, for one

63. Prefix with 'dermis'

65. Testifies under oath

67. Vintner's prefix

68. Skirt feature

72. Season the fries once more

73. Port city of Algeria

74. Filled meat rolls

76. Manuscript's monker

77. Surname of Roy Orbison’s duet partner on 1987 version of “Crying”

78. Rescuer

79. To, archaically

81. Listeners might enjoy a scone and a cuppa whilst enjoying this Canadian band's music: 2 wds.

83. Military comedy starring Rosalind Russell, “Never Wave at _ _ _ _” (1953)

85. Verdi aria: “__ Tu”

87. 'Spat’suffix (Pancakes flipper)

88. “__ _ make myself perfectly clear?”

90. Manitoba... Shorebirds in Wapusk

National Park: 2 wds.

98. Cdn. comedian Mike Myers from 1989 to 1995 at NBC: 3 wds.

100. Professional in manner

101. Opera soprano Ms. Lehmann

102. Peat __ (Wetland)

103. Little __ ('60s pop singer)

104. “_ __ you to...” (Start of a challenge) 105. Curl the lips

106. Finnish conductor/composer, __Pekka Salonen

107. Table's one of four often

108. Good __ __ (Repaired well)

DOWN

1. Verb used with 'Thou’in the Bible

2. Carve into the stone

3. Scottish hillside

4. Alias of “Rocky Me Gently” Canadian singer Andy Kim: 2 wds.

5. Bombardier's 3-wheel motorcycle, CanAm __

6. Not completely closed

7. Order to Rover

8. __ collector

9. Equal-angled geometric shape

10. Fur-traders-of-the-woods who travelled by canoe in New France, Coureurs __ __

11. Italian opera singer, __ Pinza (b.1892 d.1957)

12. Sports car by #12-Across

13. Nile slitherer

14. Data storage device on old computers: 2 wds.

15. Surrealist painter Salvador

16. “Cough! Excuse me there...”

23. Sci-fi play of 1921 by Karel Capek

24. English author who wrote a story about Canada's most famous bear, _._. __ (b.1882 d.1956)

26. Related to vision

31. __ __ Bridge (It connects Niagara Falls, Ontario to Niagara Falls, New York)

32. “That __ __ coincidence!” (That happened on purpose!)

33. The Tempest spirit

34. Apartment bldg. managers

35. Mushroom in size

36. More on the shabby side

38. Tip to' pension ’( Abeyance)

40. Way out

41. Advantages

42. Artsy town in New Mexico

44. Small excerpt

46. 1970 Kinks tune

49. Funds put into a bank account

53. The Upper House of Parliament

56. Capital of Samoa

58. __ Falls (Vancouver Island's high cascades)

60. Ancient city of Afghanistan

61. __ __ case (Regardless)

62. Ding-__! (Someone's at the door)

64. Admits new members to a hall of fame

66. __ __ to the plate

68. _ _ _ The Prince of Wales (William and Harry's dad)

69. Fair-hiring letters

70. Theatre Passe __, in Toronto

71. Poet's 'night'

75. Movie for which Canadian music producer David Foster co-wrote John Parr's 'Man in Motion’theme song, “__ __ Fire” (1985)

80. Canadian singer/songwriter Lindi

82. Singer/pianist Ms. Keys

84. Light __ __ (Ethereal)

86. School of thought

88. Hi-speed Web connections

89. “Come __ __!” (“Welcome!)

91. “Wouldn't __ __ Nice” by The Beach Boys

92. Genesis guy

93. Canadian actress Ms. Campbell

94. Haul along

95. “__ Almighty” (2007)

96. Juste pour __ (Montreal's famous comedy festival)

97. Big bunch

99. NBA’s Cavaliers city, in brief