Colossal Canada Crossword
ACROSS
1. Irish novelist Ms. Binchy of Circle of Friends
6. Prairie cty.
9. Renos/landscaping cable channel
13. Dugout shelter
17. 2021 = Year of __ __
18. Choler
19. “The Times They __-_ Changin’” by Bob Dylan
20. Basketballs brand
21. Inuk leader who is the first Indigenous person to be Governor General of Canada: 2 wds.
23. “Pilot” Hamilton-born singer/songwriter ...the younger brother of Dave of SCTV comedy fame: 2 wds.
25. Ohs partners
26. Calgary CFL-ers
28. Held in check: 2 wds.
29. The __ __: Stories of Flo & Rose (Short story collection by Canadian writer Alice Munro)
33. 1976 Joni Mitchell album title taken from the Arabic word for Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina
35. “What _ __ from up here!” (CN Tower visitor's exclamation)
36. Religious book
38. Gives warning
41. Medical-style 'knee'
42. Receipt: French
43. Belonging to Elvis’dad, for short
46. Kildare and Welby, e.g.
47. Calls from the stalls
49. Evening party
51. Partiality
52. '60s-style of protest
55. Do gardening for future growth: 2 wds.
57. “The __ Kid” ('50s Western series)
60. Fashionable hatmaker
62. Cuts back
63. New Brunswick city
65. Courtier in Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet
67. Marda __ (Calgary's trendy shopping/restaurants area)
68. Variant-spelled positive replies
70. Earthy pigments
74. Pen’s “liquid”
75. This is how ballerinas dance: 2 wds.
76. '_’__ '_’(Simple choices to pick from)
79. Pop drink
80. Everlasting, in verse
82. Tobacco Museum and Heritage Centre town in Ontario
84. Wee bits
85. Talked back in a cheeky way
88. Smoothies ingredient perhaps: 2 wds.
90. Beatles: “I __ __ Walrus,” goo goo g’joob
92. Name of the coffee hangout on #51-Down, __ Reach
94. Unruly crowd
95. Northern Ontario... La Cloche Mountains metamorphic†rock
97. Mountainous breathed-instuff: 2 wds.
102. Donald Duck, to his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie
103. Zeno of __ (Ancient philosopher)
104. Highlander's 'no'
105. Distinguished honour, __ of Canada
106. Cross of ancient Egypt 107. Roger McGuinn when a '60s folk rock band member
108. Nunavut’s neigh.
109. Former heads of Russia
DOWN
1. “Rhoda” production co.
2. “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” band
3. “Auction’ add-on
4. Soccer trophy in Canada: 2 wds.
5. Alberta... Rockies hamlet near Canmore on the Bow River
6. “Submergence” (2017) director Mr. Wenders
7. Commonplace
8. Saskatchewan's motto, 'Multis e __ Vires’(From Many Peoples Strength)
9. Tragic Canadian child actor Corey of “The Lost Boys” (1987) and “Murphy’s Romance” (1985)
10. Light-blue-boxes stationery, __ paper
11. Strained
12. Tub
13. “_ __ sante!” (To your health!, in Quebec)
14. Canadian aircraft manufacturer
15. Music trade org.
16. __-bitsy
22. Medit. Sea country
24. Salutes
27. Civil rights org. founded in 1913
29. Suitcases
30. Fifty-fifty
31. Montreal-born singer Mr. Vannelli
32. British honour [acronym]
34. Wayne Gretzky's model/ actress wife
37. Wickednesses
39. Barter
40. Angry cat soundsssss .....
42. After-Q trio
44. Lyre-playing Muse
45. Celine Dion's late manager/ husband, and namesakes
48. Common noun suffix
50. Express one's viewpoint
51. Relic was a character on this Canadian television classic set on the British Columbia coast, “The __”
53. “__ __ for life!” ...exclaimed the jackpot winner
54. “Au contraire!”: 2 wds.
56. __ and Span (Household cleanser)
57. Whoopi Goldberg’s Oscarnominated role in “The Color Purple” (1985)
58. “_ __ Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith
59. Industrious chimney
61. Administered, as per medication
64. Units of force
66. Plunder
69. Salvation Army, colloquially: 2 wds.
71. __ de boeuf (Carnivore's order in a Montreal restaurant)
72. Airline of Israel: 2 wds.
73. Prince Albert’s prov.
75. Beginning
77. Electrical principle: 2 wds.
78. Duran Duran hit song
81. “Cheer! Cheer!”: 2 wds.
83. 'Arbor’suffix (Trees-related)
84. Three words of denial
86. Ms. Carr of Canadian art
87. Adorer
89. J.F.K. as J.K or F.D.R as F.R. instead (acronym)
90. Water’s blue hue
91. Olivia of “X-Men: Apocalypse” (2016)
93. Be up front in the race
96. Grandpa on “The Waltons”
98. 15th Canadian Prime Minister's monogram
99. __, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (1969 Vladimir Nabokov novel)
100. Comparative suffix
101. B. & O. in Monopoly, et al.
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