Colossal Canada Crossword

1. Ballpark stat.

4. Toronto Blue Jays competition in Calif.

7. Lauryn Hill chart-topper: “__ __ (That Thing)”

13. Irish coronation stone, __ Fail

16. Governess at Thornfield Hall: 2 wds.

19. Nautical symbol

20. Li’l item dropped into the mailbox

21. CFL event at Mosaic Stadium in Regina: 3 wds.

24. Breakfast servings cooked in “California” by Joni Mitchell

25. B.C.-born fingerstyle guitarist, Don ___

26. Comparatively simple: 2 wds.

29. Public speaker’s skill, in brief

30. The Canadiens once played at the what in Montreal?

32. Collect over time

33. Ran as dye from clothing

34. Newfoundland town on The Irish Loop

37. Exuberance

38. __ Lake, Newfoundland

39. ‘Romeo’ sports cars

40. Tree’s nutrition

41. Aristocrat’s honorific

42. Battery size

43. Bay window

44. Merle Haggard’s “__ from Muskogee”

45. ‘Poly’ finisher (Sort of school)

47. Fork out for stuff

48. Sainte-__ (Laurentides locale)

49. Shorebird that breeds at Canada’s largest Bay: 2 wds.

52. Lake near the Gatineau River in Hull

54. It’s a de-light-ful time of day

55. __ chair

58. “Rule, Britannia” composer

59. “And though she feels as if she’s in a play / __ __ anyway.” The Beatles, “Penny Lane”

60. Operative

61. __ _ crossroads

62. Clear/free

63. “_ __ Survive” by Gloria Gaynor

64. Highlands human

66. Incision

67. Certain candies

69. Identical individual

70. Quebec, ‘La __ Province’

71. Discharge/oust

72. Shoe’s occupant

73. Ogres

74. Pantheon of Norse gods

76. Freeway in Quebec

78. Examples of what environmental activism group Greenpeace (founded in Vancouver in 1971) opposes: 3 wds.

84. Novelist Mr. Capote, to pals

85. 1877: Black Beauty novelist Anna

86. Queen Elizabeth’s world

87. Ms. Saldana of “Avatar” (2009)

88. Pressure

89. Loaf choice at the bakery

90. To-the-Web connection letters

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1. Corp. letters with Nabisco at one time

2. Steamed-and-filled bun of Chinese cuisine

3. Shiba __ (Dog breed of Japan)

4. New Westminster, British Columbia born actress/director Kristin

5. “Young Dr. Kildare” (1938) star Lew

6. Seed covering

7. Ran off quickly

8. Emergence

9. “I Ain’t Marching Any More” singer Phil

10. First of the Five Ws

11. __-pah-pah! (Tuba sound)

12. Readies weaponry just in case

13. Projectiles in the War of 1812: 3 wds.

14. “She Believes __ __” by Kenny Rogers

15. Solemnly declare

17. Canadian director Atom of “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997)

18. August 1926... American who was the first woman to swim the English Channel, Gertrude __ (b.1905 - d.2003)

22. Old surgery aid

23. Some sticky stuff

26. Discharge

27. “Kate & __” (‘80s sitcom)

28. What ‘SAR’ stands for in the RCAF: 3 wds.

30. Multi-platinum Canadian singer/songwriter/actress: 2 wds.

31. Spoken

33. Park attraction in downtown Victoria which is also the name of a neighourhood of Ottawa: 2 wds.

34. Highlands dance

35. Go by boat

36. Duellist’s weapon

38. Podium

39. “Well, __ you the clever one!”

42. Artist Mr. Warhol

43. Moonfishies

44. Norse deity

46. Screen star Mr. Cronyn born in London, Ontario

47. Seal

48. Travelling

50. Danish physicist Mr. Bohr (b.1885 - d.1962)

51. ‘Produce’ or ‘Bakery’ in the grocery store [abbr.]

52. Qatar Prix de _’__ de Triomphe (Horse race in Paris, France)

53. ‘Crit’ add-on (Standards)

56. Leaning

57. Fence entrances

59. __’Pea (Popeye comics kid)

63. “That Don’t __ Me Much” by Shania Twain

64. Eagle’s dive to catch the fish

65. ‘Lemon’ on Quebec

66. Sushi bar offering: 2 wds.

68. Leaf-to-stem angle

69. Sums

70. “The Notorious __ Page” (2005)

72. Energizes the engine

73. Military fur headdress

74. 1998 animated bugs movie

75. Currency overseas

76. Bide-_-__ (Stay awhile, Scottish-style)

77. Due __ __ before... (Submission details)

79. Monument’s age abbr.

80. U.S. President’s monogram in the 1980s

81. “__ and Nancy” (1986)

82. “Private Dancer” singer’s initials-sharers

83. Canadian hockey legend Mr. Apps

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