COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Phileas __ (Jules Verne's literary circumnavigator)

5. Unpaired

8. Game-on-the-green gr.

11. 'To hold' in French

16. French Polynesia island near Tahiti, Mo'__

17. Hawaiian tree

18. Nightstand need

20. "The Man from the __" (1953 Western starring Quebec-born actor Glenn Ford)

21. "The Wizard __ __" (1939)

22. Hilroy exercise books (which have a silhouette of Canada on their covers), 3-ring binders, pencil cases...: 2 wds.

25. Clear the bathroom mirror

27. Donald Sutherland movie of 1971 costarring Jane Fonda

28. Hudson's Bay Company controlled territory from 1670 to 1870, __ Land

29. Ontario community just southwest of Timmins

31. One-of-some comprising the Confederation Bridge

33. Departure opp.

35. 1977 Steely Dan album

36. Box

38. Canadiens' great goalie Ken

42. Hockey Hall of Fame inductees like Frank Calder and Foster Hewitt

45. Judicial proceedings

47. Montreal tennis stadium, Stade _ _ _

48. Old World buffalo

49. Roman 401

50. Result

51. A&W __ Beer

52. Sergeant's attention-getting shout!

54. Straight forward

56. Meal-in-a-box of Japanese cuisine

57. Reply

59. Bug's midsection

61. Secret treasure chest

64. "It's gonna take _ __ love / To change the way things are..." - Neil Young

66. Four sharps music key, _ __

70. Boost

71. Folksy singer John of "Dear Abby"

72. NBA Kings cty.

74. Capital city of Togo

75. Expert

76. Contribute to the Lotto MAX office pool: 3 wds.

77. Those communicating via the Web

79. Sault Ste. Marie, informally: 2 wds.

81. Das Rheingold opera goddess

83. Shade tree

84. Athletic

85. Saskatchewan town north of Swift Current

87. Leamington, Ont. aka 'The Sun __ of Canada'

90. Speculator's speculation starter...: 2 wds.

93. Mr. Ujiri, President of the Toronto Raptors

95. Fashionable flounce

98. Northwest Territories hamlet on the Mackenzie River: 2 wds.

101. Approximation

102. Large dog breed with a dense coat 103. O'er there in the poem

104. Thieving flapper

105. Late great Hollywood star James 106. Grand __ National Park, in Wyoming

107. Mr. Hopkin, a Penticton city councilor who was elected in his early 20s in 2011 108. CSI evidence

109. Payola$ singer Paul

DOWN

1. __ Network Canada (Recipes!)

2. Ornamental pond fish, Golden __

3. 'Boom Boom'... Canadian hockey legend, Bernie __ (b.1931 - d.2006)

4. The Great __ ("The Flintstones" green alien)

5. Thumbs ups

6. Royal Canadian Navy... Her Majesty's Canadian __ (Halifax home of the Atlantic Fleet)

7. Canadian rocker brothers Kurt or Ryan

8. Conspiracy

9. Auckland, New Zealand born Canadian singer/songwriter of 1964 chart-topper "We'll Sing in the Sunshine": 2 wds.

10. FMs friends

11. Toe-__ (Lively tunes)

12. Mystery TV series from the 1970s with David Wayne and Jim Hutton, ‘_____ Queen’

13. Depilatory brand

14. "How _ __ Your Mother"

15. Yukon... Pelly River tributary, __ River

19. Contented meow

23. Blue Jays stats

24. Rainy day's splashy creation

26. Beaming

30. Removes the DVD

32. Central character in Margaret Atwood novel The Blind Assassin: 2 wds.

33. Meat Loaf song portion: "Like _ __ out of hell..."

34. Ancient written symbol

37. Prefix meaning 'Wing' or 'Feather'

39. "Runaround Sue" singer

40. Four-award showbiz achievement

41. Intl. military alliance

43. Historic Nova Scotia community near Lunenburg

44. Football coaches tread these during games

46. Das __. (Volkswagen's famous slogan)

51. Canadian drugstore chain

53. 'One' to Marie-Claire

55. 'Deposit No. 1'... 'Mary River' is one on Baffin Island in Nunavut: 3 wds.

56. Loud sound!

58. 1914 to 1918 conflict, World __ _

60. Remember

61. "All About __ Bass" by Meghan Trainor

62. Mr. Little, Ottawa-born impressionist

63. "Okanagan __" by Stompin' Tom Connors

65. Work the bar

67. Police Sergeant played by Dan Akyroyd in "Dragnet" (1987): 2 wds.

68. Biblical father of King Ahab

69. Take 15

71. Less loaded

73. "__ Woman" by The Guess Who

76. Klondike prospector's prop: 2 wds.

78. "__ __ two minds..."

80. Dispatched: 2 wds.

82. Church's vaulted niche

86. Montana's state motto, '__ _ Plata'

88. Vitamins added to milk, _ __ _

89. "Vega$" star Robert who was born in Toronto, Ohio (Trivia! He was married to Canadian actress Heather Menzies who was born in Toronto, Ontario)

90. "...__ __ all possible?" (Can it happen?)

91. Socially aware in modern times

92. "Drive thy business __ __ will drive thee." - Benjamin Franklin

94. Extends

96. Guide

97. "Penny __" by The Beatles

99. Pledge

100. Hawaii's __ Beach

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