COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1. Letters to the left of GHJKL on the computer keyboard 5. Montreal Canadiens, to hockey fans 9. Plea “Pretty, please!” 12. Taken __ (Surprised) 17. Brogue or Oxford 18. “There ought to be _ __ against that!” 19. Letter ‘ H’ in Athens 20. __ aves (‘Rare birds’ in Latin) 21. Start to ‘scope’ (Capricorn’s daily read) 22. Brand of spring water from Mirabel, Quebec 23. It’s sold by Canadian companies The Brick and Leon’s 25. ‘ The Canadian Samson’... Lifter-of-extremely-heavyweights Louis Cyr (b.1863 - d.1912) was known as the what?: 3 wds. 28. Dwindles, __ out 29. Pre-fri. day 30. Kimono accessories 31. Pu-__ (Variety of tea from China) 32. Rip 34. Turn to for trusty support: 2 wds. 36. Ara __ Prec (1920 T.S. Eliot poetry volume) 39. Irving, Grant and Schumer 41. Fancy-style muscle/strength 43. Chum 44. Prefix to ‘ phone’ (Antique record player) 46. Gym bag powders 48. Kathie Gifford link 49. Old road of Rome 51. Panache 52. Add to the bowl, as per a recipe: 2 wds. 54. Instruct 56. Young eels 58. Delivery trucks 59. Sewing __ 60. Clairvoyant 61. Traditional cone-shaped dwelling 63. Skincare formula 65. Hockey game segment 68. Simplicity 69. 1991: “Walking in Memphis” by Marc __ 71. Furrow 73. Carolyn __ (Pen name behind ‘ Nancy Drew’ mysteries) 74. Certain cliff 76. Show agreement 77. Genuine 79. Twirl 80. Reserved 81. Get by salary-wise: 2 wds. 84. Scoundrel 86. Singer Mr. Orbison 87. Range in Russia, __ Mountains 88. Tree in Gilligan’s island backyard 90. ‘ Rabbits’ in Rimouski 92. Rock classic “Flip Flop and Fly” was famously covered in 1973 by this legendary Canadian group: 3 wds. 97. Town or Bay in Newfoundland 98. __ __ were (Seemingly) 99. Me-me-me’s ...and more me’s! 101. Lone Star State denizen 102. Putrefaction 103. “Song for the __” (Maritime folk tune) 104. __ mater 105. ‘Speak’ Shakespeareanstyle 106. Certain compass pt. 107. Tennis serving whiz 108. Old depilatory brand
DOWN
1. Fireplace stuff 2. Non-slip accessory in the bathroom: 2 wds. 3. Winnipeg-born poet (b.1909 - d.1996) who won the Governor General’s Literary Award, first in 1944 and again in 1947: 2 wds. 4. American-born Canadian star Colm of “Bon Cop, Bad Cop” (2006) 5. Landline telephone piece 6. Sigher’s word... 7. Thoroughfare-of-finance in downtown Toronto: 2 wds. 8. Strip of fabric 9. Shot often taken (in order to ‘After’ see the progress made) at the commencement of a fitness overhaul: 2 wds. 10. Vingt-__-__ (‘Twenty-one’ in Quebec) 11. Frightful spout on the cathedral 12. On the way up from the horizon 13. Newfoundland... Joe __ Arm (Fogo Island community) 14. Variety of lily 15. “Fame” (1980) star Irene 16. Eager 24. Biblical peak 26. Lettered transportation service in Edmonton 27. 1921 Karel Capek sci-fi play 28. Marshy matters 33. Toronto Marlies sports org. 35. Thin wood strip 36. Windsor-born broadcaster, a Member of the Order of Canada: 2 wds. 37. Mr. Sharif of “Doctor Zhivago” (1965) 38. William and Harry, to Prince Charles 40. Windshield clearer in Winter 42. The news segment of created-by-a-canadian (Lorne Michaels) sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live”: 2 wds. 45. Holds in high honour 47. Trigonometry ratio 50. Aretha Franklin’s signature song segment: “_-_-_-_-E-C-T / Find out what it means to me...” 53. Itsy-bitsy bit of a min. 55. Oxygen 57. Potato __ Soup 61. “Guarding __” (1994) starring Shirley Maclaine 62. Apiece 63. “Begone!” 64. Canadian channel of VJS and videos launched in 1984 66. One of Saint Basil’s Cathedral’s vivid architectural features in Moscow: 2 wds. 67. Oscar-winning Canadian director Mr. Arcand 70. Carton of soy milk capacity, for instance: 2 wds. 72. French restaurant ‘tea’ 75. % 78. The Tornados’ 1962 charttopping instrumental hit 82. Comic actress Madeline 83. Identifying flap on the office file 85. Newfoundland pup 87. Character in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 89. Loads transporter in The Andes 91. Ancient song of joy of Greece 92. ‘ Produce’ and ‘ Bakery’ in the grocery store [abbr.] 93. __ europaea (Olive, botanically) 94. Candle-ish or Crayon-ish 95. “The __ in Winter” (1968) 96. Ireland 100. Rested