COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. Monashee Mountains gateway village in British Columbia
6. Investor’s stock mkt. holding
9. Lettuce variety
13. Home fix-it proj.
16. French language school
17. ‘Cabbage’ in Quebec
18. Nutrient-dense Amazon berry
19.1897 Luigi Mancinelli opera, __ e Leandro
20. Casually play basketball: 2 wds.
22. Canadian actress starring on current 2024 HBO espionage series “The Sympathizer”: 2 wds.
24.Musician Mr. Puente
25. Dry
26. Writing fluid
27. __ Domini (AD)
28. __ fide (In bad faith)
30. Tool that grips in the workshop
32. Metalworker surname
34.“Clap for the...”: American deejay who’s “gonna rate your record high” in The Guess Who song: 2 wds.
38.Just one sneaker: 2 wds.
40 . . . . . . . . Expects
41.“Seinfeld” character
43 .. . . . Faux tellers
44. Basmati and Jasmine
45. MLB’S Cardinals, on scoreboards
46. West Coast catch, __ Crab
48. Keyboardist Mr. Saunders
49. Lustre
51. “__ This Way” by Lady Gaga
52. God willing, __ volente
53. Smell
55. Particular pronoun
57. Bette Midler aka ‘The Divine __ _’
59. The Grapes of Wrath author’s initials-sharers
61. French for ‘Maybe’, __etre
63. Keanu Reeves movie aboard a fast-moving bus
65. Eight: French
68. Prince Edward Island stock car racing attraction, __ __ Speedway
71. Initials-sharers of the famous 1775 American silversmith
72. “Next to Me” singer Emeli
73. Prince Edward Island’s surroundings
74. Plays the music ...loudly!
76. Southern Manitoba city
77. Opera theatre level
79. It is the only village in the Northwest Territories and is known as the gateway to Nahanni National Park Reserve: 2 wds.
81. “Give __ __ good reason!” (If it makes sense then perhaps I’ll agree)
82. Deity worshipped at Memphis
83. Coup d’__
84. Rove
85. Court
87. Adorer
89. Ornamental case
93. Living thing
95. Swashbuckler starring Canada’s Kiefer Sutherland, “The Three __” (1993)
97. Currency in Romania
98. Castaway’s refuge
99. Requests
100. Skylit lobbies
101. Compass†pt.
102. Inventor Mr. Edison’s first name [abbr.]
103.‘Foot’ in Zoology
104. Baker’s mixing tool
Down
1. Just in case that...
2. 1939 to 1943 northwestern Ontario mining operation, __ Gold Mines
3. __ point
4. Julius __, Mayor of the City of Penticton in British Columbia
5. Hitherto
6. Musical theatre production
7. Quaint setting of “When Calls the Heart”, the 2014-debuting Hallmark drama inspired by the books of Canadian author Janette Oke who was born in the village of Champion in southern Alberta: 2 wds.
8. Hirundo __ (Scientific name of the Barn Swallow, an ‘aerial insectivore’ bird found across Canada)
9. Count __ (Jazz music legend b.1904 - d.1984)
10. 1974: “_ __ Help” by Billy Swan
11. Elusive-but-worldfamous graffiti artist
12. Participate in the auction
13. Inuk soprano who is a Member of the Order of Canada - one of her albums is 2016’s ‘Pillorikput Inuit: Inuktitut Arias for All Seasons’: 2 wds.
14. __ __ Trail (Recreational trail in Alberta with railroad history)
15. National Park in British Columbia
17. Mr. O’brien (Late night chat host)
21. Luau dances
23. __ toast 29.Quantities [abbr.]
31. Slip
33. 35 _ _ __ camera
34. Ardent 35.“Ouch!”, fun-style
36. NLL = National __ __ (The Halifax Thunderbirds and the Toronto Rock are among the North American teams in it)
37. Ballet jump
38. Biological mapping subjects
39. Famous gas station
42. Kernel
45. Resembling a garden hedge perhaps
47. Framework
49. Lawsuit initiator
50. Negatives
54. Accepting customers, date-wise: 2 wds.
56. The __ __ of Parliament (The Senate of Canada)
58. Beaver’s tools for gnawing trees: 2 wds.
59. “I am the walrus / Goo goo g’__.” - The Beatles
60. Some trees in southern Ontario
62. Addr. book number
64. Once
66. ‘Thought’-meaning prefix
67. Playwright Mr. Williams, to pals
69. Washington state city
70. __ Punk (Electro music act)
72. Drug in Aldous Huxley’s 1932 sci-fi novel Brave New World
75. Glove compartment’s directional item: 2 wds.
76. Bishop’s hat
78. Rather recent
80. Searches 82.Apples, in Botany
84. Part
86. Norwegian city 88.Posh disapprovals
90. Actress Ms. Garr
91. Exodus author Leon
92. __ Dinesen (Pen name for 1937 book Out of Africa)
94. Bitty bug
96. Shooter marble