COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. 10th-century Pope: wd. + Roman Numeral
5. Said ‘hello’ like Rocky
8. Lacking
12. Sports org. for Canadian athlete Eugenie Bouchard
15. Latka’s beloved (played by Carol Kane) on 1978-debuting sitcom “Taxi”
16. “Able was _ __...” (Palindrome snippet)
17. SpaceX founder Mr. Musk
18. Their-not
19. The Hunter constellation
20. It feeds Lake Louise in Banff National Park: 2 wds.
23. Prince Charles’ home on the estate of Balmoral Castle in Scotland
25. Diminutive data
26. Strikes of lightning
27. “Against All Odds (Take _ __ at Me Now)” by Phil Collins
29. Caught
30. Sketch comedy show since ‘75
31. Any quaint dot on the map of Canada: 2 wds.
35. Shake off
37. The Clan of the Cave Bear heroine
40. Uses the blender’s mushy setting
41. Plains Bison, for one
43. Makeup company, __ London
45. Rio Tinto __ Planetarium (Science attraction in Montreal)
46. New Zealand fruits
47. Suburb of Ottawa
48. ‘Four’-meaning prefix
49. Tear open the seams
50. Years, in Madrid
51. Chairman in “Revolution” by The Beatles
52. Make a visit to check the facility
54. Praise/approval
56. Paris landmark, __ de Triomphe
58. Banda __ (City in Sumatra in Indonesia)
59. 30-sec. spots on the widescreen: 2 wds.
60. Tie famously of the Toronto Maple Leafs
63. Quite the important happening: 2 wds.
65. Blue dyestuffs
66. Grand __ National Park, in Wyoming
67. Throughout
68. “__ _ Was Young” by Eric Burdon & The Animals
69. 19th-century German composer Johannes
70. Son of John and Yoko
71. Actor, Benicio Del __
73. Quebec village on the St. Lawrence/Saguenay rivers
75. Mouth, informally
77. Swerve
78. Chris de Burgh’s “The Lady __ __”
79. Contradict
81. Fleck
83. The Weather Network outlook
88. Gradient engineering marvels traversed by scenic tour train the Rocky Mountaineer: 2 wds.
91. The bride’s walkway
92. He humans
93. Permeate
94. Singy sounds with la-la’s
95. Where to catch a GO Train in downtown Toronto, __ Station
96. Young sheep
97. ‘Auction’ add-ons
98. Slump
99. House size meas.: 2 wds.
DOWN
1. River of Italy
2. Mideast chieftain
3. “Will ya stop repeating already?!”: 2 wds.
4. Canadian music producer Bruce Fairbairn of 1995 album ‘Balance’ which is by what rock band?: 2 wds.
5. Quebec’s provincial tree: 2 wds.
6. Latin for ‘Pray for us’, __ pro nobis
7. Metric system prefix meaning ‘one-tenth’
8. Fare on an East Coast eatery’s menu
9. Dispenses
10. Hide Hair connector
11. Gives the cold shoulder
12. Elephant-like giants which roamed the Yukon in the Ice
Age: 2 wds.
13. __ of hair
14. Rover’s reactions!
15. Have a big bawl
16. Snowy domed shelter
21. __ Grain Elevators National Historic Site, in Manitoba
22. Canadian generic grocery store brand with the yellow packaging: 2 wds.
24. Hill hts.
28. Understand that: 2 wds.
31. Dapper shoe covering
32. Sure-footed farm animal
33. Official fish of the Northwest Territories: 2 wds.
34. “You __” by Alanis Morissette
36. Mr. Flynn’s of swashbucklers
38. Ms. Horne of “Stormy Weather” (1943)
39. Additionally
42. Limo passenger often
44. Ingrid’s character in “Casablanca” (1942)
46. Pray in position at the pew
47. Where musical recordings can be found: wd. + plural acr.
49. Direct the lighting skyward
50. Tricolour of the Maritimes of blue, white and red with a yellow star in the blue segment: 2 wds.
53. Convenient mailing encls.
54. “Forward!” in Florence
55. Creative thoughts
56. Goat hair garments
57. Pasta’s pantry pal
59. Mr. Blake (Legendary coach of the Montreal Canadiens)
61. NYC artsy attraction
62. Etched [abbr.]
64. Signature street eat of Halifax
65. “Which team was victorious?”: 2 wds.
66. Pierre and Justin
68. Speech-giver’s summaries: 2 wds.
69. Second __ War (1899 to 1902 conflict)
72. Prairie __ (Canadian country band)
74. Smeltery waste
76. “__ Porridge Hot” (Old-time nursery rhyme)
79. Home’s rec room spot
80. Duellist’s weapon
82. Explosives!
84. Five, in France
85. “Like that will ever happen.” 2 wds.
86. Vending machine’s coins opening
87. Number of Commandments
89. Jeans name
90. Time of note