COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Poem’s metrical unit

5. Western starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, “__ Cruz” (1954)

9. Play interlude, __’acte

13. Stale-ish smell

17. Creamy soft cheese

18. Canadian filmmaker Mr. Reitman of “Ghostbusters” (1984)

19. Studied very closely: 2 wds.

21. 1970 Kinks smash

22. Plucked guitar string sound

23. Vanish into thin air

24. Triathlete’s trait

26. Tie one’s came-undone shoe

27. Canadian author who is a long-time writer for The New Yorker magazine: 2 wds. (More at #76-Across!)

31. More hip, to a hippy

34. ‘Pepper’ suffix (Pizza topping)

35. Negatively charged particle

37. Milk curdling substances

38. The Bluenose, for example

41. __ Mongol (Region of northern China)

42. “An attempt will be made by me.”: 2 wds.

43. Printer resolution meas.

45. Gala for gabbers?

47. Non-meat source of protein

48. Rock drill

50. Detox

51. The stitch marks on bornin-St.-Catharines Hockey Hall of Famer Gerry Cheevers’ flying puck protective headgear, for instance: 3 wds.

55. Santo __ (Dominican†Republic’s capital city)

58. Acquires/accepts

59. Soft & __ (Antiperspirant brand)

62. Newfoundland tourist destination Twillingate is the ‘Capital of the World’ for seeing these frozen masses

64. Optima car manufacturer

65. Shredded the sheets: 2 wds.

68. Endless list’s time-saving abbr.

69. Tripled ‘yes’ in Barcelona

71. Flourishes

72. Resort city (once a colony of Portugal) in China

74. Son-of-a-__

75. In Canada... (709) or (613) or (204): 2 wds.

76. __ __ __: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Bestseller by #27-Across)

80. Apple songs

81. Grist grinding grandeur... Old __ __ (National Historic Site of Canada in Delta, Ontario)

85. Dots and dashes communicating system: 2 wds.

88. Realtor’s happy sign word!

89. Garfield’s drawn dog friend

90. HGTV Canada professional

91. Outee opposite

92. Tidy

93. Bunch of ‘Red’ apples

94. Fives plus Fives

95. Has a Nanaimo Bar

96. Beaver’s ‘buildings’

DOWN

1. ‘Flex’ finisher (Elastic)

2. Elvis Presley’s middle name when a baby which isn’t spelled like this on his tombstone

3. Balmy

4. Alberta city south of Edmonton with historic French roots

5. Verve

6. Clearly displays or expresses

7. Variant-spelled animosity

8. Demon’s battle foe

9. Tiered bowls table centerpiece

10. Star at the book signing

11. __-__-la!

12. Stuff the flattened cushion

13. Heavy upholstery fabric

14. Lettered sunshine ray

15. Established

16. Three, in Rome

20. “Shake It Like It’s Saturday

Night” country music duo from Manitoba: 2 wds.

25. Electronica dance party attendee

28. Activity in ‘Hollywood North’ aka Canada

29. Fabric fabricated from flax fibres

30. Windblown silt deposit

31. Grey, in Montreal

32. Informally ‘move’ in real estate lingo

33. “__ in My Dreams” by Debbie Gibson

36. Fun ‘evening’?

39. Potato bags

40. “__ Enchanted” (2004) starring Anne Hathaway

43. “__ _ Have to Say the Words?” by Bryan Adams

44. __-a-porter

46. “__ chance!”

48. Online journals

49. Anise-flavoured aperitif in The Balkans

51. The Beatles’ version-inGerman of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”: “Komm, __ mir deine Hand”

52. Passenger’s carry-on for a single business outfit

53. Prefix to ‘culture’ (Tillage)

54. Newfoundland band, Great Big __

55. Seize the day! = Carpe __!

56. Group of eight

57. Holy birthplace of Muhammad

59. “Whip It” tiered hats New Wave band

60. Bemoaned

61. __ dixit (Unproven claim)

63. Joined up: 2 wds.

65. South America’s famous chain: 2 wds.

66. Address an audience

67. Pacific coast city of British Columbia

70. Soap operas, informally

71. Poem of eight lines

73. Dispatch boats

75. Manitoba town near the

North Dakota border

77. Showbiz ticket, informally

78. Make _ __ (Jot down the information)

79. Mr. Davis of “I’m Not Rappaport” (1996)

82. Creative thought

83. Brother in British band Oasis

84. “__ Stay Together” by Al Green

85. 1501 in ancient Rome

86. Brit. reference work in the library

87. Rec. label for Victor?