COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Aunt’s husband, in Spain 4 Weed _ __ (Gardening brand) 8 Sour 11 “__ La La” by Manfred Mann 14 Rock gr. Neil Young joined 15 __-Quebec (Scratch tickets, 6/49 and more corp. in La Belle Province) 16 Slow, __-paced 18 Amongst 19 New Brunswick city sharing the name of a Toronto subway station 21 Nova Scotia’s postcard perfect destination: 2 wds. 23 Laughed like a lamb 24 Coin attraction in Sudbury: 3 wds. 26 Mozart’s tressed-topper 28 Gordon Lightfoot’s “__ Day People” 29 Ms. Witherspoon 30 Gladiator’s 551 31 Saskatchewan town on the Trans-Canada Highway 33 Boy George aka George O’__ (Mentor on CTV’s “The Launch”) 35 Miami’s li’l state 36 Sailor’s shout! 37 Member of the Order of Canada, songstress famously known as ‘Our Pet’ 41 Red Chamber fig. in Ottawa 42 __ _ bet (Be beholden to the winner) 44 Butcher shop waste 45 Masculine pronoun 46 Church benches 47 Get __ __ (Toss out) 49 Photograph displayer 51 Saskatchewan’s provincial bird, Sharp-tailed __ 54 Book’s back-pages area 55 Pierre Berton, for one 56 Howard __ (Architect in Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead) 57 Not-quite-a-superstar actor’s tier, _-__ 58 Goatee’s face location 59 Winter Olympian, e.g. 60 Conjure up 62 Conventional 64 Initials-sharers of Gracie Allen’s husband/ comedy partner 67 1955: “Moments to Remember” Canadian singing quartet, with The: 2 wds. 69 St. John’s __. Airport 70 “__ Buttermilk Sky” by Hoagy Carmichael 71 Moray-ish 72 Toronto neighbourhood; or, birthplace of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas 75 Rapa __ (Easter Island) 76 Barely anything at all 79 Gaucho’s weapons 81 Canadian city, with Bay 83 Wintertime skating venues like the one at Nathan Phillips Square, in Toronto: 2 wds. 86 The Hunter constellation 87 Environmental activism group founded in Vancouver in 1971 88 Parliament Hill: The Peace Tower’s set of bells 91 Crossword’s black/ white squares spot 92 Some cracker spreads 93 Basilica’s vaulted area 94 “__ _ recall...” (My memory tells me that...) 95 Airport code for #69-Across 96 One of a popular canvas sneaker brand 97 Golfer when readying for play at the peg 98 Dry, as champagne
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1 Acronym of the Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit that goes “And if your train’s on time you can get to work by nine...” 2 Canadian pairs skating great Ms. Brasseur 3 Denizen of the province where #17-Down is located 4 Giant marine specimen on display at the Canadian Museum of Nature, in Ottawa: 3 wds. 5 Sports legend from Saskatoon nicknamed ‘Mr. Hockey’: 2 wds. 6 Tie-breaking sports periods, for short 7 Night personified, in Norse mythology 8 Single small segment, say: 2 wds. 9 Pickpocket villain in Oliver Twist 10 Newfoundland’s traditional raisin pudding: 2 wds. 11 Chimney’s plume 12 Honeymaker habitations 13 “Rolling in the Deep” songstress 16 Cape __ (Located in Newfoundland, it’s North America’s most easterly land point) 17 Village west of Brockville near the St. Lawrence River 18 Acquiesce 20 “Bali __”: “South Pacific” (1958) song 22 Prime Minister from 1896 to 1911: 3 wds. 25 Charlemagne’s realm [acronym] 26 Computer files, e.g. 27 Canadian actor Paul of “Due South” 32 “See ya!” 34 ‘Motor’ suffix 37 Edmonton-born star, Michael _. __ 38 “What on earth is __?!” 39 Wristwatch readout 40 Reason to call 911, for short 43 Mr. Schwarzenegger, to fans 44 Clifford __ (American playwright of The Country Girl) 46 Mineral-based makeup brand 48 Passports and badges, e.g. 50 __ Tin Tin 51 Tennis great Steffi 52 Plumbing specialists company, __-Rooter 53 Honolulu’s island home 54 Varieties 55 #55-Across’ birthplace in 1920 57 The famous Canadian healthy living TV spot series by Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod 58 ‘Art able’ archaically 61 __-d’Or, Quebec 63 Pantry can 64 Transports-to-the-top at Whistler 65 Schooner on the Canadian dime 66 Esau’s biblical Mount 68 Torn apart 72 Like a bread loaf in a bag 73 Declines 74 Get permission 76 Waterlogged 77 Spicy seasoning sort 78 Had that veggie burger: 2 wds. 80 Pontificate 82 Zilch 84 Canadian crime-fighting force, e.g. 85 “Vamoose!” 89 Gorilla, for example 90 Ms. Kidman, to pals