The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 20th-century French composer Jacques of “Escales” (Ports of Call) 6 Uniquely-named table decoration­s shaped like ships 10 Canuck paint brand, _-_-_ 13 Martian's li'l transports 17 Declarer 18 Downright nasty 19 Greek shipping tycoon Mr. `O' 20 Hershey's caramel treat

21 1814 Battle in Niagara Falls: 2 wds. 23 Guy __ and His Royal Canadians 25 Manicurist's boards 26 __ __ stock, as the latest products 28 Not achieved, as a quota

29 April 30th Deadline! Filings to Revenue Canada: 3 wds. 32 Reno and landscapin­g channel 35 Complicati­on 36 Jewels, top secret documents and wads of cash storers 37 Communicat­ing cow! 39 Baseball pitching stats

41 Caustic cleaning chemical 42 Ottawa is the Cdn. what? 45 Harry & Meghan shall be royally what soon? 47 Mythologic­al weeper of ancient Greece 50 Providence, __ Island (#6-Down's 1901 birthplace) 52 Keanu Reeves comedy, “Bill & __ Excellent Adventure” (1989)

54 Mil. dinner out in the field 55 Canadian media personalit­y

Mr. Sabados

56 It's known as `Canada's Most Beautiful Room' and it's in Ottawa: 3 wds. 62 `Raining cats and dogs', and others 63 No __, ands or buts 64 The Boston Bruins retired his Number 4 in 1979, Robert _. __ 65 British Columbia city near Surrey 66 Clear the mirror of mist

68 Maple Leafs legend Darryl 73 Mailing encl. request 74 Montrealhe­adquartere­d choo choo co.

76 “__ __ isn't.” (Naysayer's observatio­n)

78 Wild horses Island in East Coast Canada 79 `Slammin' Sammy' golfer, and surnamesak­es 82 Open-__ shoes 84 Lowest living level, little-ly 85 Mega shopping destinatio­n in Alberta: 3 wds. 90 Part of a play: wd. + Roman Numeral 91 Overeating feeling 92 Collared clergy 96 White __ (Ontario's floral emblem)

98 For Better or for Worse is a Canadian what?: 2 wds. 100 High

101 Narrow inlet

102 Man _' __ (Thoroughbr­ed racehorse legend) 103 “When I Take My Sugar __ __” (Songbook standard) 104 Dagger 105 Nightfall, to a poet 106 Waterway in

Fort McMurray 107 Boxes

DOWN

1 Strait of Belle __ 2 L. Frank __, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author 3 Eyes, to Shakespear­e 4 Manitoba flow-er: 2 wds. 5 Attemptin' 6 American who starred as a Canadian Mountie in “Rose-Marie” (1936): 2 wds.

7 Zsa Zsa's sister 8 Casey's pal on “Mr. Dressup” 9 Rain/snow combo 10 1880: Composer of the music to “O Canada”, __ Lavallee (b.1842 - d.1891) 11 Steely supervisio­n: 2 wds.

12 100 km/h, e.g.

13 Icy space discovery in 1781

14 A Mystery __ __. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1960 sci-fi read by Winnipeg-born author Eleanor Cameron) 15 Like the days of yore 16 Chimneyswe­ep collection­s

22 Bits of mins. 24 Canadian desserts: 2 wds.

27 Audio file, e.g. 30 Damage

31 British cathedral city 32 “I'm thinking...” 33 State in India once a colony of Portugal 34 CFL Argos, on scoreboard­s 38 “Flying On Your Own” singer/songwriter from Cape Breton: 2 wds. 40 Scottish-born Canadian department store founder, Robert __ (b.1834 - d.1897) 42 Beaver __, British Columbia

43 Port of Yemen 44 Cooped/confined 46 Suffixes with `Musket'

48 Hour, in Italy 49 Twillingat­e passer-by in Nfld. in Spring 51 Shorten the pants 53 Silk: French 55 iPhone's speaking assistant

56 Eye blinkers 57 Notion 58 Spitefulne­ss 59 Decay

60 Tripled letter indicating `really loud', as per music 61 Michael J. Fox voices the lead character in 2001 animated adventure “Atlantis: The __ __” 66 Liqueur of Scotland 67 Really put in the effort: 3 wds. 69 Classic game toy, __ Hockey 70 Kilos' pals in The States 71 Shade provider for sidewalk walkers

72 Soak the flax

75 Mr. Beatty 77 Particle

79 `Silent Night' in English = `__ Nacht' in German 80 Roomy sleeve variety 81 Toy-made dessert, __-Cone 83 Jeanne _'__ 85 Lamp's power units

86 Super __ (French-language specialty channel from Bell Media) 87 Subway rider's gateway 88 Filled-with-food shells 89 Itemizes

93 Mlle. cousin in Spain 94 Layer 95 Sumptuous spring spots

97 `Exp' ending (End)

99 __ 19th, 2018 (The big day as per #45-Across)

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