The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Teeth-surroundin­g tissues 5 Sumo __ (Canadian energetic rock band) 9 Sports org. for Canadian athlete Brooke Henderson 13 Thunderstr­uck 17 Happy Birthday! “Bonne Fete _ __...” 18 Jacket's extra 19 Beige 20 Blending-in mil. garb 21 Folksy star Mr. Ives 22 The Northern Lights: 2 wds. 25 Sinew 27 “__, __ THAT'S how it's done.” 28 Invite: 2 wds. 29 Kanga and Roo's creator A.A. 31 William __ (Author of 1877 Canadian book The Golden Dog) 33 VCR's `V' 35 Delivered a grand address 37 “__ sells seashells by the seashore.” 38 Bar drinks 39 To and __ 42 In Nova Scotia, along with onions, it's what's in a jar of Solomon Gundy: 2 wds. 45 “_ __ one...” (Well, my opinion is...) 46 Old English letter 47 “__ Blues” by The Beatles 48 Stalled, __ __ impasse 49 Royal __ (Since-1913 Canadian real estate company) 51 Canadian Living, e.g. 53 Contract's dotted line scribble, briefly 54 Tooth __ 55 Long-handled soup utensil 60 One who lives in Mount Logan's territory 63 Utopias 64 The Comedy of __ (Now playing at the Stratford Festival) 66 German language article 67 Operated 69 Canadian soprano Ms. Brueggergo­sman 70 Modern lights, e.g. 72 Sidekick 74 Entreprene­ur's deg. 77 Hostile fighter jets in “Top Gun” (1986) 78 Home of the Lions of the CFL: acr. + wd. + wd. 82 Antacid brand 83 “In the Valley of __” (2007) 84 __-d'Or, Quebec 85 Frankly 86 Kinder 88 Bathroom basins 90 Unmoving 91 1980: “__ That a Party” by The Rovers 93 Word-of-mouth, Viva __ 95 Trail trekkers 97 It's called CHIME, it's `astronomic­ally' Canada's largest, it's in Kaleden near Penticton in British Columbia ...it's a what?: 2 wds. 100 Singer Mr. Redding 103 Aid and __ 104 __ Islands, in Galway Bay in Ireland 105 Watered down rum 106 “Able was _ __...” (Palindrome snippet) 107 Criticizes the performanc­e 108 Medieval toiler 109 Weekend trip accommodat­ions 110 Maple __

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1 Chitchat 2 Sun god of ancient Sumer 3 Saskatchew­an village west of Moose Jaw 4 `Knowlton' in the Eastern Townships starts with one: wd. + letter 5 Canadian country star Mr. Brownlee 6 “Everything ...fine?”: 2 wds. 7 Gene __ (Ottawa-born guitarist of the American band at #11-Down) 8 Prefix with `meter', as per mileage 9 Folk music band of siblings from Lakefield, Ontario 10 Banned pollutants, e.g. 11 `67 chart-topper for The Young Rascals fitting for a `Sunday afternoon' 12 Bron-Yr-__ (Welsh cottage where Led Zeppelin wrote songs in 1970) 13 “_ __ of You” by Joni Mitchell 14 Canada's __ __ __ (Astronaut Chris Hadfield is amongst its 2018 inductees) 15 Radiate 16 “I can only __ __ much.” (I'm not superhuman!) 23 Canadian author of 1970 novel Fifth Business: 2 wds. 24 Former name of aerospace/defence co. Airbus 26 Cam of Canadian hockey greatness 29 Sulk 30 Prefix to `ology' (Eye's iris analysis) 32 Canadian stand-up Caroline 34 Fireplace 36 Judge 38 Canada Dry __ Ale 40 Canadian comic actor Seth 41 Mr. Hershiser's of baseball 43 Horse cart 44 Baseball tarp reason 45 Apple tablet 50 Compass pt. 52 `The Royal City' near Kitchener in Ontario 55 “__ at `em!” 56 “The results __ __ now.” (We'll know the winner soon) 57 Canadians pitch their products to the pros on this CBC show: 2 wds. 58 Team's defeat 59 Pu-__ (Tea variety from China) 61 Richard who played the henchman Jaws in 007 movies 62 Performs like Canadian star Drake 65 Sand, on a Quebec beach 68 Intl. alliance of which Canada is one of the original 12 member countries, since 1949 71 Skim 73 Oversight 74 `M' of PM, in federal Canadian politics 75 Ranch animal 76 __ acetate (Organic compound) 79 The Stone __ (2001 bestsellin­g art/war novel by Canadian author Jane Urquhart) 80 Manitoba community with an antlered Deer family member logo 81 __-Windsor Tunnel (Michigan-to-Ontario link) 83 `Outer'-meaning prefix 87 Monogram components, for short 88 Act part in a play 89 Drink slowly: 2 wds. 91 Shawl 92 Rhyming structure, e.g. 94 Mother in The Good Earth 96 Brewery barrels 98 __ kwon do 99 Special effects letters in movies 101 Anger 102 Determine

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