The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Stylish 5 Canadian comedy star Mr. Foley 9 Purse-closing bit 14 Ms. Aariak, Premier of Nunavut, 2008 to 2013

17 “That really hurts!” 18 Gotchas!

19 __ __ lunch 20 Millennial''s parent, Gen-__ 21 Creations by Canadians such as Simon Chang and Kimberley NewportMim­ran: 2 wds. 24 That chap 25 Rhinal

26 `Sched' suffix (Agenda) 27 Wickedness­es

29 “__ Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson 31 Beatles-rejecting record label 33 Chocolate substitute

35 Chair for

Queen Elizabeth 37 Tibetan ox

38 Avril Lavigne hit: “Sk8er __”

39 Ad-__ (Speaks off-the-cuff) 42 “Working for the __” by Canadian rock band Loverboy 44 Alex of Canadian rock band Rush 47 On-a-human ink pic 48 TV talk show legend ...her initials-sharers 49 Eras

51 Jar's topper 52 Arbitrate 54 Dome-shaped Roman Catholic church in Inuvik in the Northwest Territorie­s nicknamed the `Igloo Church': 4 wds.

57 Back tooth elevation 60 Untruth 61 Presently

62 __ __ upswing (Improving) 63 Vancouver Island body of water near Victoria where there is a huge Canadian Forces naval base: 2 wds.

69 It's done this way 70 “...man __ _ mouse?” C M Y

71 1940... The White Cliffs writer,

Alice __ Miller 72 French `word' 75 Orange Pekoe 76 Louis St. __ (Prime Minister, from 1948 to 1957) 79 Coastal town in British Columbia sharing the name of famous guitars 81 Makes a mistake 83 Mil. titles

84 Comic book fight sound effect!

86 Put on one's skates: 2 wds.

87 Bald __ (Bird of North America) 89 Egg-shaped 91 Particles 92 Northwest Island town in Newfoundla­nd 94 Bemoan 95 County of __ (Where the Grand River flows in southern Ontario) 97 __-Wan Kenobi 98 The Ambassador Bridge in Windsor and the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, for instance, for American tourists visiting Canada via a road trip: 2 wds. 105 Void, in France 106 Bean varieties 107 Prefix to `pad' (Chopper's landing site) 108 `Billion' suffix (Tycoon) 109 Ingested ingredient­s

110 __ & Young (Accounting firm) 111 “La __ Bonita” by Madonna

112 Not ever, poetically

DOWN

1 North Atlantic fish 2 Shade 3 `Acrobat' suffixes 4 Warm wind in Calgary from

The Rockies

5 Mr. Aykroyd's 6 Leading the pack 7 Frederick of the Group of Seven who painted `Evening after Rain' 8 Key near F1 on a PC 9 British Columbia... Bella __ Valley 10 Minstrel's `guitar'

11 Football player or golfer, e.g.

12 Fr. holy woman 13 Fashion model, when on a shoot 14 Toronto's annual summer fair The CNE = Canadian National __ 15 Bride's accessory 16 Captain's Chair components

22 Marc __ (The first Canadian astronaut in space, in 1984) 23 Fortunatel­y 28 Loudness [abbr.] 29 “Close one!” 30 Miner's discoverie­s, for example 32 Brother in “East of Eden” (1955) 33 Businesses, briefly

34 Garlic sauce 35 Deuce 36 Mechanical __. (Tech school grad) 38 Suburb of Halifax

40 City of Iraq 41 Canadian author/ singer/pundit Mark often a guest on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on FOX News

43 __ Falls (1443 foot high waterfall on Vancouver Island) 45 Canadian actress Ms. Reid

46 Ms. Kidman, to pals 50 Royal Canadian Navy crews 53 `Liquid' or `Fabric' suffix 54 Classical music piece

55 Main purpose, Raison __

56 Movie comedy car `Herbie', e.g.: letters + wd. 57 `This' to Marie-Claire 58 Theatre worker 59 Posh neighbourh­ood where prominent 19thcentur­y industrial­ists and executives lived in Montreal, Golden __ __ 64 Unwell

65 “__ __-time favourite...” (What

I like best is...) 66 House of __ (Queen Victoria was its last British royal monarch, upon her death in 1901) 67 Trompe l'__ (Visual illusion) 68 Mordecai Richler novel, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award in 1971, St. __ Horseman 72 Faucets company 73 Burden

74 Sugar amt. 77 All-purpose vehicle, sport-__ 78 Also

80 Nova __ (Denizen of Dartmouth's domain) 82 Freelancer's mailing enclosure [acronym] 85 Threads 88 Roof style for movie star Clark 89 West, in Quebec 90 Rather funny 92 Canadian home improvemen­t store 93 Adjoin 94 Suggested nutrition amts. 96 Largest continent 99 `To hear' in Barcelona 100 `Watergate' presidenti­al monogram 101 Energy 102 Never, in Munich 103 Olympics homeland, to the IOC 104 Church delivery on Sun.

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