The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 `__ Wanted' (Classified­s section) 5 Game show Canada's Monty Hall hosted, “Let's Make a __”

9 Food Network Canada profession­al 13 “Reach for the __” (Classic quiz show for Canadian students) 16 Ancient Rome's love god 17 Sicily's volcano 18 Four _ __ (Toronto's busy highway) 19 Building doorway sign 21 Labour Day football rivalry, Argonauts vs __-__ 23 Marbled __ (Threatened seabirds ...more at #52-Across) 25 Quebec City's grand hotel overlookin­g the St. Lawrence River: 2 wds.

27 __ Lederer aka Ann Landers, advice columnist 30 Pouty

31 Poet's `willingly' 32 Legume/'shell' combo: 2 wds. 34 Canadian actor Conrad who is a former kickboxer 35 Adam's __ (Water) 36 “Yuck!”

39 “It __ _.” (`It's me here' very formally) 40 Self-styled, __-disant 42 Feudal labourers 44 Ordinarily ornamentat­ed

46 “__ Craving” by k.d. lang 49 Winged dawn goddess 50 Canadian band, __ Plan ...it's easy! 51 __-la-la

52 Pacific __ (Where #23-Across are found in Canada)

54 “My Gal __” (1942) 55 She, in Lisbon 56 Wallet item: 2 wds. 59 Cadbury Canada treat with a Viking helmet on its wrapper 62 Medit. Sea country 63 Cyclades island 64 `Hippo' suffix (Chariot racing stadium) 66 Poet's `atop' 67 House ceiling finish 69 Small bit, in French 70 Dr. Wilder __ (Rhodes Scholar who founded the Montreal Neurologic­al Institute, in 1934) 74 War-beginning reason, __ belli 75 Nets

77 Steal

78 Figure skater

Ms. Babilonia 79 Stock unit, for short 80 Gremlin 81 Bachelor of Science, e.g. 83 General __ of Canada

(Car company) 85 Driveway-to-movingvan connection 87 Angle 89 Grandmas

90 In 1851, it became Canada's first postage stamp:

3 wds.

95 Visiting Kingston's province: 2 wds. 96 The geological `Hill' part of Parliament Hill 100 Gladiator's 1700 101 Flip-to-the-next page abbr .... 102 __-friendly 103 Canadian singer Mr. Kim 104 Earth's ethereal expanse

105 Jog 106 Existence 107 “Uh-uh.”

DOWN

1 Fedora or bowler 2 Brit. record label 3 Ship captain's journal 4 Rain, e.g. 5 `Ten'-meaning prefix 6 Les __-Unis (Quebec's southern border neighbour) 7 Pay, as a poker player: 2 wds. 8 Montreal riding former Prime Minister Paul Martin represente­d, __-Emard 9 Snug

10 CBC's “This __ Has 22 Minutes” 11 Signs up for classes

12 Elk River mountain city in British Columbia

13 __ Canada, cinematic Crown Corporatio­n 14 Field's cart-pullers 15 Pocket bread 20 Cdn. purchasing­goods-from-a-sofa network 22 Canadian indie rock band noted for early-1990s albums `Melville' and `Whale Music' 24 Summer: French 26 Tsar's decrees 27 Legendary 28 Mexico monetary unit

29 Tool for Emily Carr's creations

33 1988 Meg Ryan m.o.v.i.e. 35 Bronze Roman money

37 Island destinatio­n in Nova Scotia: 2 wds. 38 “To __ _ Mockingbir­d” (1962) 41 Andes people historical­ly 43 There's __ __ ways about it 44 What Regina was called in early Canadian history, stemming from hunted bison skeletal remains that were stacked high: 3 wds.

45 Within earshot 47 __ Lanka

48 CN Tower's li'l locale 50 Down

53 Puff __ (Sort of viper) 54 Smile like a villain 56 `D' of CD 57 “Como __?” (Spanish for `How are you?') 58 Pigeon's murmur 60 Blue Jays game authority, for short 61 `__ Momo': David Byrne album 65 Mount in Banff; or, a Park in Edmonton 68 Canada's is the Dollar 69 Celebs photos-taker

71 __ de plume 72 Actress Ms. Flynn Boyle

73 Thesis, tiny-ly 75 Tiberius or Napoleon 76 Aquamarine: 2 wds. 80 Name of Montreal's profession­al soccer team 82 Metamorphi­c rock kind

84 Maple Leaf __ (Fashionabl­e symbol of Canada, since 2011) 86 Latin abbr. for

`at the age of' 87 The __ Brothers (Canadian twins Drew and Jonathan of home reno TV shows) 88 `Trains' tangly tresses 90 Country singer

Mr. McGraw 91 100s, for short 92 “My Own Way to __” by Burton Cummings 93 1963... “Deep Purple” by __ Tempo & April Stevens 94 Captain __ (Character in Billy Budd, Sailor) 97 John Lennon's wife Yoko 98 Canadian politics group, e.g. 99 Blinker

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