COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lets dew soften the hemp

5 Stitch

8 Golf tournaments, e.g.

12 Toronto Raptor, e.g. 17 Edge

18 Nero's 111 19 Mystique

20 Aria in Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): 2 wds. 21 Similkameen Valley village in British Columbia 23 Winged and Wych 24 After __

(Dark chocolate mints brand) 25 Where “the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row”: 3 wds.

28 Edm. transport mode 29 Nova Scotia band, with The 30 Particular printer 34 Fortified

37 Pals to `Beholds!' 38 Pitching _ __ (Camping chore) 40 Spanish beach `wave' 41 Skeena River city in British Columbia 43 Ambition 44 Shakespearean pronoun 45 Miss-placement 46 Poetic feet

49 Key

51 Purpose 52 Military wake-up call 54 Appear to be

55 Slip along... 57 Energy unit 58 Post-BC times 60 Guy __ (Canadian composer/pianist) 63 Canadian basketball legend Steve 65 Andrews Sisters hit bit: “He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of __ _...” 68 Nashville music trophy, commonly 69 Canadian fruit fave

72 To this point: 2 wds. 73 __ muffins

74 Sea lettuce

75 Hunt illegally C M Y 77 Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, in Paris

79 Stage prompt

80 Ms. Michael, American educator called `The Poppy Lady', promoter of the red poppy as a remembrance symbol. She was inspired by the Canadian doctor at #31-Down's famous WWI poem - writing her own in response called We Shall Keep the Faith - and dedicated her 1941 autobiography to him. 81 `_' __ for Dunnville 83 Some big name computers 84 `Concerning this' on a contract

86 VIA vehicle

88 Call upon

89 3rd Canadian __ __ (Juno Beach force on D-Day) 95 Self-respect 98 __-Saint-Paul, Quebec

99 Take part in Elizabeth Manley's sport:

2 wds. 100 Alberta: Beaver County village east of Edmonton 101 Flush 102 Fitting-here fish 103 Monogram letter [abbr.] 104 Twelvemonths 105 Vega's constellation 106 Hamilton's prov. 107 River of British Columbia

DOWN

1 Anise-flavoured aperitif in

The Balkans 2 __ Holden: A Tale of the North Country (Irving Bacheller's 1900 novel)

3 Surf `n' __

4 __ Jay (British Columbia's provincial bird) 5 Fragrance 6 Old†Testament's second bk. after Genesis 7 Aware of the scheme: 2 wds. 8 Bel __ (Cheese of Italy) 9 Canada was part of the international Coalition in this early 1990s conflict to liberate Kuwait which was invaded by Iraq: 2 wds. 10 100th Anniversary... November 11th, 1918: 2 wds. 11 Freelancer's mailing encl.

12 “You __ bother.” (I've taken care of it) 13 Invigorating 14 Lettered insurance co.

15 Ordinal suffix 16 Groove

22 __ Loop (Trendy neighbourhood in Calgary)

26 “The Way We Were” (1973) star ...his initials-sharers 27 Oceanic cruise ships 31 Lieutenant Colonel (from Guelph, Ontario) who wrote #25-Across in 1915: 2 wds. 32 Home of ancient philosopher Parmenides 33 Weight unit of China

34 Maps book 35 Grease the creak once more 36 WWII-set movie of `42 starring Greer Garson and Canadian actor Walter Pidgeon as her husband: 2 wds. 37 Vacate

39 Ms. Gabor

42 `Co.' to a Quebec business 43 Lettered computer connection

44 __ _ knot (Secure the laces) 47 Canadian __ __, called `The Life Line of the World' in wartime

48 The __ _ (1976 Summer Olympics stadium, to Montrealers) 50 Ms. Reynolds of “Hit the Deck” (1955), for short 52 Breather

53 Pool racing circuits 56 Actress Ms. Delany 59 Daggers 61 Famous astrologer Sydney 62 Athabasca Oil __ 64 Jump from, bunny-style: 2 wds. 66 __-Jongg 67 Corp. report's `until now' 69 Greatly 70 Inkling

71 “__ _ heard that...” (The grapevine says...)

73 __ jacket (Pierre Trudeau's canoeing garb)

76 The Jacques-__ Bridge, in Montreal 78 Sahara vision 80 Dollar sums

81 Like a li'l self-repair project 82 Canadian bookstore/ gifts chain 85 Largest duck in Canada, it's so `Common' 87 Sphere 88 Deflect 90 Canadian diving great Jennifer 91 The Who's “_ __ See for Miles” 92 `Canad' completer (Canuck stuff) 93 Model/actress Carre 94 Goalies mind them

95 Put a crowbar to use 96 Whiskey and __ (“American Pie” fare) 97 Maritime workers' gr.