The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 It's between BC and Sask. 5 Manitoba metropolis, minusculel­y 8 Buckwheat porridges 14 Talk

17 Priory in 2006's “The Da Vinci Code” 18 Cultivate 19 Montreal-born shark Kevin on “Shark Tank” 20 Alphabet's `A' (or `B' or `C'...) [abbr.] 21 __ Gold Rush (The Yukon's historic happening) 23 Heart of #21-Across: 2 wds. 25 Dublin's country 26 Gooey jumbo-sized sweet treat at Yukon roadhouse the Braeburn Lodge: 2 wds. 27 Manicure lacquer 30 Carrots and __ 31 Commotion 32 Calgary's famous science centre: 2 wds.

34 Mr. Lewis, et al. (British author b.1898 - d.1963) 36 Sgt. Hooker, et al. (`80s TV policeman role for William Shatner) 39 Canadian singer, Marc __ (Celine Dion's duettist on “Tout Pres du Bonheur”)

40 Bolt

41 Cottage bed 42 Tearful 44 Awaken

45 Fed. vacation day 46 Serving sommelier, say

48 Cost

49 Titles 51 Saskatchew­an rural community sharing the name of Joan of Arc's circa 1412 birthplace in France 52 Backwards 53 Canadian Football League extravagan­za Sunday, November 25th, 2018: 4 wds. 57 “Wild Thing” rapper, Tone-__ 58 Macdonald-Cartier __ (Highway 401 in Ontario, formally) 59 Quebec `television show' 60 `Concept' completer (Abstract) 61 Anthony Hopkins' Oscar-winning `Dr.' role

62 Tangle

63 Pranks

66 Rather like paste 68 Audi's lettered coupes 69 Canadian stand-up Mr. James 70 Mother-__-__ 71 Twofold, briefly 72 “Gangnam Style” rap star

73 Dairy item on a shopping list to make Poutine:

2 wds. 75 Midianite royal 77 Top-notched

78 Key the data in over again

79 Hit by Cdn. band The Powder Blues that's `on the wrong side of town': 3 wds. 84 Loud crowd's sound! 85 Chicken style at Canadian restaurant Swiss Chalet

86 The what empties into Lake Ontario in Toronto?: 2 wds. 90 Suffix to `Special' 91 Mr. Walker (Portrayer of Chief Wallace Boden on “Chicago Fire”, on Global TV)

92 Brick house's foliage 93 Astronauts org. 94 Foot, in Zoology 95 Dances to Big Band music 96 Fountain __

97 Bite, bite, bite ...as a busy, busy beaver

DOWN

1 End one's sentence with a ?

2 “Her name was Magill, and she called herself __, but ev'ryone knew her as Nancy.” - The Beatles, “Rocky Raccoon” 3 Excessivel­y 4 Nova Scotia songbird who sings “Snowbird”: 2 wds. 5 Spins

6 Nudge

7 “Wow.”

8 Big name in Canadian boots 9 Arkin and Rickman 10 Darned

11 __ _ good attitude (Is positive) 12 Perfumes 13 Church council 14 Flippant 15 Aleutian island 16 Welsh opera singer, Sir __ Terfel 22 This, in Germany 24 One-hundred-dollar bill

26 Particle physics lab in Switzerlan­d 27 Approx. take-offs at airports

28 Word that's neither masc. nor fem. 29 Mountainee­ring group founded in 1906, ACC = __ __ of Canada 30 Calgary-born actor Mr. Gross 33 Searches, #21-Across style 34 Lawyering lieu 35 Barbra who dated Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau 37 Toronto-born singer/ guitarist of “Angel Eyes”: 2 wds. 38 `Dum spiro, __' (`While I breathe, I hope', in Latin) 41 Cozy

42 More dry in humour

43 “That really hurts!” 45 Hour, in Hull 46 Arctic-related 47 Olde-style `ant' 50 Marty __, Michael J. Fox's “Back to the Future” (1985) character 51 Charles G. __ (VP to President Coolidge) 53 Gurgling sound 54 Writer Mr. Dahl (Willy Wonka creator)

55 Aunt on “Road to Avonlea” 56 Prince Charles always wears one on his left pinky: 2 wds.

62 Extra

64 Heave 65 __'Pea, of Popeye comics 67 1985 title movie role for Canadian actress Kate Nelligan, based on the memoir by Greek author Nicholas Gage 69 Litter's littlest 70 Christmas carol: “Do You Hear What _ __?” 72 Two-person timber cutting tool 73 Canadian songwritin­g legend Leonard, and family 74 Canada's Walk of Fame honouree Hume 76 Grippers in the workshop 77 Dermatolog­y concern 79 __-drop 80 Sludge 81 `Favour' suffixes (Most liked items) 82 Do, __, __, fa... 83 Cast-__ pan 84 Amble

86 Dunk

87 “Into the Mystic” singer

Mr. Morrison 88 Edmonton Oilers great Mr. Tikkanen 89 Sensitive

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