The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Downtown Toronto's financial Street 4 __-tourism 7 Boxing bout stats 11 Sitar songs 16 Curious as _ __ 18 ABBA hit song

19 St. Francis Xavier University's home in Nova Scotia 21 Festival of Lights of eight nights

23 `The __' (Nickname of Montreal Canadiens right wing great Yvan Cournoyer) 24 Shiny stuff in the kitchen by Alcan 25 Paul McCartney is wearing a patch of this Cdn. constabula­ry on his uniform's left sleeve on the album cover at #91-Across 26 Single

27 Cape Breton's renowned choral group: 5 wds. 34 Tibetan ox

37 __ Fraser University, in British Columbia 38 Tube-shaped fish 39 New York Mets baseball div. 40 Biblical eldest brother of King David

43 Sister 44 Farming, in brief 45 Canada's highest Mount, it's in the Yukon 47 Since-1914 Winnipeg theatre, __ Playhouse

49 __ B'rith

50 Be indebted: 2 wds. 51 Judge/lawyers conversati­on at the bench 52 Household invention by Canada's Norman Breakey: 2 wds. 54 Belonging to a certain railway co. 55 NB's water 56 Great __ (Extinct bird) 57 __ Provincial Park (Prehistori­c attraction of Indigenous rock carvings in Woodview, Ontario) 62 Crow-er

67 __ acid (It's in olive oil)

68 Some batteries 69 Sea in The Arctic 70 Belarus' capital city 71 Political VIPs in Ottawa

72 Cutely adore 73 Deuce-ace 74 Foreknowle­dge, e.g. 75 Student's 4.0 commonly

76 __ Haec Et Altera Vincit (Nova Scotia's motto)

78 Set-__ (Arguments) 79 Author of 1853 book Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West: 2 wds.

85 Justin Trudeau's base of operations [acronym]

86 Tail on a `Lion'? 87 Canadian author Mr. Barclay of new thriller A Noise Downstairs 91 Iconic 1967 Beatles release: `__. __ Lonely Hearts Club Band'

96 Trendy neighbourh­ood in Vancouver

97 Mr. Fudd's paste?: 2 wds.

98 In the past

99 1965 Stadium for The Beatles 100 “Mercy!” 101 Breaks any Commandmen­t 102 Sea: French 103 Initials-sharers of the singer of “Rhiannon”

DOWN

1 Thailand currency 2 Purple smoothie berry

3 Mr. Martel, Canadian novelist of Life of Pi 4 CFL players in Edmonton, to fans 5 They provide illuminati­on for members of #27-Across: 3 wds. 6 Kyrgyzstan city 7 Fish of Florida 8 __ Canada (Book publisher with a Borzoi logo) 9 River of Hiroshima 10 “__ and Nancy” (1986)

11 __-trip flight

12 Ms. Lennox of Eurythmics

13 __ rummy

14 Peer Gynt's mother 15 Portion of the pot, puny-ly

17 __ of hair 20 Oliver Twist's porridge 22 __-i-Noor Diamond 25 “__, __, you noblest English.” (Line from Shakespear­e's Henry V)

28 Some flightless birds 29 Canadian pop duo/ twin sisters, __ and Sara 30 Mennonite __ __ (Cultural attraction in Steinbach, Manitoba) 31 Georgia __ (Georgette's portrayer on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”)

32 Dish

33 Mister, in Spain 34 Casual positives 35 Jai __

36 Nice

41 Fed

42 Mike __, Head Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs 44 Indigo dyes 45 Vancouver __ (Where visitors can experience 360 degree aerial views of the city) 46 Bespectacl­ed brainy bird

48 Mob

49 Soapy soaking spots 52 Fathers

53 British actress Ms. Lenska 57 Apples, in botany 58 Ms. Donovan of “Clueless” (1995) 59 Two-hrs.before-Midnight: 2 wds.

60 `_' __ for Regina 61 Bark-in-thedirecti­on-of, puppy-style: 2 wds. 63 Zimbabwe's continent [abbr.] 64 “There's nothing __ __.” (This is so easy)

65 Mr. Rubik (Inventor of the Rubik's Cube) 66 Pathways, for short 69 Hogwash 72 Canadian hockey great Mr. Robitaille, and namesakes 75 Mushy meals 76 Overlooks 77 Bespoke suits maker 80 Increased 81 Manicurist's board 82 Already-shown TV series episode 83 Compass direction, e.g.

84 Len is a judge on this ballroom show [acronym]

88 __ and aahs 89 Ontario's __ Sound 90 Genetics lab samples 91 Quebec seasoning

92 Mop & __ (Brand of floor cleaner)

93 Posh lettered area of Montreal 94 Movie ratings, e.g. 95 Inventor Mr. Whitney 96 Serving of tuber

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