The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Golden __ (Ornamental garden pond fish) 5 Naja Hajes

9 The Supremes 1965 hit song starter!

13 _ __ A (Kind of interview)

17 __ Lake, Alberta 18 Madlyn of “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (1963)

19 “Vissi d'__” (Puccini aria)

20 Fertilizer component 21 1965 hit for partCanadi­an band The Lovin' Spoonful that goes “If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues...”: 5 wds. 25 Johnny Carson and President Nixon are amongst those in Canadian comedian Rich Little's repertoire 26 Winery river valley in France

27 __ Francisco 29 Wrester/actor/host John 30 Non-affiliated politician, for short

31 UN agcy. for workers 32 Encourages 34 `Trillion'-meaning prefix 36 High Jumper who brought great happiness to the crowds when he won silver for Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal: 2 wds. 40 2002/2003 viral headliner 41 __-Deucey (Backgammon variant)

43 Mr. Foley of Canadian sketch comedy 44 Wonderment 45 Law-breaking assistant

47 Create a raised design in stationery

50 Peer __ (Henrik Ibsen play)

51 Piquancy

52 Antonin Dvorak's “Symphony No. 9 __ _ Minor”

53 Where the opera Aida premiered in 1871 54 The Outsiders author Ms. Hinton, et al. 55 Late-'70s sci-fi TV series on which Canadian actor Lorne Greene played Commander Adama: 2 wds. 61 __-defined (Unclear) 62 Chocolate substitute 63 Since-1926 groceries chain

64 Mr. Chaney Jr. 65 Gym bag item 67 Erase

68 Arctic expanse of northern Quebec

70 “__ to Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry

71 Not any

72 For _ __ (Requiring payment)

74 Hawk 75 Misplaced masterpiec­e?: 2 wds. 77 Wrathful woof-woof... 79 III

80 Shinzo __ (Japan's Prime Minister) 81 Gladiator's 502 82 “...__ __ tete, Alouette...”

85 Many, many mins. 86 Novel's li'l opening... 89 Riverboat __ __ (Venue in the Yorkville area of Toronto where up-andcomers Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot performed) 92 Lineups accessed via CFL.ca: 3 wds. 96 `Thin Man' movies pooch

97 Sports stadium roof 98 New Mexico art colony

99 Film director Mr. Petri 100 So

101 WWI fighter aircraft 102 Snick-or-__ 103 Orange Pekoe li'l stirrers

DOWN

1 Condition associated with repetitive checking, for instance [acronym] 2 Kanga and Baby __ 3 Pterosaurs (Trivia! Cryodrakon Boreas is an example from prehistori­c Alberta found in the Dinosaur Park Formation): 2 wds. 4 Ancient Dead Sea land 5 One-of-some growing high in a Quebec forest 6 Lustre 7 Rhythmical­ly beat 8 Six, in Seville 9 Historical­ly a hub for ferry, stagecoach and steamship travel, this British Columbia community is near Kamloops

10 Be `hot' on Twitter 11 Cole Porter's “Miss __ Regrets” 12 Compose 13 Fictional town in Rhode Island, the setting of the “Family Guy” cartoon

14 T.O. footballer

15 No, in Germany 16 Silvery fish of Europe 22 Store's checkout scanner targets, in brief 23 Queen Elizabeth's royal cypher: letter + Roman Numeral + letter

24 The Bobbettes' 1957 hit beginning with “One, two, three...”: 2 wds. 27 American suffragist, __ _. Anthony (b.1820 d.1906)

28 Saudi __ 31 Composer Mr. Berlin, et al.

33 “C'__ la vie!” 35 Optometris­t's interest: 2 wds.

36 __ Alley Museum (Industrial attraction in Calgary) 37 Mohawk Canadian actor/lacrosse athlete who famously played

Tonto on “The Lone Ranger”: 2 wds. 38 Have

39 Hitherto 41 First-rate

42 Party street in downtown Montreal 43 David Copperfiel­d's first literature wife 46 Cash register drawer 48 French Renaissanc­e poet Clement 49 Great grizzly?: 2 wds. 50 Acquire

54 Medical readout 56 Pampering, puny-ly 57 Story

58 Chilly feeling

59 Spiralizin­g snake? 60 Foot-to-leg joints

65 Mr. Avery of “Buchanan Rides Alone” (1958) 66 Fuss 67 Canadian comedian/ actor Jon 69 Cigarette's danglee 71 Wealthy person of influence

73 Joni Mitchell's “__ __ in Paris”

76 Maple Leaf __ (Fashionabl­e symbol of Canada since 2011) 77 Talented 78 Abundant

79 Greek alphabet T's

81 Stuffed grape leaf serving

83 Attack of pain 84 Slack

86 “__ __ all possible?” (Can this request be fulfilled?) 87 Snack

88 Books bag 89 Hoof-on-cobbleston­e sound 90 Consumes in the cafeteria 91 Proofreadi­ng mark 93 Promos 94 Trousers tear 95 Mariner's distress signal

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