COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Happy July 1st! Canada's flag hues, __ and white

4 `Very very softly' music directive, in the plural here 8 Blue/green

12 __ Island, near Vancouver in British Columbia 17 Canadian broadcaster Mr. Lewis

18 Joy of Cooking author, __ S. Rombauer 19 Prefix to `potent' (Allpowerful) 20 Cherish

21 Canada Day as it used to be known, __ Day 23 Prong

24 Planet's satellites

25 __ __ the door (Escorts one out)

26 Hair styling goo 27 Particular PC port 29 Tomates en __ (Diced tomatoes in a French restaurant) 30 Canada's federal government location: 2 wds. 35 Coca-Cola competitor 38 Omelette ovoids 39 Shoe width size 40 Porridge-like 43 Completely

44 British Columbia footballers 46 Athabasca __ __ (It's not the Sahara but rather a Provincial Park in remote northwest Saskatchewan) 48 “That __ __ it should be.” (It's perfect how things turned out) 50 Airport screening gr. in The States 51 “You've __ _ Way” by Shania Twain 52 Befuddle

53 Private mountain estate in “Citizen Kane” (1941) 55 Canadian actor Michael of “Juno” (2007) 57 Intercommunications `yes'

59 35mm camera, e.g.

60 Charlottetown, `The Birthplace of __' 64 Great Expectations character

67 “The Year of the __” (Basketball documentary of 2004) 68 Archaically `imagine' 69 Lake __, in Banff National Park

73 The __ (Regular's order at the diner)

75 Ken of “thirtysomething” 77 Foot finial

79 Really fun time 80 Village in British Columbia north of Whistler

82 Then, in Tadoussac 84 `Neat' suffix (Tidy type) 85 Italian harp

86 For instances [abbr.] 87 “__ So High” by Tal Bachman

88 Baking amts. 90 1534-in-Canada explorer from France: 2 wds. 94 Above __ Level

96 Mr. Gray of Botany 97 __ Gratia Artis (MGM's motto)

98 Frank __ (Leslie Nielsen's role in `Naked Gun' comedies) 102 `Night'-meaning prefix 104 Halifax-born designer of Canada's iconic fishing and racing schooner the Bluenose, William J. __ (b.1879 - d.1970) 106 Canada's is rich 108 Northern territory of Canada

109 Use the pool's bouncy board

110 Figure Skater's jump 111 `Froms' friends 112 Mother in Eugene O'Neill's 1933 play Ah, Wilderness!

113 Plant, pre-being a plant 114 Canadian hockey legend Gordie

115 Emily Carr output

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1 “Gnarlies!” 2 “Hurray!”, ancient-style 3 The Bluenose coin

4 Northern __ (Migratory duck)

5 Previous

6 Base of operations of Canada's leader [acronym]

7 NHL team, __ Jose Sharks

8 Pacific Northwest Coast high-standing monuments

9 __ “The Cat” Francis (Goalie-turned-Coach in the Hockey Hall of Fame born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan) 10 “Barbara __” by The Beach Boys 11 Provincial representative of The Queen, __ Governor

12 Disney deer 13 Mileage tip to `meter' 14 Rural municipality in Manitoba called `A Place to Put Down Roots' 15 White-tailed sea bird 16 Scotland's famed Loch 22 Web connectors [abbr.] 26 “Just for Laughs __” 28 Backyard building 31 Writer Mr. Tolstoy's 32 Township in northwestern Ontario on Agimak Lake

33 Tidy

34 Noisy

35 Peace: French 36 Lioness in “Born Free” (1966)

37 Agenda

41 Recount 42 Flanders river 45 Saskatchewan agriculture town 46 “...sugar is sweet and __ __ you.”

47 “__ __ Ron Ron” by The Crystals 49 Cul-de-__

51 Prince Edward Island, `Canada's __ Province' 54 “Republic of __” (CBC show from 2010 to 2014)

56 “Hang Ten” singlenamed Canadian singer 58 Wayne Gretzky when an Edmonton player

61 GGFG = Governor General's __ __ 62 One of a Caribou's set 63 Worn-down pencil 64 Insect stage 65 `Advert' add-on (Promotional sponsor of a page in a magazine) 66 Oilfield sights in Alberta nicknamed `nodding donkeys' 70 `Edmonton' enders 71 Faux pas

72 Banff National Park animals

74 Rhyme scheme, e.g. 76 Misplace

78 Jacob van __ the Elder (17th-century Flemish painter) 81 Mandatory courses, for short

82 Gotchas!

83 Very clean and sanitary 87 Tedious speech or writing

89 Poison rocker Mr. Michaels

91 “The __ Mutiny” (1954) 92 Jeanne __ (Governor General of Canada from 1984 to 1990)

93 “_ __ a map of Canada...” - Joni Mitchell, “A Case of You”

94 __ River, in Fort McMurray

95 `Right' suffix (Mightily moral)

99 The __ Shoe Museum, in Toronto 100 Composer Mr. Stravinsky

101 Lofty lair amongst the leaves

103 Not moi in Montreal 105 Goose: French 106 “That's reaaally hilarious.” 107 `Outer'-meaning prefix