COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 Lake, in Quebec 4 Game fish in
BC, __ Salmon
8 A’s in the Arabic alphabet
13 Mr. Wallenda (Daredevil who made headlines in 2012 by walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls)
16 British Royal Family: Prince of Wales’ motto, __ Dien (I Serve)
17 Disaster rescue operation, for short
18 Montreal subway
19 Ore extraction site 20 New __ (It’s what ‘Nova Scotia’ which is Latin, means in English)
22 World’s highest tides location on Canada’s East Coast: 3 wds.
24 Handle 25 Canadian broadcaster
Mr. Mulroney
26 1997 novel by Canadian writer Mordecai Richler, __ Version
27 Western Red __ (BC’s provincial tree) 29 Volcanic crater 31 Sun-shading tennis hat
32 Sugary suffix to ‘Fruct’
33 Pine/hanker 35 Mariner’s distress signal
36 1759: Battle of Quebec victor, General James __ 40 “__ Croft: Tomb Raider” (2001)
42 Petty disagreement 43 Alexis __ (Montreal shopping complex) 45 The Altar constellation 46 __ seed (Canada is the world’s largest exporter of this crop)
48 BC’s longest river 50 Fluffy white robes getaways
51 Sanctify
53 Avoid an issue
54 Fork prong
55 Evaluates
58 Sanctuary
60 Grand __ of Newfoundland 61 Poetic nightfalls 62 Bird’s happy call 64 Composition
67 Throw
68 Pastor’s congregation
70 Crowd thriller at a Toronto Blue Jays game: 2 wds.
74 Garlic: French
75 Some knitting stitches
76 Household bill, e.g. 78 Say “I bet you can’t...”
79 One of Air Canada’s fleet
81 Canadian rapper Michie 82 More-ready-to-beeaten, as fruit 84 Suppositions
85 Irritate
87 Bursts a balloon 88 Just-born Bird of Minerva
90 Soldier’s assignment 93 Canuck tax ID 94 Mosquito, when attacking
96 Nova Scotia’s ocean ...en francais 98 Ottawa’s NHL team 101 Ice floes mammal 102 Eight-member band 103 Thin wood strip 104 Informally perfect 105 “Let me think a second here...” 106 Nobody, __ _ soul 107 Additional 108 Handyman’s selfsufficient letters
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1 Fleur-de-__ (Quebec provincial flag symbol)
2 Toronto Raptors home venue, commonly 3 Maritimes soups 4 Seasoning on the rim of a glass of Canadian cocktail the Caesar, __ salt 5 Elongated circle 6 Drama series
(based on Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel) in which the women wear scarlet frocks, “The __ Tale” 7 Condition associated with repetitive checking [acronym]
8 Fossil resin
(Trapper of prehistoric insects) 9 Trim
10 ‘Civil’suffix (Politeness)
11 Sir Martin __, 16th-century English explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage 12 Chesterfields
13 Hour before ten
14 ‘500’sports car race
15 They open locks 19 Nobel-winning Canadian short stories author Alice 21 Ms. Carrere of “Wayne’s World” (1992)
23 Scowl
25 Alberta: Canada’s first National Park in 1885 27 Canadian actor
Mr. Feore
28 Jacob’s biblical twin
30 Little dog bark 31 Acadian singer
Roch of 1996 hit “Kissing Rain” 34 Peut-__
(French for ‘maybe’) 35 Ssssssss! Manitoba attraction, Narcisse __ Dens
37 Rabbit: French 38 Canadian hockey great
Mr. Mahovlich 39 Facilitates
41 Ideally: 2 wds. 44 Dinnertime scrap
47 Montreal’s CFL players, to fans 49 Lettered replies to party hosts 50 Remained
52 PEI: Lucy Maud Montgomery’s famous character, Anne __
55 Summary
56 Be of help
57 Electrical pioneer Nikola (There’s a Boulevard in his name in Hamilton) 59 Surface/originate 60 Sudden loud sound!
62 The lettered ‘brain’ of a computer 63 Folksy instrument on Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” 65 Brass artifact recovered from the wreckage of HMS Erebus, the 1845 Franklin Expedition vessel found in the Arctic in 2014: 2 wds. 66 Exclusive
69 Ontario: Great Lake on which Sarnia is situated
71 Sir John A. Macdonald’s transcontinental success
72 Baie-D’__ (Montreal suburb) 73 Bird’s tree dwelling
75 With __ __ hand (Ready to write) 77 Point
80 Of the nose 83 Revolve
86 Turned off, as a light, basically:
2 wds. 87 Michelangelo sculpture in
St. Peter’s Basilica 89 Soaked
90 Squish the spuds
91 Particular 92 Angrily-shut door
93 Chop __ (Chinese cuisine dish) 95 ‘Tsar’ suffixes (Empresses of Russia)
97 Li’l 25 cent coin
98 Nautical heading, e.g.
99 Louis XIV, par exemple 100 Lofty hue of blue