The Province

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS 1 Hold the handle

5 Cuckoo bird variety

8 Rugby formation 13 Tread

17 Ail __ (Roasted garlic in a Montreal restaurant)

18 Mr. Green, co-founder of Canadian retailer Roots 19 “__-__-Loo-Ra-LooRal” by

Bing Crosby

20 Tara __, “Fly Girl” Canadian country singer

21 The Confederat­ion Bridge spans it to connect PEI to

New Brunswick, __ Passage

23 Med. pro treating urgent care patients: 2 wds.

24 “Love It or __ It Vancouver” 25 Joggins __ __ (UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nova Scotia along the Bay of Fundy, it’s 300 million years old) 27 They’re green on trees 29 Swiss-born artist, Paul __ (b.1879 - d.1940) 30 Pittance of Paris’ past 31 Canadian singer

Ms. Clark who hosts the radio show ‘Country Gold’ 32 Newfoundla­nd town on Conception Bay, a British colony establishe­d in 1610

35 ‘B’ of HBC

36 Arctic fish

37 Do basic math 40 Economic blessings 41 Family

42 Good: French

43 Hint

44 Winnipeg Blue Bombers org.

45 “Haha ...sure!”: 2 wds. 47 Chq. account opposite 48 Ranges 50 Relative-by-marriage 52 Break up

54 Eyes, in Latin 55 Legendary singer/ songwriter whose music about our great land lives on: 3 wds. 58 Chilliwack’s precipitat­ion song 59 Prophets

60 Sitting spots in TV rooms 61 Mountainee­r’s climb 63 Tub

64 Vancouver Island: Harbour community Ucluelet’s cute nickname

65 Ms. Merkel of movies 68 “__ ‘70s Show” 69 Canadian satellite launched in 1972 71 Jimmy 72 ‘Totalled’-attraction­s in tourism

74 Mr. Mineo

75 Heroic saga 76 Before-Fri. day 77 Seven-member group

78 Spreads at the party 80 Covert gr. in

The States

81 __ Fein (Republican party in Ireland)

82 River for London, Ontario, it’s like being in England

84 Final jurisdicti­on on the road for appellate cases in Canada: 2 wds.

89 Uncommon: Latin 90 Characteri­stic 92 __ Formation (Up-and-coming geological area of Alberta gaining attention in the energy sector) 93 Picnic-loving bugs 94 Safari animal, for short 95 ‘Advert’add-on 96 It swooshes to the shore 97 “Yahoos!” 98 Looooong street in Toronto

99 Ordinal suffixes

100 Alteration locations DOWN 1 Steffi of tennis 2 Automated telephone messages, __-calls 3 ‘Social’suffixes

(Party invitees) 4 Hamilton: He gets fans cheering at TigerCats games, __ Pete 5 Namesakes of

Fred Astaire’s entertaine­r sister

6 Pop orderer’s request: 2 wds.

7 Global [abbr.]

8 Place __-__

(Posh shopping mall in Quebec City)

9 Greek island where Prince Philip was born June 10th, 1921 10 Stewart and Steiger 11 It means ‘Tail’ 12 Canadian magazine with a red maple leaf apostrophe 13 __ eclipse

14 Canadian board game since 1981: 2 wds. 15 Simplicity 16 Installmen­ts of money owed [abbr.] 22 It’s fished, not farmed: 2 wds.

26 “This __ __ absolute outrage!” 28 Flub

31 Tea, in Quebec 32 “Murdoch Mysteries” airer

33 Big sch. in Edmonton, _ __ A 34 Liberal, Conservati­ve or New Democratic: 2 wds.

35 Canadian recording artist, __ Naked

36 Municipal 38 Sword-wielding battles

39 Mr. Arnaz

41 New Zealand birds

42 Lip ointments

43 Hot chocolate 46 Devitalize

47 __ Canada

(Federal athletic agency)

49 Canadian Confederat­ion was the topic in 1864 at the Charlottet­own __, in Prince

Edward Island 51 Nine-person musical group 52 Vegan’s barbecue no-no

53 Sea __ __

Highway, in British Columbia

55 Beyonce aka __ Fierce

56 Alberta hamlet east of Red Deer

57 San Francisco’s __ Valley

58 “Darn it!”

62 Cheticamp,

Nova Scotia is famed for what textile art? 64 Montevideo is its cap. city 66 Direction opposite SSW

67 Nova Scotia hrs. 70 Negative answers

71 Racing horse movie, “__ Lap” (1983)

73 Visiting the cottage maybe: 2 wds. 75 Season after ‘Printemps’ 76 Performers at

The National Ballet of Canada dance on what?

77 Strainers 79 Accumulate 80 Line-prompter’s theatrical activity 81 Flatten, cute-style 82 Cafeteria order carrier

83 Juliette Binoche’s role in “The English Patient” (1996)

84 Johnny __ (1940s baseball pitcher) 85 Fine-tune

86 L’Eglise __ du Canada (The United Church of Canada)

87 Royal Canadian

Navy rank, e.g. 88 Nautical ropes

91 17th Greek alphabet letter

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