COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ms. Simpson,
CBC News Senior Reporter 6 Got-a-glimpse, to Tweety Bird 9 Bears: Spanish 13 Away
16 1961 Patsy Cline chart-topper: “_ __ to Pieces” 17 Singer Ms. Grant of 1956 tune “The Wayward Wind” 18 Receipt, in Rimouski
19 Spiritual ideal 20 Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque and
Tim Horton 22 Custard-filled dessert
23 Poetic contraction 24 Adjust
25 Tic-Tac-Toe winner
26 Advanced gradually
28 Shop assistant
30 One tops Montreal’s
Mount Royal 32 South Seas story by Herman Melville
33 Paddle
34 Stein bach Manitoba-born author of 2004 Governor General’s Award winning novel A Complicated Kindness: 2 wds. 38 Jester’s sceptre topped with a carved head 42 Wizard __ __ (Comic strip) 43 Chocolate __ Candies (Canadian confectioner since 2003) 44 Westerns star
Mr. Gulager 45 Swedish car 46 Dwindle
47 It means ‘Bones’ 48 __-toity
50 George Gershwin’s brother
51 Canadian music legends Ian or Sylvia 53 “Hockey Night in Canada” innovation in
1955: 2 wds. 56 Cosmetic surgery operation, e.g. 58 Sundial number 59 The ‘T’ in TV
60 Florida promontory from whence the historic space event at #17-Down took place in 1972: 2 wds.
65 Queen’s __
Council for Canada 69 Cellular letters 70 Matrikin 71 In-small-crates li’l citrus fruits 73 Gladiator’s 54
74 Stars sci.
76 Dr. __
(Rap music icon) 77 Edible seaweed
78 Jazz legend
Ms. Fitzgerald
79 ‘The __ to the West’ (Winnipeg) 81 What ‘they called her’ in the Gordon Lightfoot tune: 2 wds.
83 Bambi’s aunt 84 Mo’__ (French Polynesia island) 86 Olympics great
Ms. Korbut, and namesakes 87 __-Tracy
(City in Quebec) 89 Write poetry 91 Word’s li’l meaning 92 Whopper
95 Harvest goddess of Roman myth 96 Timber wolf 98 Saskatchewan town east of
Prince Albert
101__ God willing,
volente 102Put __ __ writing (Have a contract) 103Linguist Mr. Chomsky
104Completed 105__-Margret 106Memo 107Clothe 108“I’m __” by Bryan Adams
DOWN
1 “The __ in the Hall” (Canada’s legendary sketch comedy series)
2 For _ __
(Money will make it happen) 3 William H. __ (1909 to 1913 US President)
4 ‘Tact’ suffix
5 Alberta village southeast of
Red Deer
6 Canadian comic
Mr. Green 7 American writer James __
(b.1909 - d.1955), posthumous Pulitzer-winner in 1958 for A Death in the Family 8 Microsoft’s famous operating system 9 1762-premiering Gluck opera, __ ed Euridice 10 Uniquely-named Fogo Island community in Newfoundland that’s ‘Rarely-Small Rarely’?
11 Wood sorrel 12 Canadian energy company headquartered in Calgary
13 Sort of canoe paddle shape: 2 wds.
14 Impartial 15 Music for #51-Across
17 As per #60-Across... Canadian satellite
Anik A1 was launched via a Delta rocket into a what above the Earth?: 2 wds. 21 Ernie of iconic Canadian show “Mr. Dressup” 27 Sports team bosses, in brief 29 Thailand neighbour
30 “El __” (1961) 31 Danish philosopher
Mr. Kierkegaard 34 __ & Chandon Champagne
35 “Two __ __ Sea” (1996)
36 BBQ orders 37 Wearing, like wind and waves
39 Other: French 40 Canadian singer/ songwriter
Ms. MacLean 41 Online auctioneer 44 Bamboozle
47 Where skater’s skate basically: 2 wds.
48 Barbershop request
49 Puppy’s sounds! 52 Grand __ Opry 54 Neckwear
55 ‘P’ of WPM
57 Zoo’s bamboo eater
60 Jagged cliff 61 Looped vase handle
62 For Better or
For Worse comic strip family surname
63 Corroded 64 “We’re __ __ Blame” by Canadian band Sum 41
66 Latin pronoun 67 Foul
68 Hockey Hall of Famer Mr. Cournoyer 72 Business news headline 75 Movie star
Ms. Russo
77 Cap __ (Chateau Frontenac sits atop it in
Quebec City) 78 Busy hosp. areas 80 Pamela of the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame 81 “Halo” singer, to fans
82 Movie’s lighting electrician 85 Winery river valley in France 87 Pop
88 Frank
90 Fun suffix to ‘Switch’ 92 Lake near Erickson, Manitoba 93 __ _’Orleans, Quebec
94 Guitar legend Duane 97 It means ‘Ear’ 99 Suitcase
100Suffix to ‘Serpent’