COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Lets dew soften the hemp
5 Stitch
8 Golf tournaments, e.g.
12 Toronto Raptor, e.g. 17 Edge
18 Nero’s 111
19 Mystique
20 Aria in Verdi’s opera Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): 2 wds.
21 Similkameen Valley village in British Columbia
23 Winged and Wych 24 After __ (Dark chocolate mints brand)
25 Where “the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row”: 3 wds. 28 Edm. transport mode
29 Nova Scotia band, with The
30 Particular printer 34 Fortified
37 Pals to ‘Beholds!’ 38 Pitching _ __ (Camping chore) 40 Spanish beach ‘wave’
41 Skeena River city in British Columbia 43 Ambition 44 Shakespearean pronoun 45 Miss-placement 46 Poetic feet
49 Key
51 Purpose
52 Military wake-up call
54 Appear to be
55 Slip along...
57 Energy unit
58 Post-BC times
60 Guy __ (Canadian composer/pianist) 63 Canadian basketball legend Steve 65 Andrews Sisters hit bit: “He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of __ _...”
68 Nashville music trophy, commonly 69 Canadian fruit fave
72 To this point: 2 wds. 73 __ muffins
74 Sea lettuce
75 Hunt illegally
77 Queen Elizabeth’s youngest son, in Paris
79 Stage prompt
80 Ms. Michael, American educator called ‘The Poppy Lady’, promoter of the red poppy as a remembrance symbol. She was inspired by the Canadian doctor at #31-Down’s famous WWI poem writing her own in response called We Shall Keep the Faith - and dedicated her 1941 autobiography to him.
81 ‘_’ __ for Dunnville 83 Some big name computers 84 ‘Concerning this’ on a contract
86 VIA vehicle
88 Call upon
89 3rd Canadian __ __ (Juno Beach force on D-Day) 95 Self-respect 98 __-Saint-Paul, Quebec
99 Take part in Elizabeth Manley’s sport: 2 wds. 100 Alberta: Beaver County village east of Edmonton 101 Flush
102 Fitting-here fish 103 Monogram letter [abbr.] 104 Twelvemonths 105 Vega’s constellation 106 Hamilton’s prov.
107 River of British Columbia
DOWN
1 Anise-flavoured aperitif in
The Balkans 2 __ Holden:
A Tale of the
North Country (Irving Bacheller’s 1900 novel) 3 Surf‘n’__
4 __ Jay (British Columbia’s provincial bird) 5 Fragrance
6 Old Testament’s second bk. after Genesis
7 Aware of the scheme: 2 wds.
8 Bel __
(Cheese of Italy) 9 Canada was part of the international Coalition in this early 1990s conflict to liberate Kuwait which was invaded by Iraq: 2 wds. 10 100th Anniversary... November 11th, 1918: 2 wds. 11 Freelancer’s mailing encl.
12 “You __ bother.” (I’ve taken care of it) 13 Invigorating 14 Lettered insurance co.
15 Ordinal suffix
16 Groove
22 __ Loop (Trendy neighbourhood in Calgary)
26 “The Way We Were” (1973) star ...his initials-sharers 27 Oceanic cruise ships 31 Lieutenant Colonel (from Guelph, Ontario) who wrote #25-Across in 1915: 2 wds.
32 Home of ancient philosopher Parmenides
33 Weight unit of China
34 Maps book
35 Grease the creak once more 36 WWII-set movie of ‘42 starring
Greer Garson and Canadian actor Walter Pidgeon as her husband: 2 wds.
37 Vacate
39 Ms. Gabor
42 ‘Co.’ to a Quebec business
43 Lettered computer connection
44 __ _ knot
(Secure the laces) 47 Canadian __ __, called ‘The Life Line of the World’ in wartime
48 The __ _ (1976 Summer Olympics stadium, to Montrealers)
50 Ms. Reynolds of
“Hit the Deck” (1955), for short 52 Breather
53 Pool racing circuits
56 Actress Ms. Delany 59 Daggers
61 Famous astrologer
Sydney
62 Athabasca
Oil __
64 Jump from, bunny-style: 2 wds. 66 __-Jongg 67 Corp. report’s ‘until now’ 69 Greatly
70 Inkling
71 “__ _ heard that...”(The grapevine says...)
73 __ jacket (Pierre Trudeau’s canoeing garb) 76 The Jacques-__ Bridge, in Montreal
78 Sahara vision
80 Dollar sums
81 Like a li’l self-repair project
82 Canadian bookstore/gifts chain 85 Largest duck in
Canada, it’s so ‘Common’ 87 Sphere
88 Deflect
90 Canadian diving great Jennifer
91 The Who’s “_ __ See for Miles” 92 ‘Canad’ completer (Canuck stuff ) 93 Model/actress Carre 94 Goalies mind them 95 Put a crowbar to use
96 Whiskey and __ (“American Pie” fare)
97 Maritime workers’ gr.