The Province

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

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.

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