COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 Fabric store measurements 6 Sound effect song title for Winnipeg band Crash Test Dummies, when repeated 9 Crime-fighting force officer
12 Caesar’s 951 16 Canadian band of “The Good in Everyone”
17 Shoe size measure, e.g.
18 Tee-__ (Giggle!) 19 Hang a coat on one 20 Juno-winning guitarist Mr. Cook 21 Royal Tyrrell Museum’s location... 1500 North __ Trail, Drumheller, Alberta T0J 0Y0
23 Germanic letter 24 CBC’s iconic science show: 4 wds. 27 Oom-__ (Tuba’s sound) 29 The first ‘S’ in USSR [abbr.]
30 Magazine installment, in brief
31 Ballpark fig.
32 Main floor apartment number, e.g.: wd. + letter 34 Woodworking measurements
38 Catch
41 Strip the ship’s gear 43 “My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style” Juno-winning duo: 2 wds.
46 ‘Nattiq’ is what the Inuit call this Arctic marine mammal: 2 wds.
48 “Quicker than _ __ of light...” - Madonna 49 Thumbs-up reply 50 Shade of a Sherbrooke sky
51 Gin and __ 53 Immanuel __ (German philosopher) 54 Princess who is Queen Elizabeth’s daughter
57 Nicholas II long ago 59 “__ __ Should Ever Leave You” by Tom Jones
61 “Woe is me!” 62 Benefit/blessing 63 Canada neighbour: acr. + wd. + letter 65 The Death of __ Ilych (1886 Leo Tolstoy story) 67 Off-road fourwheeler, e.g.
68 __ Fifth Avenue (Posh retailer) 70 Winter carnival constructions fitting for royalty: 2 wds. 75 After a day on the slopes, skiers can keep toasty warm in front of one at the chalet: 2 wds.
78 Snowy weather happening 79 Juno-winning singer Ms. Chante
80 Roy Orbison’s “Only the __”
82 Prefix to ‘biography’ 83 Parking lot parkee 84 ‘Time as yet unknown’ on a sched.
86 British writer Mr. Milne’s
88 Dowel
89 Restaurant like ‘Wendel Clark’s’ in Hamilton or ‘Wayne Gretzky’s’ in Toronto: 4 wds.
96 Relating to all of Canada, e.g.
97 Ontario city which shares the name of an ABBA hit 98 Surface-__-__ missile 101 Singer/songwriter, India.__
102 Jackie’s spouse in ‘68 103 Christmas gift’s ‘To/ From’ spot
104 Sorta
105 Ho! Ho! Ho! hol.
106 Posh disapproval 107 UFO commuters 108 Condor’s chain
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1 Saint John Airport code in New Brunswick
2 Cakes and __ (W. Somerset Maugham book of 1930) 3 Saskatchewan town between Saskatoon and Prince Albert 4 Dine-and-__
5 Olde knives
6 “Give __ __.” (Hand that object over will ya!)
7 Carte du jour
8 “Love __ __ leave...”
9 Bedlam
10 Eggs, in Quebec 11 Chipper
12 Metis visual artist Ms. Belcourt 13 Montreal’s famous elevation: 2 wds. 14 Lengthy
15 US Pres. Eisenhower’s 21 Legendary host of #24-Across:
2 wds.
22 Earthquake 25 Immediately
26 English explorer in Canada Mr. Hudson 27 Really really rain 28 Gladiator’s ‘years’ 33 Much-photographed functional attraction in London, England: 2 wds.
35 Son on Hip-Hop drama “Empire” 36 Theatre, in Milan 37 Christmas angel’s hat
38 Baseball pitcher’s stat.
39 Vancouver
Canucks home, Rogers __
40 “Quietly take this note...” sounds
42 Salon product
44 Oliver Twist, for example
45 Baffin is an Island in the Arctic what? 47 Festive season mo. 52 One of the B vitamins
53 Suburb of
Ottawa
54 Sternward
55 __-Dame Basilica, in Old Montreal 56 Dartmouth’s domain: 2 wds.
58 ‘A’ of NBA, for short 60 Little __ (‘60s songstress) 64 Inventory tracking system, commonly 66 Screen star Mr. Pacino’s
68 Accessory for the Christmas tree’s base
69 _ __ carte
71 Earlier in time, quaintly
72 Canadian author Douglas of 1992 novel Shampoo Planet
73 Single-named designer of Art Deco 74 City’s cloudiness cause
76 1843... A Christmas Carol writer Mr. Dickens
77 Techie screen annoyance
81 Role on “Star
Trek: The Next Generation”, Lieutenant Tasha __ 84 Back-to-the-top rides at the ski resort
85 Waxy hand-dyedcloth art form
87 British Columbia coastal tree, __ Spruce 89 Munchies, to an advertiser 90 Sprinkled-onSpaghetti cheese, commonly
91 Police team letters in a crisis situation 92 “Laugh-In” star Mr. Johnson 93 Line above the equator: letter + abbr. 94 Dachshunds and Dalmatians 95 Cut of meat 99 ‘Fluor’ suffix
100 ‘_’ __ in Revelstoke