COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. TV station in Hamilton
5. Scale stat.
8. Sask. neighbour
12. Capture the crook
15. South Dakota dam
16. Earth goddess of Greek mythology
17. It’s futile to even debate one: 2 wds.
20. The Hamilton __ (The Hammer’s daily newspaper since 1846)
22. Canadian band: 2 wds.
23. “’__ I Am Myself Again” (Song by #22-Across)
24. 1997 Shania Twain album: ‘Come On __’
25. Wing-shaped
26. Story, in a home, in Quebec City
27. Particularly powerful paste
30. Doe’s date
32. ‘Trick’ suffixes
34. Priory of __, as in “The Da Vinci Code” (2006)
35. Mother of the Sea Mammals, in Inuit folklore
39. Start to ‘scribe’
40. Celine Dion et Ginette Reno, par exemple
42. Fortierville friend
43. Focuses
44. __ Shui (Art of placement)
45. Tavern servings
46. Shopper’s proof, for short
47. Alphabet sequence
48. Towels holder
49. Quizzes
51. Website’s section for those seeking answers [acronym]
52. Canada Goose winterwear
54. Calculations subj.
55. Canadian married to Princess Anne’s son Peter ...perhaps it’s her favourite season, too?
58. Modern
59. Cartoon characters voicer Mel
60. Cdn. monetary unit
61. Wide shoe width
62. Master copy, for short
64. Coming before, briefly
65. Russian poet Mr. Mandelstam
67. Sparkling wine of Italy
68. Bus. week beginning
69. The __ __ (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
71. Reykjavik’s li’l country
72. They concern French being the dominant language in Quebec, such as names on storefronts: 2 wds.
74. Pen name of Out of Africa author Karen Blixen, __ Dinesen
75. Gradually collect
76. Canadian novelist Mr. Martel
77. Labrador __ (Sporting dog)
79. “__ by a Century” by The Tragically Hip
82. Alias, secret __.
84. Prefix meaning ‘Moss’
85. ‘Twas opposite
88. Canada’s symbol: 2 wds.
90. Green Gables locale in Prince Edward Island
92. How Oliver Twist began his request for more gruel...: 2 wds.
93. Footnote abbr.
94. Title song lady for #22-Across
95. Writer Mr. Lawrence, et al.
96. __-bitsy
97. Novelist Ms. Rand
98. Helen of __
Down
1. Price
2. Nile god of Egyptian mythology
3. Song in which Joni Mitchell hears a song outside her window: 2 wds.
4. 1970s Western series, “__ Ramsey”
5. The Great Lakes Basin, for one
6. Bay in Ontario dubbed the ‘sixth Great Lake’
7. Driveway covering
8. Saunter
9. The Kinks tune in 1970
10. Rock band vehicles: 2 wds.
11. Suffix to ‘Compassion’
12. British Columbia’s __ Sound
13. Egypt-set Verdi opera
14. Blood type, _ __.
16. Donated
18. Synopsis
19. Finial on a foot
21. Shirts
25. Mother’s sister to you
28. Vases
29. Winter Olympics sport in which Canadian athlete Cindy Klassen excelled, __ __ speed skating
31. Diminutive suffixes
32. One-of-some at Canada Post
33. Lady in Joni Mitchell’s “Ladies of the Canyon”
35. Vancouver Island: Nuu-chah-__ (People of the Pacific Northwest Coast)
36. French explorer who first arrived in Canada in 1534: 2 wds.
37. MLB game official
38. The __ (Canadian beauty magazine)
40. Corp. money bigwigs
41. Atlantic Canada: 2 wds.
46. Alley rodent
48. Not cooked
50. Munich article
51. Beethoven’s “__ Elise”
53. Barrel at the brewery
54. Mr. Baldwin’s of “Saturday Night Live”
55. Sacred river in Rush song “Xanadu”
56. Distributes
57. Toronto-born rocker Mr. Young’s
59. Most muscular
60. Hamilton-born coach who led the Montreal Canadiens to three Stanley Cup victories: 2 wds.
62. Mantric syllables
63. King, in France
64. Scheme
66. ‘Flashy little shiny’ song by The Guess Who: 2 wds.
67. I love you = Je t’__
69. “Battle of the __” (Figure skaters/hockey players competition series that was popular on the CBC)
70. Vienna, to Austrians
73. Spiral-horned antelopes
75. William Shakespeare’s river
77. Cook in the pan again
78. Viewed
79. Guitarist’s electrifying li’l prop
80. Cease
81. Duellist’s sword
83. Speech-giver’s platform
86. “This __ __ laughing matter!”
87. Canadian actress Ms. Mitchell
89. Garland in Hawaii
90. ‘The Company’ org.
91. Richard Gere movie, “__. _ & The Women” (2000)