COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
(c) 2017: Kelly Ann Buchanan Distributed by Torstar Syndication Services
Across
1. Gift __ (Wrapping paper alternative)
4. Baking creation
8. Creative pursuits
12. Holiday greeting sent via the web
17. Maritimes milieu, mini-ly
18. “__ _ Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”
19. Shortly
20. Winter streets muck
21. Yukon Cornelius’ classic TV special, “Rudolph the Red-nosed __”
23. Christmas hymn of Canada that starts “’Twas in the moon of wintertime...”: 2 wds.
25. __-__ list
26. Prefix for ‘phone’
28. Gradually withdraw
29. J.R.R. Tolkien’s li’l masterpiece
31. Boxing Day sale purchase, Flat__ TV
33. Puppy’s little bark!
34. Miner’s find
37. Hour-after-midnight: wd. + acr.
39. Depend on
40. “The Christmas Song” by Nat King __
41. “’__ the season to be jolly fa la la la la...”
42. Quebec City’s former NHL team
44. Turkeys, for example
45. Canadian banks, e.g.
46. ‘Green’ suffix (Mistletoe is a bit of it)
47. Rolaids rivals
48. Streamlet
49. Titans mother of ancient myth
50. Filing flap
51. Warm ocean current, El __
52. The St. Lawrence __
54. Canada Post deliveries at ‘NORTH POLE H0H 0H0 CANADA’: 4 wds.
60. “We Three Kings of __ Are”
61. Merry dance
62. “Pardon me?”
63. ‘Great’ dog breed
64. Olive’s of Popeye comics
65. Angel’s ‘hat’
66. Mister, in India
69. Theatrical monogram
70. Roles
72. Brrrr! Nickname for Manitoba’s capital city
74. ‘Client’ completer (Patronage)
75. “__ __ idea.” (Nobody informed me)
76. Chat
77. __ __ la Montagne (Mountain Street, in Montreal)
78. Poivre’s table partner
79. High musical note of yore
80. During, to a poet
82. Glaswegian
83. Pare the Poinsettia
84. Loopholes
85. Christmas party thrower
87. Churchill is the ‘Capital of the World’ for these Arctic animals, in Manitoba: 2 wds.
91. Twillingate is the ‘Capital of the World’ for these frozen floating formations, in Newfoundland
95. Burning, as yule logs
96. A dolly is left in her Christmas stocking in “Up on the House Top”
97. These two music notes flank Re
98. 1984: Midge who co-wrote Band Aid’s hit “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
99. Gift tag details
100. Neat
101. Fleecy farm females
102. Gathered
Down
1. Chocolate __ (Sweet treat)
2. Consumed the candy cane
3. Sparkly, like Christmas lights
4. Cheryl of 2004 TV movie “Eve’s Christmas”
5. Margarines
6. Gingery gulp
7. Stars top them at Christmas: 2 wds.
8. Cape Breton musician Mr. Macisaac
9. Northern France cathedral city where Joan of Arc was executed in 1431
10. Maple Leafs hockey city, for short
11. Quebec’s provincial bird: 2 wds.
12. Tropical trips, fabulous for fleeing frigidness
13. Tartan-wearing family
14. ‘Gold’-meaning prefix
15. Bee Gees’ ‘70s record label
16. Fedex’s lettered rival
22. U.s.-canada airspace protection org. that tracks St. Nick’s deliveriesby-sleigh each Christmas Eve
24. Playwright, Eugene O’who?
27. Morays and Congers
29. Lee Greenwood’s “__ Star Christmas”
30. Circa, __ __ about
32. Kris Kringle’s cookies plate leftovers
34. #35-Down’s location
35. Canal which is a Skateway in winter
36. Writer’s creations sometimes
38. One of a knitted pair
40. Eyes creator in an e-mail happy face :-)
43. Eggnog carton size
44. Last
48. Ascends
49. Lass
51. Christmases, in Chicoutimi
52. __ Ste. Marie, Ontario
53. Resounding repeater!
54. Ski __ (Winter resorts)
55. Montrealer’s ‘maple’
56. Seasonal silver strands
57. Peg
58. Give it a go: 2 wds.
59. Gift receiver’s appreciative word
64. Christmas decoration
65. Skiing spot
66. Rainbow-style range
67. Modernize
68. “If _ __ Home on Christmas Day” by Elvis Presley
70. Our first Prime Minister Trudeau, and namesakes
71. Improvise
72. Long lineup lag
73. Russian language, to a Quebecer
76. Like so...
80. Christmas song: “Joy to the __”
81. Topic
83. Weight allowance
86. Kimono sashes
87. “Pat-a-__”: Christmas song from France
88. “I’m dreaming __ _ white Christmas...” - Irving Berlin
89. Speed __.
90. First three vowels...
92. Moo-ing mammal
93. Athens’ li’l country
94. __ the table (Prepare for the Christmas dinner)