COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. Since-1958 Winnipeg eatery Myer’s, e.g.
5. ‘80s rented-movies-watching machine
8. Dazes
12. Gladiator’s 254
17. Richard of “A Summer Place” (1959)
18. Org. in “Michael Collins” (1996)
19. Busy as _ __
20. Load-transporter of The Andes
21. Alan of 1953 Western “Shane”
22. Furrow
23. Traditional abodes of the Iroquois
25. Did amateur prospector Stefan Michalak encounter one in the Manitoba wilderness in 1967?: 2 wds.
28. Canadian Literature: Duddy Kravitz’s girlfriend
29. Check to see if the thing works: 2 wds.
30. Sniffer
31. Doctorate univ. treatise
32. Culinary creation
33. Barley bristle
34. Married title
35. Oom-__! (Tuba sound)
38. __ Chi (Martial Art)
40. Intervening, to a lawyer
42. __ Doble (Ballroom dance style)
44. Cat’s chase-ees
45. Ptolemy’s scientific pursuit, for short
47. Statuesqueness stat.
48. 6/49 jackpot cheque issuer if won in Toronto, e.g.
49. Tea party sandwich veggies
50. The Great __ (British expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia beginning in 1755)
53. Doug Mckenzie’s brother
54. Zappers
55. Like the Royal Canadian Mint’s new twenty dollar silver coin depicting #8-Down-and-#25-across
58. Montreal university
61. Herd member on the ranch
62. The __ (k.d. lang’s early band)
66. Satire
67. “__-dee...” (That’s so ‘not’ funny!)
68. Ike’s WWII command zone
69. Apiece
70. Eruption flow
71. Grand __ (Ontario town on Lake Huron)
72. Canadian Rockies resort booking, __ Springs Hotel
75. Poodle’s plaything
76. Middle
77. “In what manner?”
78. “Nova” TV network
79. Italian actress Virna
81. Thunderous bellow!
83. King Eurytus’ beautiful daughter in Greek myth
85. Spirit Bear aka __ Bear (British Columbia’s provincial mammal)
88. Eligible
90. It swept Canadian federal politics in 1968!
92. Jacob Two-two Meets the __ __ (1975 Mordecai Richler book)
94. VJ’S network since 1981
95. Fires
96. __ humains (French for ‘human beings’)
97. Frugivores in The Time Machine
98. Diner dessert
99. Victoria artist Emily Carr’s 1941 book, __ Wyck
100. “Hey, that __ too bad!” (I didn’t think I’d like it)
101. Ed or Keenan of movies
102. Football positions, e.g.
103. Snake’s sound
Down
1. Blue-on-white Dutch earthenware
2. Equal, to Pierre
3. Town on Vancouver Island’s eastern shore
4. Pen a poem, perhaps, in the past
5. The ‘forward slash’ punctuation†mark, fancy-style
6. Toast leftover
7. Pro __ (Proportionately)
8. The __ Lake Incident ...more at #25-Across!
9. Sorts of woodwinds
10. Category
11. Section, in brief
12. Prehistoric hunter-gatherer culture in Canada
13. Sleuthing aids
14. Craigellachie, British Columbia, 1885: The Canadian Pacific Railway’s ceremonial what was hammered into the track?: 2 wds.
15. “How _ __ Your Mother”
16. Fresh-cut flowers holder
24. Household bill, e.g.
26. Linguist Mr. Chomsky
27. Dry
33. St. Alban’s __ Church (Where Sir John A. Macdonald worshipped in Ottawa)
34. NYC sports venue
36. Keener
37. __ Village (Nightlife spot in Hamilton)
38. Sigma’s follower in the Greek alphabet
39. Naja Haje
41. Calgary-headquartered communications provider
42. Winnie-the-__
43. Belonging to Lethbridge’s province
44. Husky the __ (Northwestern Ontario city Kenora’s giant fish statue)
46. Capital of Saskatchewan
49. Beach Boys member
51. Friendly-to-canada nation
52. TV clicker’s sound button
53. “Almost forgot to say...” in an email
54. tic __ (Brand of mints)
56. Sud’s opposite direction in Quebec
57. Kim __, Holistic Nutritionist on CTV’S “The Social”
58. States highway measure
59. Blues guitarist Robert
60. __ General of Canada (David Johnston, Michaelle Jean and Adrienne Clarkson, formerly)
63. Team the Montreal Expos became, Washington __
64. __-friendly
65. Bashful
67. Cleave
68. Subsided at the shoreline
71. Tediously tired
73. Rivers: French
74. Company
77. Most hearty
78. Connect the power cord: 2 wds.
80. __ one’s lips (Heartily enjoys a meal)
82. Calgary neighbourhood
83. Milan’s land
84. Question once commonly asked of arrivals to the restaurant, “Smoking __ __?”
85. “Dawson’s Creek” star Ms. Holmes
86. Has food from the menu
87. Lets up
88. How showbiz legend Ed Sullivan pronounced the ‘really big’ one he hosted
89. Scintilla
91. Pre-__ (Forestall)
93. Minimal