COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. troupe of legend
6. _ _ _ Canada (TV channel)
9. Breakfast hrs.
12. Major and Minor sky Bears
17. Kitchen cover-up
18. Vintage lettered auto
19. Montreal restaurant seasoning
20. Fry the food in a way
21. Sierra __
22. Fortify
23. Three
24. Big name in office printers
25. Canadian actor Mr. Mccormack
26. Genuine feature-from-outer-space on the Royal Canadian Mint’s new $20 silver coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of #9-Down: 2 wds.
29. July 22nd, 2018: The Great World Championship __ Race (Boating fans have been ‘soaking’ it in annually in Nanaimo since 1967)
31. Tuna, in Quebec
32. Tandoor-baked flatbread
33. __ __ in The Bush or, Forest Life in Canada (19th-century literary classic by #14-Down)
36. “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)” songstress
39. __ Mahal
42. Crucifix inscription
43. “__ Suite” by The Guess Who
44. Finger point
45. Canadian actress Ms. Okuma
47. Capture
49. “You Shook __ __ Night Long” by AC/DC
51. Besmirch
52. American landscape photographer Mr. Adams
53. Blue humanoids in James Cameron’s blockbuster “Avatar” (2009)
55. “Nifty!”
57. Highly ranked: wd. + letter
59. Outline
61. Fresco by the Italian artist at #13Down, The __ of Athens
64. Ensigns
66. Mother’s mini mom
67. Yacht’s extra anchor
68. Bustle
70. Nia Vardalos’ character in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (2002)
72. __ Fail (Irish coronation stone)
74. Queen Elizabeth’s began in 1952
75. Thick-billed __ (Arctic diving bird)
77. Muckraking journalist/photographer, Jacob __ (b.1849 - d.1914)
79. Prefix meaning ‘Soil’
81. Old farm song vowels
82. Sport-on-a-horse
83. CKC = Canadian __ __ (Woof!)
85. __ Spumante (Italian wine)
87. “_ __ what you mean.” (A-ha!)
88. Fork or spoon
93. La Ronde, in Montreal and Canada’s Wonderland, in Vaughan north of Toronto: 2 wds.
97. Easily handled at sea
98. “Against the Wind” singer Bob
99. ‘Self’ subject
100. Optima car manufacturer 101. Eastern Townships city in Quebec
102. Audience reactions at #41-Down! 103. Karel Capek’s sci-fi play of 1921 104. Poetic ‘always’
105. Beside
106. Arise as a result
107. Archaically ‘unlock’
108. Guffaw!
109. Cheeky
Down
1. Biblical spy for Moses
2. Music for Canadian star Ben Heppner
3. Legal right
4. Spiral-tipped seashore shell
5. Shania Twain song: “You’re Still the __”
6. __ Lodge (Famous roadhouse at Mile 55 on the Klondike Highway, in the Yukon)
7. Ernie’s muppet pal
8. The Iceman __ (Eugene O’neill play)
9. The Royal __ Society of Canada, since 1868
10. Lemon __ pie
11. Incision
12. __ _ pen (Writes in blue ink perhaps)
13. High Renaissance painter (More at #61-Across)
14. British-born author of #33-Across: 2 wds.
15. ‘Decor’ suffix (Home’s style professional)
16. “You __ Me” by Sam Cooke
26. Subatomic particle
27. “__, __ this yours?” (Wow, I thought it was mine)
28. J.R.R. Tolkien creature
30. Big event circled on an attorney’s calendar: 2 wds.
34. Jumbo
35. Persian Gulf country
37. Peruvian singer Ms. Sumac
38. __ Lingus (Airline of Ireland)
39. Rip
40. Beatles title song lady
41. Montreal’s international comedy festival currently underway: 3 wds.
44. Brian Moore’s 1985 historical novel about a Jesuit priest in New France: 2 wds.
46. Boat part
48. No Frills or Dollarama, for example in Canada: 2 wds.
50. Guitar innovator Mr. Paul
54. __. sp. (Tsar as ‘Czar’)
56. Shakespearean ‘you’
58. Back then
60. Early computer of 1946
62. Today, in Italy
63. Stand-up comedian Jay
65. “Positive?”
68. Rock concert blaster, for short
69. Couplet
71. “Next!” Activity for turns-takers: 2 wds.
73. Inuk singer Susan of “O Siem”
76. Popular cottages lake in The Muskokas, in Ontario
78. Ooze
80. Grooves
83. Canadian rocker Mr. Mitchell
84. Married paleoanthropologists Louis or Mary
86. Succinct
89. Type of antelope
90. Palm starches
91. Golfer’s selections
92. Centipede’s characteristic
93. Arthur __ (1975 Wimbledon champion)
94. Average
95. Gateway Arch architect Mr. Saarinen
96. PBS concerts conductor/violinist Andre
101. Humanities degs.