COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. Tree that’s very ‘poplar’ with snacking beavers
6. Bennett, Borden and Bowell, e.g.
9. Tender
12. The __ Peninsula
17. ‘Nervy’ prefix to ‘science’
18. Porridge morsel
19. Suffix to ‘Invent’ (Stock)
20. Radiant
21. __ _. Rombauer (Joy of Cooking author)
22. Southern Ontario attraction, __ Falls
24. Racket
25. Chapstick targets
26. Cosmicomics writer Mr. Calvino
27. It means ‘Peculiar’
29. Compose
30. __ Lake Provincial Park, in British Columbia
32. Power failures mean there’s no what, for short?
34. Dir. opposite SSE
36. Alanis Morissette hit that goes “It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid...”
38. Toronto-born architect of #84-Across: 2 wds.
43. Author Ms. Rand
45. Athlete in the ring
47. Biblical grandson
48. ‘October 31st’, for example
49. Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice “__” Richard
51. Not positive [abbr.]
53. __ & Sciences
55. Operate
56. Spicy tea variety
57. Ringo of The Beatles
59. Took the trophy once again
61. Canada’s David Cronenberg for “Scanners” (1981) or “The Dead Zone” (1983) or “The Fly” (1986): 3 wds.
67. Grey/green songbird
68. Gulf leaders
69. Mal de __ (Montrealer’s headache)
70. It means ‘Centre’
72. Discontinue
74. Hydrocarbon suffix
75. One of the Discovery Islands in British Columbia
77. Place for a game of hockey
79. “__ cost ya!”
81. Capital of Afghanistan
83. Scoundrel
84. __ Museum Bilbao (Cultural attraction in Spain, as per #38-Across)
87. “Thanks, that really __ _ lot.” (I’m appreciative)
89. Charles, to Andrew or Edward, for short
90. Bump on _ __
92. TTC, Toronto __ Commission
95. Access-to-the-web co.
98. Unfortunately
100. Dispense
102. Raison d’__
103. Showbiz star, shortly
105. Frybread of Indigenous cuisine 107. Mr. Lugosi’s of “Dracula” (1931) 108. Jazzy Canadian singer/pianist Diana
109. Singer Ms. Difranco
110. ‘Electr’ ender
111. Mr. Hart’s of Canadian wrestling greatness
112. Successful self-praiser’s exclamation!: 2 wds.
113. Dollars dispenser, diminutively 114. Butterfly logo co.
115. Way for cargo ships to travel: 2 wds.
Down
1. ‘It’s __ __ wind that blows nobody any good’
2. Opera __ (Serious opera style)
3. Halloween-time activity: 2 wds.
4. Pencil’s pink part
5. Headshakes
6. Saskatchewan town where the Notre Dame d’auvergne Church is located
7. Pleiades sister in Greek myth
8. Unfresh at the bakery
9. Fashion scarf
10. The name of this Alberta town is derived from the words ‘irrigation canals’
11. Pair
12. New Brunswick chocolatier established in 1873
13. Way back then
14. Fall
15. Model
16. Paterson __, Canadian painter (b.1925 - d.2002) of Gibbous Moon
23. ‘Green’ game
26. “This __ __ a test.” (It’s the real deal, folks)
28. Boulevard in Winnipeg
31. Earring’s spot
33. Poet’s ‘previously’
35. Bus. week day
37. 100 in Sicily
39. James __ Memorial Trophy (Bobby Orr won it eight times)
40. Petrifying places of terrifying turrets, cobwebbed corners, bitter bats, creepy crypts ...Ooooooo!: 2 wds.
41. Football positions, e.g.
42. “__-haw!”
43. Curve
44. “__ __ (A Pirate’s Life for Me)”
46. Steal long ago
50. Opera singer, Dame __ Te Kanawa
52. Grunge
54. Stockholm’s country, in brief
57. Un-lumpy
58. Dip the quill once more
60. It means ‘Eight’
62. Alternatives
63. Anti-aging skincare serum
64. Aspiration
65. Other, in Spain
66. Canadian skiing legend Ken
70. Unit of work
71. ‘More’ musically
73. Village on Cape Breton Island, __ Bay
75. Milk carton size perhaps
76. Skeleton’s forearm bone
78. Cold War spy org.
80. Small, fun-style
82. Archaically indicate
85. Sirop d’__ (Maple syrup, in Quebec)
86. Complain and complain
88. Sort of scornful
91. __ and doom
93. Upset
94. TSN anchor Ms. Bonhomme (Player on Canada’s golden 2010 Olympic ice hockey team)
95. “Ewww!”
96. Evening, in Rome
97. Dramatist’s output
99. Poetic rhyme scheme, e.g.
101. Flat-screen televisions, e.g. 104. Furniture wood
106. Classic pick-up-sticks game 107. ‘Start With Trust’ is this consumer org.’s slogan