COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across 1. Particular pollutant, puny-ly 4. Prefix with ‘dextrous’ 8. “P-r-o-n-t-o!” 12. “Fiddlesticks!” 17. Hero in Leon Uris’ 1958 novel Exodus, __ Ben Canaan 18. Filmmaker brothers Joel or Ethan 19. Eldest sister in Chekhov’s play Three Sisters 20. “If _ __ Your Woman” by Gladys Knight & The Pips
21. Some gym machine exercises: 2 wds.
23. Nancy __ (Miss Hathaway’s portrayer on “The Beverly Hillbillies”) 24. Jobs for Canadian contractor Mike Holmes, commonly 25. __ Perpetua (Idaho’s motto) 26. The French __ 28. __ _ movie (Catches the latest flick) 30. Alphabetic trio 31. Banff Springs Hotel nickname: 4 wds. 35. Initials-sharers of Judy Garland’s famous daughter 36. Rusty wit? 37. __ River (Inuit hamlet on Baffin Island in Nunavut) 38. “__ Wee Wee”: Pigskin Pete’s chant at Hamilton Tiger-cats games 40. Mends mittens maybe 41. __ generis (Unique, in Latin) 42. Proofreader’s ‘let it stand’ 45. Country star Mr. Atkins 46. Antiquities 47. ‘Seven’-meaning prefix 49. Sample 50. Ear 52. Riot 54. Partial in the court 56. Common web address ending 57. Falcon-headed Egyptian deity 58. Ski-__ (Winter trails vehicle) 59. Character in Shakespeare’s Othello 62. Brit. reference works in libraries 63. Settle the dispute 67. The Altar constellation 68. Customer purchase slips [abbr.] 70. Shakespearean suffixes 72. “How ya __’?” (Casual “What’s new?”) 73. 1994 song by Canadian band Moist 75. “You’ve Got Mail.” ISP
76. Mexican composer, Alfonso Esparza __ 77. Mysteries novelist Dame Christie, to pals 78. Austrian painter Gustav of The Kiss 80. “_ __...” (Prayer starter) 81. Mozart’s “Dalla __ Pace” 82. Not just for vegans anymore, they’re promoted in the newlyrevamped 2019 publication at #55Down from Health Canada: 2 wds.
87. Consume
88. Jean __ (Pharmacy chain in Quebec) 89. Mens __ in corpore sano (Healthy mind/body) 90. Quick web connections 92. Engagement promise of yore
94. Best-liked, cute-style
96. The Walleye is commonly misnamed as what freshwater fish of the Pike family? 98. Conjure up 99. “Just you wait, ‘__ ‘iggins...” - Eliza Doolittle 100. ‘Arthr’ add-on 101. Vegetable of Japan 102. Didn’t stop, sentence-style: 2 wds. 103. Someone being conned 104. Clears 105. Australian state, e.g. Down 1. Pallid 2. Moon shape, e.g. 3. Boaster: 2 wds. 4. Prefix to ‘puncture’ 5. Aesop’s Fable lesson 6. Strait of __ __ (Body of water between Labrador and the island of Newfoundland) 7. Bestirred to grandness 8. Perfect, Nasa-style 9. White fluffy Winter stuff’s warm day state 10. Jubilant, in poetry 11. “Love a guy who holds the world in a __ __...” Bit of “Danny’s Song” covered by Anne Murray 12. Blackbeard’s realm of work on the high seas 13. Gothenburg’s li’l land 14. Women’s rights activist, one of Canada’s ‘Famous Five’, __ Muir Edwards (b.1849 - d.1931) 15. Came into being 16. Kanye, Dottie and Mae
22. company Beauty Lise products Watier by Canadian 27. 29. Winter Two __ trekker’s (1945 book gear by Canadian author Hugh Maclennan) 32. Bloodsucking fly, when doubled 33. Heavy weights, e.g. 34. et al. Edmonton-born singer ms. lang, 38. L’__ del Cairo (Mozart opera) 39. Egyptian mythology’s air god 41. Filming locales 43. Verdi aria: “__ Tu” 44. Old Norse ‘Tuesday’ god 46. Palm-tree-sign Toronto concert venue where The Rolling Stones played: 2 wds. 47. __ in the Ward (Wintry urban neighbourhood painting by Canada’s A.J. Casson) 48. Years, in Barcelona 51. Coconut fibre 53. Sequence, for short 55. As per #82-Across... Canada’s __ __ 57. The __ _ Baltimore (1973 Offbroadway play) 59. Pen’s topper 60. Indonesia’s __ Islands 61. It’s called ‘Paris of the Prairies’
63. Pink mineral (that can have black veins running though it) used for jewellery and carving
64. Futuristic series on which Canadian actress Heather Menzies’ character searched for Sanctuary: 2 wds. 65. Gladiator’s lucky number 66. Mariner’s dir. 69. Traditional-french-stew 71. Diamondback __ (Turtle species that likes brackish marshes) 74. CNN’S sister station 76. Previous
77. Peer Gynt’s mother
79. Kitchen-rhyming Lake in Nunavut 80. Body of work 82. __, Paul and Mary 83. Caterpillar, for example 84. Laurel and Lee 85. Unspoken but implied 86. Wintry hill rides 91. Sluggish 93. Boxing match stat. 95. Behold 97. Sunshine Band singer, et al.