COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Happy July 1st! Canada’s flag hues, __ and white
4. ‘Very very softly’ music directive, in the plural here
8. Blue/green
12. __ Island, near Vancouver in British Columbia
17. Canadian broadcaster Mr. Lewis
18. Joy of Cooking author, __ S. Rombauer
19. Prefix to ‘potent’ (Allpowerful)
20. Cherish
21. Canada Day as it used to be known, __ Day
23. Prong
24. Planet’s satellites
25. __ __ the door (Escorts one out)
26. Hair styling goo
27. Particular PC port
29. Tomates en __ (Diced tomatoes in a French restaurant)
30. Canada’s federal government location: 2 wds.
35. Coca-cola competitor
38. Omelette ovoids
39. Shoe width size
40. Porridge-like
43. Completely
44. British Columbia footballers
46. Athabasca __ __ (It’s not the Sahara but rather a Provincial Park in remote northwest Saskatchewan)
48. “That __ __ it should be.” (It’s perfect how things turned out)
50. Airport screening gr. in The States
51. “You’ve __ _ Way” by Shania Twain
52. Befuddle
53. Private mountain estate in “Citizen Kane” (1941)
55. Canadian actor Michael of “Juno” (2007)
57. Intercommunications ‘yes’
59. 35mm camera, e.g.
60. Charlottetown, ‘The Birthplace of __’
64. Great Expectations character
67. “The Year of the __” (Basketball documentary of 2004)
68. Archaically ‘imagine’
69. Lake __, in Banff National Park
73. The __ (Regular’s order at the diner)
75. Ken of “thirtysomething”
77. Foot finial
79. Really fun time
80. Village in British Columbia north of Whistler 82. Then, in Tadoussac
84. ‘Neat’ suffix (Tidy type)
85. Italian harp
86. For instances [abbr.]
87. “__ So High” by Tal Bachman
88. Baking amts.
90. 1534-in-canada explorer from France: 2 wds.
94. Above __ Level
96. Mr. Gray of Botany
97. __ Gratia Artis (MGM’S motto)
98. Frank __ (Leslie Nielsen’s role in ‘Naked Gun’ comedies) 102. ‘Night’-meaning prefix 104. Halifax-born designer of Canada’s iconic fishing and racing schooner the Bluenose, William J. __ (b.1879 - d.1970) 106. Canada’s is rich
108. Northern territory of Canada
109. Use the pool’s bouncy board
110. Figure Skater’s jump 111. ‘Froms’ friends
112. Mother in Eugene O’neill’s 1933 play Ah, Wilderness!
113. Plant, pre-being a plant 114. Canadian hockey legend Gordie
115. Emily Carr output
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1. “Gnarlies!”
2. “Hurray!”, ancient-style
3. The Bluenose coin
4. Northern __ (Migratory duck)
5. Previous
6. Base of operations of Canada’s leader [acronym]
7. NHL team, __ Jose Sharks
8. Pacific Northwest Coast high-standing monuments
9. __ “The Cat” Francis (Goalieturned-coach in the Hockey Hall of Fame born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan)
10. “Barbara __” by The Beach Boys
11. Provincial representative of The Queen, __ Governor
12. Disney deer
13. Mileage tip to ‘meter’
14. Rural municipality in Manitoba called ‘A Place to Put Down Roots’
15. White-tailed sea bird
16. Scotland’s famed Loch
22. Web connectors [abbr.]
26. “Just for Laughs __”
28. Backyard building
31. Writer Mr. Tolstoy’s
32. Township in northwestern Ontario on Agimak Lake
33. Tidy
34. Noisy
35. Peace: French
36. Lioness in “Born Free” (1966)
37. Agenda
41. Recount
42. Flanders river
45. Saskatchewan agriculture town
46. “...sugar is sweet and __ __ you.”
47. “__ __ Ron Ron” by The Crystals
49. Cul-de-__
51. Prince Edward Island, ‘Canada’s __ Province’
54. “Republic of __” (CBC show from 2010 to 2014)
56. “Hang Ten” single-named Canadian singer
58. Wayne Gretzky when an Edmonton player
61. GGFG = Governor General’s __ __
62. One of a Caribou’s set
63. Worn-down pencil
64. Insect stage
65. ‘Advert’ add-on (Promotional sponsor of a page in a magazine)
66. Oilfield sights in Alberta nicknamed ‘nodding donkeys’
70. ‘Edmonton’ enders
71. Faux pas
72. Banff National Park animals 74. Rhyme scheme, e.g.
76. Misplace
78. Jacob van __ the Elder (17th-century Flemish painter)
81. Mandatory courses, for short
82. Gotchas!
83. Very clean and sanitary
87. Tedious speech or writing
89. Poison rocker Mr. Michaels
91. “The __ Mutiny” (1954)
92. Jeanne __ (Governor General of Canada from 1984 to 1990) 93. “_ __ a map of Canada...” Joni Mitchell, “A Case of You”
94. __ River, in Fort Mcmurray
95. ‘Right’ suffix (Mightily moral)
99. The __ Shoe Museum, in Toronto
100. Composer Mr. Stravinsky 101. Lofty lair amongst the leaves
103. Not moi in Montreal 105. Goose: French
106. “That’s reaaally hilarious.” 107. ‘Outer’-meaning prefix