Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Nutritiona­l amt.

suggestion 4 Its water tower is newly painted, as per recent Fall 2017 community news for this Alberta town northeast of Red Deer 10 “Egad!” 13 Poetry structure, e.g. 17 ‘To hear’ in Madrid 18 Mysteries just some

know about 19 Victor 21 Territoria­l Park in Nunavut on Baffin Island 23 T.O.’s famous free-standing structure ...en francais: 3 wds. 24 Advantage 25 Iron, in Munich 27 Mr. Ferrigno 28 Apprehend 29 Try the furniture out

in different spots 32 Sighting at Banff 34 Stop-_-__ 36 Three clothing sizes represente­d by these three letters 37 Opera voice 38 Knot-making supply 39 Text in Judaism 42 Stage actor’s request 44 Sorts of flatbreads 46 1941: Noel Coward

play, __ Spirit 47 Escaped the

authoritie­s 49 Brit’s potato chips 51 Ian & Sylvia,

for one 52 Performer who loves

the attention 53 Relief from government restrictio­ns, for short 55 Door fastener 56 Post-Beatles band 58 Canadian dance company ‘RWB’ founded in 1939: 3 wds. 64 O’Casey and Hayes 65 Katharine Hepburn’s “Rooster Cogburn” (1975) character 66 Ronald __, director of “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972) 67 Cdn. ruler

measuremen­ts 70 Compass dir. 71 Decides on a choice:

2 wds. 73 Stake in poker 74 One of The Dionne

Quintuplet­s 76 __ kebab 77 Pass over to 79 Adornment-of

parsley 80 Bus rider’s charge 81 Podium 83 151 in ancient Rome 86 _ _ _ Speedwagon 87 Soup-flavouring

cube brand 88 Ramen/instant soup

brand: 2 wds. 90 Fruit drink 92 Web addr. 94 Wide-ranging 96 Brewery kiln 97 Where “Life Is a Highway” singer Tom Cochrane is from in Manitoba: 2 wds. 100 Cabot Tower overlooks St. John’s from this location in Newfoundla­nd: 2 wds. 103 Jazz vocalist from

Toronto: 2 wds. 104 Sporty speedster’s

sounds! 105 __ Krob (Fried noodles dish of Thai cuisine) 106 Hullabaloo­s 107 Alkali 108 Huffed as a hound 109 Pink Floyd co-founder Mr. Barrett

DOWN

1 “Today” weatherman Al, and surnamesak­es 2 Sovereign’s jewelled

headdress 3 Toronto cultural attraction, __ __ of Ontario 4 Ray-__ sunglasses 5 Prince Valiant’s son 6 Knowing 7 People of Halifax 8 Greek aperitif Ouzo’s

flavouring 9 De-snooze 10 Athlete’s knee injury

[acronym] 11 Ottawa-born actress

Sarah of “[scrubs]” 12 Bruce Lee’s character on “The Green Hornet” 13 Storekeepe­r on

“The Simpsons” 14 It’s called ‘Yukon’s

Airline’: 2 wds. 15 Florida city, __ Raton 16 __ _. Davis (Alice on

“The Brady Bunch”) 20 The highest peak in

Canada: 2 wds. 22 Prefix pal for ‘Atmo’ 26 City’s colourful lights 30 Vied for votes 31 Sir __ Guinness 33 Items in a ‘70s

record collection 35 “There but for the

grace of God, __ _.” 38 Grated potatoes dish of Acadian cuisine: 2 wds. 40 Oprah’s ‘__!

moment’ 41 Hesitate, __

and haw 43 Brainstorm­ing boons 45 Formal group, briefly 46 ‘Trill OG’ rapper, __ _ 47 Amer. President

born in 1882 48 The Lion 50 To-the-North-Sea

river in Europe 51 Unearth bit-by-bit:

2 wds. 54 Canadian pianist, b.1932 - d.1982: 2 wds. 56 Senate of Canada... Fierce creature which is one of the symbols on the Red Chamber’s coffered ceiling: 2 wds. 57 “Lucky Me” Canadian songstress Sarah 59 Lessen 60 Places 61 The Nunavut __ __ Agreement (Signed in 1993, it led to Canada’s newest territory in 1999) 62 CPR giver often 63 Casual shirt

with jeans 67 Legendary baseball pitcher Mr. Young, et al. 68 Sports trophy

winner, e.g. 69 ‘The Heart of the Shuswap’ in British Columbia; or, a Bay of Naples tourist town in Italy 71 Catchphras­e on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” stretched out by Laura Petrie: 2 wds. 72 Protest song written

by Neil Young 75 Never: German 76 Jazzy instr. 78 Mount __

(Volcano of Japan) 80 Homespun 82 Excepting...:

2 wds. 84 1960s singer

Ms. Gore 85 Worked with basket-making fibre, say 88 Ms. Shearer of “The Red Shoes” (1948) 89 Play-__ 90 Quebec city 91 Pair 93 Actor Mr. Julia 95 Official ‘yes’ to

the party inviter 98 Daytime opposites,

for short

99 __ out a living 101 Soul, in Hull 102 Unintended acronym of a John Lennon song title in 1967

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