COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORDBy
Kelly Ann Buchanan
ACROSS
1 Lake, in Quebec 4 Game fish in BC,
__ Salmon 8 A’s in the Arabic
alphabet 13 Mr.Wallenda (Daredevil who made headlines in 2012 by walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls) 16 British Royal Family: Prince of Wales’ motto, __ Dien (I Serve) 17 Disaster rescue
operation, for short 18 Montreal subway 19 Ore extraction site 20 New __ (It’s what ‘Nova Scotia’ which is Latin, means in English) 22 World’s highest tides location on Canada’s East Coast: 3 wds. 24 Handle 25 Canadian broadcaster Mr. Mulroney 26 1997 novel by Canadian writer Mordecai Richler, __ Version 27 Western Red __
(BC’s provincial tree) 29 Volcanic crater 31 Sun-shading
tennis hat 32 Sugary suffix
to ‘Fruct’ 33 Pine/hanker 35 Mariner’s distress
signal 36 1759: Battle of Quebec victor, General James __ 40 “__ Croft: Tomb
Raider” (2001) 42 Petty disagreement 43 Alexis __ (Montreal
shopping complex) 45 The Altar
constellation 46 __ seed (Canada is the world’s largest exporter of this crop) 48 BC’s longest river 50 Fluffy white robes
getaways 51 Sanctify 53 Avoid an issue 54 Fork prong 55 Evaluates 58 Sanctuary 60 Grand __ of
Newfoundland 61 Poetic nightfalls 62 Bird’s happy call 64 Composition 67 Throw 68 Pastor’s
congregation 70 Crowd thriller at a Toronto Blue Jays game: 2 wds. 74 Garlic: French 75 Some knitting
stitches 76 Household bill, e.g. 78 Say “I bet you
can’t...” 79 One of Air Canada’s
fleet 81 Canadian rapper
Michie 82 More-ready-to-beeaten, as fruit 84 Suppositions 85 Irritate 87 Bursts a balloon 88 Just-born Bird
of Minerva 90 Soldier’s
assignment 93 Canuck tax ID 94 Mosquito, when
attacking 96 Nova Scotia’s ocean
...en francais 98 Ottawa’s NHL team 101 Ice floes mammal 102 Eight-member band 103 Thin wood strip 104 Informally perfect 105 “Let me think a
second here...” 106 Nobody, __ _ soul 107 Additional 108 Handyman’s
self-sufficient letters
DOWN
1 Fleur-de-__ (Quebec provincial flag symbol) 2 Toronto Raptors home venue, commonly 3 Maritimes
soups 4 Seasoning on the rim of a glass of Canadian cocktail the Caesar, __ salt 5 Elongated
circle 6 Drama series (based on Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel) in which the women wear scarlet frocks, “The __ Tale” 7 Condition associated with repetitive checking [acronym] 8 Fossil resin (Trapper
of prehistoric insects) 9 Trim 10 ‘Civil’ suffix
(Politeness) 11 Sir Martin __, 16th-century English explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage 12 Chesterfields 13 Hour before ten 14 ‘500’ sports
car race 15 They open locks 19 Nobel-winning Canadian short stories author Alice 21 Ms. Carrere of “Wayne’s World” (1992) 23 Scowl 25 Alberta: Canada’s first National Park in 1885 27 Canadian actor
Mr. Feore 28 Jacob’s biblical twin 30 Little dog bark 31 Acadian singer Roch of 1996 hit “Kissing Rain” 34 Peut-__ (French
for ‘maybe’) 35 Ssssssss! Manitoba attraction, Narcisse __ Dens 37 Rabbit: French 38 Canadian hockey
great Mr. Mahovlich 39 Facilitates 41 Ideally: 2 wds. 44 Dinnertime
scrap 47 Montreal’s CFL
players, to fans 49 Lettered replies
to party hosts 50 Remained 52 PEI: Lucy Maud Montgomery’s famous character, Anne __ 55 Summary 56 Be of help 57 Electrical pioneer Nikola (There’s a Boulevard in his name in Hamilton) 59 Surface/originate 60 Sudden loud sound! 62 The lettered ‘brain’
of a computer 63 Folksy instrument on Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” 65 Brass artifact recovered from the wreckage of HMS Erebus, the 1845 Franklin Expedition vessel found in the Arctic in 2014: 2 wds. 66 Exclusive 69 Ontario: Great Lake on which Sarnia is situated 71 Sir John A. Macdonald’s transcontinental success 72 Baie-D’__
(Montreal suburb) 73 Bird’s tree
dwelling 75 With __ __ hand
(Ready to write) 77 Point 80 Of the nose 83 Revolve 86 Turned off, as a light, basically: 2 wds. 87 Michelangelo sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica 89 Soaked 90 Squish the spuds 91 Particular 92 Angrily-shut door 93 Chop __
(Chinese cuisine dish) 95 ‘Tsar’ suffixes
(Empresses of Russia) 97 Li’l 25 cent coin 98 Nautical heading,
e.g. 99 Louis XIV,
par exemple 100 Lofty hue
of blue