Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Newfoundla­nd sketch comedy troupe of legend 6 _ _ _ Canada

(TV channel) 9 Breakfast hrs. 12 Major and Minor

sky Bears 17 Kitchen cover-up 18 Vintage lettered auto 19 Montreal restaurant

seasoning 20 Fry the food in a way 21 Sierra __ 22 Fortify 23 Three 24 Big name in office

printers 25 Canadian actor

Mr. McCormack 26 Genuine feature-from-outer-space on the Royal Canadian Mint’s new $20 silver coin commemorat­ing the 150th anniversar­y of #9-Down: 2 wds. 29 July 22nd, 2018: The Great World Championsh­ip __ Race (Boating fans have been ‘soaking’ it in annually in Nanaimo since 1967) 31 Tuna, in Quebec 32 Tandoor-baked

flatbread 33 __ __ in The Bush or, Forest Life in Canada (19th-century literary classic by #14-Down) 36 “Orinoco Flow (Sail

Away)” songstress 39 __ Mahal 42 Crucifix inscriptio­n 43 “__ Suite” by

The Guess Who 44 Finger point 45 Canadian actress

Ms. Okuma 47 Capture 49 “You Shook __ __ Night Long” by AC/DC 51 Besmirch 52 American landscape photograph­er Mr.Adams 53 Blue humanoids in James Cameron’s blockbuste­r “Avatar” (2009) 55 “Nifty!” 57 Highly ranked:

wd. + letter 59 Outline 61 Fresco by the Italian artist at #13-Down, The __ of Athens 64 Ensigns 66 Mother’s mini mom 67 Yacht’s extra

anchor 68 Bustle 70 Nia Vardalos’ character in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (2002) 72 __ Fail (Irish

coronation stone) 74 Queen Elizabeth’s

began in 1952 75 Thick-billed __

(Arctic diving bird) 77 Muckraking journalist/ photograph­er, Jacob __ (b.1849 - d.1914) 79 Prefix meaning ‘Soil’ 81 Old farm song

vowels 82 Sport-on-a-horse 83 CKC = Canadian

__ __ (Woof!) 85 __ Spumante

(Italian wine) 87 “_ __ what you

mean.” (A-ha!) 88 Fork or spoon 93 La Ronde, in Montreal and Canada’s Wonderland, in Vaughan north of Toronto: 2 wds. 97 Easily handled

at sea 98 “Against the Wind”

singer Bob 99 ‘Self’ subject 100 Optima car

manufactur­er 101 Eastern Townships

city in Quebec 102 Audience reactions

at #41-Down! 103 Karel Capek’s sci-fi

play of 1921 104 Poetic ‘always’ 105 Beside 106 Arise as a result 107 Archaicall­y

‘unlock’ 108 Guffaw! 109 Cheeky

DOWN

1 Biblical spy

for Moses 2 Music for Canadian

star Ben Heppner 3 Legal right 4 Spiral-tipped

seashore shell 5 Shania Twain song:

“You’re Still the __” 6 __ Lodge (Famous roadhouse at Mile 55 on the Klondike Highway, in the Yukon) 7 Ernie’s muppet pal 8 The Iceman __

(Eugene O’Neill play) 9 The Royal __ Society of Canada, since 1868 10 Lemon __ pie 11 Incision 12 __ _ pen (Writes in

blue ink perhaps) 13 High Renaissanc­e painter (More at #61-Across) 14 British-born author of

#33-Across: 2 wds. 15 ‘Decor’ suffix (Home’s style profession­al) 16 “You __ Me” by

Sam Cooke 26 Subatomic

particle 27 “__, __ this yours?” (Wow, I thought it was mine) 28 J.R.R. Tolkien creature 30 Big event circled on an attorney’s calendar: 2 wds. 34 Jumbo 35 Persian Gulf country 37 Peruvian singer

Ms. Sumac 38 __ Lingus

(Airline of Ireland) 39 Rip 40 Beatles title

song lady 41 Montreal’s internatio­nal comedy festival currently underway: 3 wds. 44 Brian Moore’s 1985 historical novel about a Jesuit priest in New France: 2 wds. 46 Boat part 48 No Frills or Dollarama, for example in Canada: 2 wds. 50 Guitar innovator

Mr. Paul 54 __. sp. (Tsar as

‘Czar’) 56 Shakespear­ean ‘you’ 58 Back then 60 Early computer

of 1946 62 Today, in Italy 63 Stand-up comedian

Jay 65 “Positive?” 68 Rock concert blaster,

for short 69 Couplet 71 “Next!” Activity for

turns-takers: 2 wds. 73 Inuk singer Susan of

“O Siem” 76 Popular cottages lake in The Muskokas, in Ontario 78 Ooze 80 Grooves 83 Canadian rocker

Mr. Mitchell 84 Married paleoanthr­opologists Louis or Mary 86 Succinct 89 Type of antelope 90 Palm starches 91 Golfer’s selections 92 Centipede’s

characteri­stic 93 Arthur __ (1975 Wimbledon champion) 94 Average 95 Gateway Arch architect Mr. Saarinen 96 PBS concerts conductor/violinist Andre 101 Humanities degs.

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