Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS 1 Composer

Mr. Hamlisch, to pals 5 Graduate’s degree,

e.g. 8 Heighten 13 __ Haven (King William Island settlement in Nunavut) 17 California hometown of The Bionic Woman 18 Bash 19 Aria in Richard Wagner opera Lohengrin: “__ Dream” 20 Writer Mr. Uris 21 Temples and

shrines 23 CCG... Canadian __ __ (It protects our waters and mariners) 25 “Take a look at __!”

(Hey, over here!) 26 “Darn!” 27 Apartment-living

payment 28 The ‘Grosse Ile and the Irish Memorial’ is a National Historic Site of Canada on the St. Lawrence River where there was one in operation for immigrants at the Port of Quebec, from 1832 to 1937: 2 wds. 34 Jean-__ (Metro station in Montreal) 35 Enough, to

Shakespear­e 36 Train-throughmou­ntain passages 39 Cover, in falconry 40 Immense 41 Glacier-carved feature as in Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundla­nd 43 Arrange 44 “Canadian Idol” Season 4 winner in 2006, Eva __ 46 Booming time period, __ __ prosperity 47 Rikki-Tikki-__ (Rudyard Kipling story) 48 Haloed li’l people 51 ‘Carot’ finisher 52 Hand-__ glass 53 John Ronald __ Tolkien (J.R.R.Tolkien) 54 Richie Cunningham’s

sitcom dad 56 Montreal-born writer Ms. Gallant of Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories 57 Canadian singer Alannah Myles’ chart-topper-aboutMr.-Presley: “Black __” 58 Celebrity tribute 59 Is in possession of a driver’s licence, e.g.: 2 wds. 60 Triumph 61 Tee’s alphabetic

preceder 62 “Drinking __ _._.” by Canadian group Bran Van 3000 63 They hurt 64 Canadian food writer Mr. Richler (Son of author Mordecai) 66 1000000, for short 67 Farley’s river rescuee in For Better or For Worse 68 Court 69 Key’s friend 73 Canadian jewellery

store 75 Roughly 76 __ Lumpur, Malaysia 77 Bay du Nord __ __ (Newfoundla­nd nature destinatio­n for outdoor recreation enthusiast­s) 81 Virginia willow 82 Evening, in Quebec 83 Parisian torch

singer Edith 84 Product by Canadian company BlackBerry 86 “Life Is a __”

by The Band 90 ‘Problem’ suffix

(Difficult) 91 Past province

of Prussia 92 Olde-style

‘previously’ 93 Team 94 The North __ 95 UNESCO World Heritage Site in Jordan 96 Thumbs ups 97 __ ‘_’ Hers

DOWN

1 Jul. and Aug. 2 Steely Dan album

of 1977 3 Escaped 4 Gramophone in

#57-Across 5 Bobby Orr, as a

hockey team player 6 Legendary officer of the North West Mounted Police: 2 wds. 7 Ruler lengths in

Canada, for short 8 Chomp anew 9 A Lesson from __

(Athol Fugard play) 10 “And all I gotta do __ __ naturally...”: Bit of the country tune Ringo Starr sings 11 Where to find the Diefenbake­r Canada Centre 12 East, in Quebec 13 Stick something to

something: 2 wds. 14 1984... The first woman Governor General of Canada: 2 wds. 15 __ cloud, as in

Astronomy 16 Also 22 Larger Life link 24 Drudgery 28 Liquid amounts, e.g. 29 Where Abu Dhabi

is the cap. 30 Saloon order 31 “Young Frankenste­in” (1974) character 32 “__ _ thousand

times.” (Never!) 33 Gang’s territory 37 Flood embankment­s 38 Supporters of the iconic Fogo Island Inn, in Newfoundla­nd 40 Tend 41 Cold: French 42 Summertime shark

blockbuste­r 45 Horizontal opposite

[abbr.] 46 Collingwoo­d __ Festival (Annual summer fun in Ontario celebratin­g The King of Rock and Roll) 47 __. number 48 British Columbia

Spot Prawn, for one 49 Canada’s two dollar

coin 50 Canadian Tiger __

(Butterfly variety) 52 City of Switzerlan­d 53 Quebec singer

Ginette 55 Botanist Mr. Gray 56 “__-Mac” by Newfoundla­nd band Great Big Sea 57 ‘V’ of VP 59 __ Falls (They are

Canada’s at Niagara) 60 Summertime splashy

slides site 63 Drove too fast 64 Has fun as

a musician 65 Northern Yukon archaeolog­ical site, __ Caves 67 In unison, __ __

once 68 MS-__ 70 Rowboat implement 71 155 in ancient Rome 72 ‘Whoever Comes Knocking’: New album by Montreal singer/songwriter, __ Sun 74 Puncture 75 Canadian singer

Ms. Ryder 76 ‘__ Historical Village and Museum, in Hazelton in British Columbia 78 Henhouse 79 San Francisco footballer, to fans 80 Ireland’s

or Hibernia’s 81 “__ __ blame.”

(Oops, silly me!) 84 Maple’s valuable

liquid 85 Tripled letter meaning ‘very very softly’ in music 86 Company’s

prez 87 Sundial

number 88 Promos 89 “Steal My Sunshine”

group from Toronto

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