Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORDB­y

- Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Barcelona ‘bear’ 4 “Well, lah-di-__.” 7 Leo __ Sculpture Garden (Artistic nature attraction at Assiniboin­e Park, in Winnipeg) 10 Tech IDs, e.g. 13 Gladiator’s 1006 16 Analyze over again 18 Year: Spanish 19 Business’ overall

growth: 2 wds. 21 Newspaper where #65-Across is a journalist: 2 wds. 23 ‘S.’ of 1948 Nobel-winning poet T.S. Eliot’s name 24 City where

#65-Across lives 25 Hippodrome racing

carriage 26 Away 27 Elvis Presley’s actress granddaugh­ter Ms. Keough, for short 28 Podium 29 Pat __ (Toronto Maple Leafs head coach who was nicknamed ‘The Big Irishman’) 32 Jeanne d’Arc, et al. 33 “When pigs fly!”:

2 wds. 35 Ms. Peeples of

“Fame” 38 __-_-daisy! 39 “__ Lap” (1983) 40 Global tech firm which recently announced that downtown Toronto will be the locale of its new Canadian headquarte­rs 42 Marriage vow: 2 wds. 43 Compensate­s 44 The Swiss Family Robinson writer Johann 45 Loup-__ (Werewolf,

in Quebec) 46 Southeast-ofEdmonton town in Alberta 48 Highlander 49 Makes a whirring

sound 50 National __ __

(Ottawa-Gatineau) 53 Creaky upper levels 56 Montreal ‘streets’ 57 Expressway

entrances 61 “Yes, __, Bob!”

(Definitely!) 62 Chums 63 Demeanour 64 Nova Scotia’s

water, for short 65 Comic book alter-ego-character Canadian cartoonist Joe Shuster co-created: 2 wds. 67 Succeeds 68 Leaning Tower of __ 69 Farm bird 70 U2’s land 71 Crooned 72 Name of Manitoba’s

highest Mountain 73 Purge 75 TV or radio message to inform the community, commonly 76 Soak, in dialect 77 Promo-on-the-Web:

2 wds. 80 Winnipeg Jets mascot: first name + initial + last name 84 She sings “On My Own” in Les Miserables 85 Rodents in Saskatchew­an’s Grasslands National Park, Black-tailed __ __ 87 Root soup

ingredient 88 German article 89 Canadian movie comedy, “__ Brew” (1983) ...featuring Bob & Doug McKenzie 90 Elevation/highness

[abbr.] 91 Prime meridian std. 92 Southern Ontario metropolit­an region [acronym] 93 Suffix to ‘Baron’ 94 Weightlift­ing site

DOWN

1 Sequence, in brief 2 Line in tailoring 3 Sheriff Taylor’s

son in Mayberry 4 Rehearsal: 2 wds. 5 “You missed _ __.” (Dusting observer’s remark) 6 Beatles movie

of 1965! 7 More macho

maybe 8 “Canadian Idol” Season 3 winner Melissa, and surnamesak­es

9 Oodles 10 Etched,

for short 11 Something shed, such as by a Shepherd on a sofa: 2 wds. 12 Maritime warning signal invented by Canada’s Robert Foulis (b.1796 d.1866): 2 wds. 13 Aviator who was the first woman to operate a flight school in Canada: 2 wds. 14 Ristorante

‘wine’ 15 Research facility

[abbr.] 17 Manitoba town near the North Dakota border 20 Attire 22 Major arteries 29 Cease the chore 30 Beehive, for one,

in the 1960s 31 Time __ __

the essence 32 #44-Down’s first bride, to the British press early on: 2 wds. 33 Theatrical

laneway 34 Scottish 007 ...his

initials-sharers 36 “_, __ one,

don’t agree.” 37 “Look __ __ in this one.” (Reminiscen­ce over a photo album) 39 Insect’s feelers 40 Mike __ (Canadian alum of “Saturday Night Live”) 41 Facility at the spa 43 Role for Canadian troops in Mali, as part of the United Nations’ current mission in the West African country 44 Prince Charles’

royal domain 47 More frosty 48 Connie __ (Canadian author of noted Saskatchew­anset novel A Beauty) 49 French films 51 Big name in air

conditione­rs 52 Leaving 53 1948: Folkways Records founder, Moses __ 54 Hallway flooring

choice 55 __ Canada (Ministry headed by Marc Garneau) 58 Canada Post concern 59 After-combat

lettered affliction 60 Off, Knight-style 62 __ capita 63 Ontario recreation­al community north of Kenora 66 __ Internatio­nal (American-based community service group since 1915, which has been in Canada since 1916) 67 Creek, Lake, Park and Centre all sharing this name in Regina 68 Multi-tiered shrine 71 Canadian band,

__ of the West 72 Thumbs-down audience members 74 Wordplays 76 Canadian actress Sonja 77 “Shoop” by

Salt-n-__ 78 Birthstone for October 79 Supermarke­t’s

‘Bakery’, e.g. 80 Video file

format, e.g. 81 Gaelic 82 Tune 83 Something

scrambled-ish 86 School year div.

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