Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Coffee Crisp slogan, ‘makes _ __ light snack’ 6 Nutritiona­l suggested

amt. 9 ‘Harper Valley’, et al. 13 Soldier’s unauthoriz­ed absence stat. 17 Canadian stage musicals performer Mr. Karimloo 18 RCAF = Royal

Canadian __ __ 20 Lemon’s green pal 21 Prized fare collected by fans of #14-Down, as per #35-Down: 3 wds. 24 Aerobics outfit

material 25 Six, in Tuscany 26 ‘Popera’

quartet, Il __ 27 “Jeff __.” (Canadian

sitcom) 28 Quebec ‘milk’ 30 “Tut-tut!” 32 Tobacco Museum and Heritage Centre town in Ontario 34 Orb and __ (Royal props for Queen Elizabeth) 37 __-Tac-Toe 39 White-kittensmas­cots bathroom tissue brand of Canada 42 Slanted, as a line, for

short 43 Assist 45 Opposites of ‘froms’ 47 Big-load-transporte­rs,

e.g. 48 Face value, in stocks:

2 wds. 50 Salyut 7 cosmonaut

Mr.Atkov 52 Motoring org. 54 Party invitation

letters 55 Pumpkin soup

seasoning 57 Port town in Nova

Scotia 60 __ party (Brit-brideto-be’s bash) 61 T-shirt and __ (Casual attire for Bryan Adams) 63 Irish actor Stephen 64 Camel-like cud

chewer 66 Farm utterance 68 Charlottet­own church, St. __ Basilica 71 Cold drink example:

2 wds. 74 Highest point 76 Drink bit-by-bit 77 Faucets 79 Orson Welles’ famous 1941 newspaperm­an, and surnamesak­es 80 Margaret Mitchell’s

main man 82 The __ (Nickname for

Manitoba’s capital) 84 Highlands turndowns 86 Oscar Renta fashion

connection: 2 wds. 87 Referring to the most quality items in a repertoire: 2 wds. 89 “Yawn, call me

unimpresse­d.” 91 Toronto’s NBA team 93 Rap music legend Mr.

Shakur 95 East Coast pup 97 MGM co-founder

Marcus 98 Diving bird 100 “Top _’ __ mornin’

to ya!” 102 US taxing bureau 104 Chesterfie­ld __ (Nunavut community) 107 They are red, auburn, purple and golden at this crisp time of year: 3 wds. 112 Arctic nautical

danger, commonly 113 Town in Prince Edward Island or Romeo’s family name in Shakespear­e’s play 114 Faithful pledge, in ye

olden days 115 Garden tool in October, as per #107-Across 116 Enzyme suffixes 117 Acquire 118 Some Terrier dogs

DOWN

1 Movie studio MGM’S motto, __ Gratia Artis 2 NHL’s ‘N’ [abbr.] 3 “If _ __ ask a question...” (Is it okay for me to query?) 4 Margaret Atwood’s acclaimed poetry collection, with The: 2 wds. 5 Set up 6 19th-century Arctic

explorer John 7 Hagar the Horrible creator Mr. Browne’s 8 Medieval helmet 9 Cheering prop, when

doubled 10 Trudged 11 Bitter 12 Dr. Jason __, Alan Thicke’s character on “Growing Pains” 13 “Heroes” star Ms.

Larter 14 Canadian actor from Montreal: 2 wds. ...More at #35Down! 15 Exclude 16 Guide 19 “Mushaboom” single-named Canadian singer 22 Ontario community northwest of Thunder Bay 23 Cowboy ties 29 Palm __ (Former

smartphone) 31 Gear 33 “Some Came Running” (1958) star Martha 34 ‘If you...’, in

Montreal: 2 wds. 35 #14-Down’s character on Gene Roddenberr­y’s iconic 1960s sci-fi series: abbr. + wd. + initial + wd. 36 The mom in Canadian comic strip For Better or For Worse 38 Canadian fashion

model Ms. Rocha 40 Dwell 41 Sporty cable channel,

e.g. 42 Steely __ (Rock

group) 44 Neil __ (Drummer in Canadian rock band Rush) 46 Canadian actor Mr.

Rubinek 49 Study 51 ‘The __ One’ (Wayne Gretzky’s nickname) 53 Mythical Hun

king 56 Wildebeest­s 58 New Brunswick’s

Grand __ Island 59 How-to tip 62 Cut 65 Eastern __ (Songbird

in Ontario) 66 Dig 67 Hurt 69 __ Reduxit, New Brunswick’s motto meaning ‘Hope Restored’ 70 Box 72 Morays 73 Mr. Gray, noted

Botanist 75 “__ __, Brute?” (Line in Shakespear­e’s Julius Caesar) 78 Fancy envelope’s

waxy blob 81 Portrayer of Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971) 83 Styling goo 85 Go bad 88 One of Bluebeard’s

wives 90 Seaport of Israel 92 Principles 94 Pandemoniu­m 96 __ Creek Provincial

Park, in Alberta 98 Montreal as ‘Mtl.’, for

short 99 Carbamide 101 ‘-ette’-like suffix 103 Veer sharply 105 Larry __ (Singer/ songwriter/drummer of Canadian band Edward Bear) 106 Head, in Paris 108 Clothing size after

Medium, for short 109 “What’s Love Got to Do with It” singer’s initialssh­arers 110 Rent 111 Initials-sharers of

Canada’s 22nd PM

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