COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 “Meant to mention...”, mini-ly 4 Particular prickles-protected plants 9 Arachnid’s architectures 13 __ d’Or Lake (Inland sea of Cape Breton) 17 Duran Duran song 18 Stewpots 19 Woody Guthrie’s musical son 20 Ms. Thompson of “Love Actually” (2003) 21 Shopping mall’s li’l ‘bank’ 22 Canned salmon brand of Canada: 2 wds. 24 Wise __ __ owl 25 Bay on The East Coast 27 Dine on din-din 28 Neil Young’s 1972 album 30 Higher in status or position 31 Works like Rosie in WWII 33 Performs a sewing task 34 Sound loudness unit 35 Nirvana’s 1993 album: ‘In __’ 36 Business name abbr. 37 Mend the socks 39 __ Diego 41 Ms. Cobb (Innkeeper of Newfoundland’s famous on-stilts Fogo Island Inn) 43 Call of the donkey! 46 Baseball stat. 47 Pressure meas. 48 Canadian star Ruby of “42nd Street” (1933) 50 San __, Italy 51 Federal NDP leader Mr. Singh 53 Halifax-born actress Ms. Page of “Juno” (2007) 54 Reddish-rose dye 55 Give 56 Mr. Brynner 57 Advantages 58 Double __ (Tworopes skipping) 60 Adhesive 62 __ Lakes, Ontario’s ‘Cottage Country’ 65 Jeopardize 66 Fall’s follower 67 911 call respondent, in brief 68 Groovy 69 Slangy positives 70 __ __ extra cost (Without added charges) 71 Cdn. rock group of “Naveed” 72 Some taps in Morse Code 73 Superlative suffix 75 Mr. Williams (Potsie on “Happy Days”) 78 Stage star Linda of Jekyll & Hyde 80 Hagar The Horrible’s daughter 81 River, in Quebec 82 Put down 85 British Columbia village near Creston 87 Mr. Motsepe, professional dancer on the current 2018 season of “Dancing with the Stars” 88 Quebec City nickname, La __ Capitale 89 “Zip-_-__-Doo-Dah” 90 Canadian technological contribution to space in 1981: 2 wds. 93 Palindromic honorific 94 Fuss 95 Hold 96 Bell Biv __ (Music trio) 97 __ Geo (Noted nature mag) 98 Lemony 99 Feedbag contents 100 Pedestal 101 __ Juvante (Monaco’s motto meaning ‘With the help of God’)
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1 Canadian __ (Juno-winning wind instruments quintet) 2 Parishioner’s payment to the plate 3 Canada’s Nellie McClung, for one: 3 wds. 4 1985 movie for London-Ontarioborn star Hume Cronyn 5 Canadian chipseater’s flavour fave: 2 wds. 6 Overload on the sweetness 7 Hebrew alphabet letter 8 “My eyes have detected that object!”: 3 wds. 9 Founder of a Canadian discount retail chain which closed in 2013: 2 wds. 10 Afore 11 The __ (Yawnsvilles) 12 Living room furniture piece 13 Canadian newspaper magnate in Britain, Max Aitken aka Lord __ (b.1879 - d.1964) 14 Liner called ‘Canada’s Titanic’ (It sank in just 14 minutes when struck by a Norwegian ship in fog on the St. Lawrence River, in 1914): acr. + wd. + wd. + wd. 15 Stockpile 16 Gus Van __ (Filmmaker) 23 A+ review 26 Subatomic particle 29 Pi’s alphabetic follower 31 Hosiery annoyance 32 Countryside scene print 36 Train’s one-of-some 37 Basketball legend Julius Erving, to fans: abbr. + letter 38 Camel hair cloth 40 River islet 42 Commandments number 44 Pierre’s friend 45 Quaintly ‘over there’ 47 Phnom __ (Cambodia’s capital city) 48 Policemen in #52-Down’s slapstick silent movies: 2 wds. 49 Rinse with a solvent 52 Canadian filmmaker (b.1880 - d.1960) known as ‘The King of Comedy’: 2 wds. 54 Formerly 57 Worked out at the gym in a way: 2 wds. 58 Juiceless 59 One-eighty slangy turn 60 Orchestra __ 61 Just one yearly record 62 Toronto: __ Lastman Square, in North York 63 Kit __ (Chocolate wafer treat) 64 Sit-ups 6-pack 66 Angkor __ (Temple attraction in Cambodia) 71 Unitary 72 Half: French 74 Comedy legend Mr. Caesar 76 Cooking fat 77 They resemble oblongs and ovals 79 Considered 80 Heracles slayed what multi-headed water monster? 81 Ms. MacDonald (Canada’s first female Secretary of State for External Affairs, from 1979 to 1980) 83 Pond’s buildup 84 “Peachy keen!” 85 Drift like scents 86 Thus 88 “__-__-voom!” 91 Fragment 92 This: French