COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 Wee whopper 4 Castle Kilbride’s southwestern Ontario location, historic home to the ‘Flax and Oil King of Canada’ James Livingston (b.1838 - d.1920) 9 Cloaked 14 Month units [abbr.] 17 Ms. Gardner 18 ‘Low budget’ advertising prefix 19 Solo 20 “__ Haw” 21 Hit sitcom now an all-new animated reboot on The Comedy Network: 2 wds. 23 __ Loa Volcano, in Hawaii 24 Charge card percentage [abbr.] 25 More believable 26 Prefix with ‘stat’ (Old-time dimmer switch, for instance) 28 Campaign 29 CFL feats getting fans to their feet 30 Western Canada’s scenic tour train: 2 wds. 35 Give forth/arise 37 Small songbird sorts 38 ‘Advertising’ and ‘Talent’ and ‘News’, e.g. 40 Delivery truck 41 Foam toy footballs 43 Function 45 “The Sweetest Taboo” singlenamed singer 46 Medieval chest 48 Quebec City ‘law’ 49 One-eighth portion of a circular pizza 52 Scribe’s stylus 53 Chump 55 Canadian chick peas brand 57 “__ Really Matter” by Canadian band Platinum Blonde 59 Upper Canada or Lower Canada: 2 wds. 63 Canadian composer Ms. Fung of orchestral work “Earworms” 66 Hockey transaction 67 Mystifyingly mysterious 71 “Gimme __ ‘_’!” (Start of an E-D-M-O-N-T-O-N cheer) 72 Mediate 75 Ancient veil heroine 77 BachmanCummings creation 78 PC keyboard key 80 Ka-Boom-er! 81 Darken 83 It means ‘Ear’ 84 18-wheelers 86 “By the __ _ Get to Phoenix” 89 “Kyrie, __...” (‘Lord, have mercy’) 91 Lucy Maud Montgomery book which tells the story of Anne and Gilbert’s daughter during the First World War: 3 wds. 94 Annex 95 Caravansary 96 __-_-Noor Diamond 97 Judge’s hammer 100 Spring month in Sherbrooke 101 Ancient 1503 103 Cistercian Abbey food creation in Quebec in 1893: 2 wds. 106 Dixie Cups tune, when doubled 107 Max of Surrealism 108 Till the soil over again 109 __ Vegas 110 Downing Street number in London 111 Canadian filmmaker Ms. Mehta 112 Township in Ontario near Sudbury, __ & Hyman 113 “Tsk!”
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1 Actuality 2 __ Wynne Stadium (Tiger-Cats’ old field) 3 __ _ __ National Historic Site of Canada (Authentic cowboy attraction near Longview, Alberta) 4 Molson Canadian container: 2 wds. 5 Horiz. 6 __ River (#21-Across’ fictional Saskatchewan setting) 7 Equip for battle 8 Absent invitees: 2 wds. 9 “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School” punk rockers’ shared surname 10 Rock-__ (Classic jukebox) 11 Two-time Premier of Quebec, Robert __ (b.1933 - d.1996) 12 Tedium 13 Winnipeg-born star Ms. Durbin of “Spring Parade” (1940) 14 Vancouver’s professional soccer team 15 Canadiens goalie legend who became a politician: 2 wds. 16 Hardens 22 Downtown’s illuminator 27 Switz. spot, shortly 31 Retro-advertisedon-TV record co. 32 Ump’s slangy call to the striker!: 2 wds. 33 _-__ (Carpentry fastener) 34 For instances, in brief 35 Ms. Longoria’s 36 Artist Mr. Chagall 39 Faxed 42 Finished, in France 44 It means ‘Within’ 47 Prefix to ‘dextrous’ (Skillful with either the right or left hand) 49 Landscape painting hue 50 __-Cola 51 Timbre 54 Spoken 56 ‘Final’ finishers (Contestants vying for the title) 58 “__ of a Stranger” by Canadian group Payola$ 60 ‘A.’ of John A. Macdonald or ‘J.’ of Michael J. Fox, for short 61 Garfield’s sidekick 62 One getting the loan 63 Carpet-cleaning appliances [abbr.] 64 __ Region (Manitoba area where Winnipeg Beach is located) 65 To some it’s an Alberta town ... to others, a vivid shade of red 68 American President who spent summers on Campobello Island in New Brunswick 69 Particular preposition 70 Dr. __ Spengler, “Ghostbusters” (1984) character 73 Ms. Maillet (Canadian writer called ‘The Soul of Contemporary Acadian Literature’) 74 “I can’t help __ __...” (Excuse beginning) 76 Petroleums 79 Comic strip, __ Abner 81 Alberta’s provincial mammal, __ Sheep 82 Arthur __ (1920s Prime Minister of Canada) 85 Green-guck covered 87 Canadian hockey legend Stan who played for Chicago 88 Brian of Roxy Music 90 Zoological suffix 92 Mr. Agassi of tennis 93 Bob Dylan’s “__ _ Rolling Stone” 94 Radiate 98 Tongue twister tip, “__ Wood sawed wood...” 99 Just in case that... 102 Web connector, commonly 104 Sushi tuna 105 __ Anglais (English horn)