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1 Newfoundland sketch comedy troupe of legend 6 ___ Canada (TV channel) 9 Breakfast hrs. 12 Major and Minor sky Bears 17 Kitchen cover-up 18 Vintage lettered auto 19 Montreal restaurant seasoning 20 Fry the food in a way 21 Sierra __ 22 Fortify 23 Three 24 Big name in office printers 25 Canadian actor Mr. McCormack 26 Genuine featurefrom-outer-space on the Royal Canadian Mint’s new $20 silver coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of #9-Down: 2 wds. 29 July 22nd, 2018: The Great World Championship __ Race (Boating fans have been ‘soaking’ it in annually in Nanaimo since 1967) 31 Tuna, in Quebec 32 Tandoor-baked flatbread 33 __ __ in The Bush or, Forest Life in Canada (19th-century literary classic by #14-Down) 36 “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)” songstress 39 __ Mahal 42 Crucifix inscription 43 “__ Suite” by The Guess Who 44 Finger point 45 Canadian actress Ms. Okuma 47 Capture 49 “You Shook __ __ Night Long” by AC/DC 51 Besmirch 52 American landscape photographer Mr. Adams 53 Blue humanoids in James Cameron’s blockbuster “Avatar” (2009) 55 “Nifty!” 57 Highly ranked: wd. + letter 59 Outline 61 Fresco by the Italian artist at #13-Down, The __ of Athens 64 Ensigns 66 Mother’s mini mom 67 Yacht’s extra anchor 68 Bustle 70 Nia Vardalos’ character in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (2002) 72 __ Fail (Irish coronation stone) 74 Queen Elizabeth’s began in 1952 75 Thick-billed __ (Arctic diving bird) 77 Muckraking journalist/ photographer, Jacob __ (b.1849 - d.1914) 79 Prefix meaning ‘Soil’ 81 Old farm song vowels 82 Sport-on-a-horse 83 CKC = Canadian __ __ (Woof!) 85 __ Spumante (Italian wine) 87 “_ __ what you mean.” (A-ha!) 88 Fork or spoon 93 La Ronde, in Montreal and Canada’s Wonderland, in Vaughan north of Toronto: 2 wds. 97 Easily handled at sea 98 “Against the Wind” singer Bob 99 ‘Self’ subject 100 Optima car manufacturer 101 Eastern Townships city in Quebec 102 Audience reactions at #41-Down! 103 Karel Capek’s sci-fi play of 1921 104 Poetic ‘always’ 105 Beside 106 Arise as a result 107 Archaically ‘unlock’ 108 Guffaw! 109 Cheeky
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1 Biblical spy for Moses 2 Music for Canadian star Ben Heppner 3 Legal right 4 Spiral-tipped seashore shell 5 Shania Twain song: “You’re Still the __” 6 __ Lodge (Famous roadhouse at Mile 55 on the Klondike Highway, in the Yukon) 7 Ernie’s muppet pal 8 The Iceman __ (Eugene O’Neill play) 9 The Royal __ Society of Canada, since 1868 10 Lemon __ pie 11 Incision 12 __ _ pen (Writes in blue ink perhaps) 13 High Renaissance painter (More at #61-Across) 14 British-born author of #33-Across: 2 wds. 15 ‘Decor’ suffix (Home’s style professional) 16 “You __ Me” by Sam Cooke 26 Subatomic particle 27 “__, __ this yours?” (Wow, I thought it was mine) 28 J.R.R. Tolkien creature 30 Big event circled on an attorney’s calendar: 2 wds. 34 Jumbo 35 Persian Gulf country 37 Peruvian singer Ms. Sumac 38 __ Lingus (Airline of Ireland) 39 Rip 40 Beatles title song lady 41 Montreal’s international comedy festival currently underway: 3 wds. 44 Brian Moore’s 1985 historical novel about a Jesuit priest in New France: 2 wds. 46 Boat part 48 No Frills or Dollarama, for example in Canada: 2 wds. 50 Guitar innovator Mr. Paul 54 __. sp. (Tsar as ‘Czar’) 56 Shakespearean ‘you’ 58 Back then 60 Early computer of 1946 62 Today, in Italy 63 Stand-up comedian Jay 65 “Positive?” 68 Rock concert blaster, for short 69 Couplet 71 “Next!” Activity for turns-takers: 2 wds. 73 Inuk singer Susan of “O Siem” 76 Popular cottages lake in The Muskokas, in Ontario 78 Ooze 80 Grooves 83 Canadian rocker Mr. Mitchell 84 Married paleoanthropologists Louis or Mary 86 Succinct 89 Type of antelope 90 Palm starches 91 Golfer’s selections 92 Centipede’s characteristic 93 Arthur __ (1975 Wimbledon champion) 94 Average 95 Gateway Arch architect Mr. Saarinen 96 PBS concerts conductor/violinist Andre 101 Humanities degs.