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1 Fabric store measurements 6 Sound effect song title for Winnipeg band Crash Test Dummies, when repeated 9 Crime-fighting force officer 12 Caesar’s 951 16 Canadian band of “The Good in Everyone” 17 Shoe size measure, e.g. 18 Tee-__ (Giggle!) 19 Hang a coat on one 20 Juno-winning guitarist Mr. Cook 21 Royal Tyrrell Museum’s location... 1500 North __ Trail, Drumheller, Alberta T0J 0Y0 23 Germanic letter 24 CBC’s iconic science show: 4 wds. 27 Oom-__ (Tuba’s sound) 29 The first ‘S’ in USSR [abbr.] 30 Magazine installment, in brief 31 Ballpark fig. 32 Main floor apartment number, e.g.: wd. + letter 34 Woodworking measurements 38 Catch 41 Strip the ship’s gear 43 “My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style” Junowinning duo: 2 wds. 46 ‘Nattiq’ is what the Inuit call this Arctic marine mammal: 2 wds. 48 “Quicker than _ __ of light...” - Madonna 49 Thumbs-up reply 50 Shade of a Sherbrooke sky 51 Gin and __ 53 Immanuel __ (German philosopher) 54 Princess who is Queen Elizabeth’s daughter 57 Nicholas II long ago 59 “__ __ Should Ever Leave You” by Tom Jones 61 “Woe is me!” 62 Benefit/blessing 63 Canada neighbour: acr. + wd. + letter 65 The Death of __ Ilych (1886 Leo Tolstoy story) 67 Off-road fourwheeler, e.g. 68 __ Fifth Avenue (Posh retailer) 70 Winter carnival constructions fitting for royalty: 2 wds. 75 After a day on the slopes, skiers can keep toasty warm in front of one at the chalet: 2 wds. 78 Snowy weather happening 79 Juno-winning singer Ms. Chante 80 Roy Orbison’s “Only the __” 82 Prefix to ‘biography’ 83 Parking lot parkee 84 ‘Time as yet unknown’ on a sched. 86 British writer Mr. Milne’s 88 Dowel 89 Restaurant like ‘Wendel Clark’s’ in Hamilton or ‘Wayne Gretzky’s’ in Toronto: 4 wds. 96 Relating to all of Canada, e.g. 97 Ontario city which shares the name of an ABBA hit 98 Surface-__-__ missile 101 Singer/songwriter, India.__ 102 Jackie’s spouse in ‘68 103 Christmas gift’s ‘To/From’ spot 104 Sorta 105 Ho! Ho! Ho! hol. 106 Posh disapproval 107 UFO commuters 108 Condor’s chain
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1 Saint John Airport code in New Brunswick 2 Cakes and __ (W. Somerset Maugham book of 1930) 3 Saskatchewan town between Saskatoon and Prince Albert 4 Dine-and-__ 5 Olde knives 6 “Give __ __.” (Hand that object over will ya!) 7 Carte du jour 8 “Love __ __ leave...” 9 Bedlam 10 Eggs, in Quebec 11 Chipper 12 Metis visual artist Ms. Belcourt 13 Montreal’s famous elevation: 2 wds. 14 Lengthy 15 US Pres. Eisenhower’s 21 Legendary host of #24-Across: 2 wds. 22 Earthquake 25 Immediately 26 English explorer in Canada Mr. Hudson 27 Really really rain 28 Gladiator’s ‘years’ 33 Muchphotographed functional attraction in London, England: 2 wds. 35 Son on Hip-Hop drama “Empire” 36 Theatre, in Milan 37 Christmas angel’s hat 38 Baseball pitcher’s stat. 39 Vancouver Canucks home, Rogers __ 40 “Quietly take this note...” sounds 42 Salon product 44 Oliver Twist, for example 45 Baffin is an Island in the Arctic what? 47 Festive season mo. 52 One of the B vitamins 53 Suburb of Ottawa 54 Sternward 55 __-Dame Basilica, in Old Montreal 56 Dartmouth’s domain: 2 wds. 58 ‘A’ of NBA, for short 60 Little __ (‘60s songstress) 64 Inventory tracking system, commonly 66 Screen star Mr. Pacino’s 68 Accessory for the Christmas tree’s base 69 _ __ carte 71 Earlier in time, quaintly 72 Canadian author Douglas of 1992 novel Shampoo Planet 73 Single-named designer of Art Deco 74 City’s cloudiness cause 76 1843... A Christmas Carol writer Mr. Dickens 77 Techie screen annoyance 81 Role on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, Lieutenant Tasha __ 84 Back-to-the-top rides at the ski resort 85 Waxy hand-dyedcloth art form 87 British Columbia coastal tree, __ Spruce 89 Munchies, to an advertiser 90 Sprinkled-onSpaghetti cheese, commonly 91 Police team letters in a crisis situation 92 “Laugh-In” star Mr. Johnson 93 Line above the equator: letter + abbr. 94 Dachshunds and Dalmatians 95 Cut of meat 99 ‘Fluor’ suffix 100 ‘_’ __ in Revelstoke