COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 ‘_’ __ in Blitzen 4 Directed 9 Bit of #6-Down’s version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”: “...two turtlenecks / __ _ beer.” 13 Ship’s VIP 16 Arm bone 17 Wintertime hot comfort beverage 18 ‘No’ to Kris Kringle 19 Spirit’s sound for Scrooge... 20 The __ (The National Ballet of Canada’s traditional yuletide show) 22 Knight’s tale of adventure 23 Vienna’s land, Olympics-style 24 “...you’re as charming as an __, Mr. Grinch.” 25 Bank of the __ at Auvers (Van Gogh painting) 26 “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda __ 28 The Arctic __ 30 Santa Claus outfits accessories 32 Pine Tree ‘leaf’ 35 Expressed amazement 36 Northern England river 37 Billy of “Titanic” (1997) 38 Britannica, e.g,. 40 Program hosted by the Canadian siblings (played by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) at #6-Down on “SCTV”: 3 wds. 45 Paddle 48 Supplement 49 Latin hymn: “Dies __” 50 Multi-Oscars actress’ initialssharers 51 Tbsp. and tsp. 52 Highlands family 53 Pictured 56 “God __ Ye Merry Gentlemen” 57 That sender of ‘angel choirs instead’ in Canadian festive song “The Huron Carol”: 3 wds. 64 Longfellow’s poetic bell town 65 Places 66 Frosty island country [abbr.] 67 Jump 68 H, in Greece 70 Le __ Noel (Santa Claus, in Quebec) 71 Certain playwright’s monogram 74 Loo 75 Trans-Canadian __ __ (Winter route for ski-dooers) 80 Mr. Cornelius (Character on the 1964 TV special at #13-Down) 82 Mr. Gosling 83 “__ __ expert but...” (It seems that...) 84 “Usted __ espanol?” = “Do you speak Spanish?” 86 Winter fishing tool: 2 wds. 88 Performed like Marcel Marceau 90 Speckled fish 92 Hrs. in Halifax 93 Christmas carol snippet: “...what I __ / A song, a song...” 95 “Get movin’ sleigh horses!” 97 __-la-la! 98 Flair 100 Fraser Firs 103 Puppy, for example 104 Enjoy A Christmas Carol 105 Ms. Witherspoon of “Four Christmases” (2008) 106 Belonging to Manchester’s land, for short 107 Haloed li’l humans 108 Move to and fro 109 Boxing Day events 110 Sizzling sound
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1 “Gone away, is the __...” (Bit of “Winter Wonderland”) 2 Adorned like reindeer 3 NBA’s Kings city, on scoreboards 4 Berries of the Amazon 5 Belonging to the Winter Olympics’ org. 6 Bob and Doug __ (More at #40-Across!) 7 Fair-hiring letters 8 “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” singer Ms. Love 9 Christmas tree’s crowning glory 10 ‘Born’ in society notices 11 ‘D’ of CD 12 Ancient centre of Christianity 13 Baseball -capwearer voiced by Canadian actor Paul Kligman in “Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer”: 2 wds. 14 Lait de __ (French for ‘eggnog’) 15 Lugged 16 One: French 21 Decay 27 Utopia 29 “Pretty Paper” by Mr. Orbison 31 Lamb’s land 33 Nosh on figgy pudding 34 ‘Ballad’ suffixes 36 Classic name in range cookers 39 Eves, for short 41 Slant 42 Canadian actress Fay 43 __ the Christmas wreath (Decorate the door) 44 It means ‘All’ 46 “I’ve seen you __ __ many Christmas parties.” (You’re as popular as me practically) 47 Alphabetic quartet 51 Seed’s ‘coat’ 52 Chocolate __ cookies (Santa treats) 53 __.-Julie, Quebec 54 ‘Outer’-meaning prefix 55 Interjections for #6-Down 57 Shopping __ (Boxing Day destination) 58 Virginia willow 59 Pieces in Christmas dish sets: 2 wds. 60 “_ __ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” 61 Quebec ‘honey’ 62 Countryside land unit 63 Former depilatory brand 68 Rock music producer Brian 69 Singer Ms. Braxton 70 Swirly-shaped Christmas cookie 71 Cornish cravings for carnivores at Christmas: 2 wds. 72 Ski-boots-to-skis connectors 73 __-mo replay 75 Outdoor rink enjoyers 76 Mil. food packets 77 Prince Edward Island exports popular on holiday hors d’oeuvres trays 78 Fleecy’s one’s call! 79 Flange 81 Arctic knife 84 URL starters 85 Word on a Montreal stop sign 87 __ canes 88 Olde illusionists 89 Not standard, in brief 91 Bunch 94 Gaelic 96 ‘ette’-like ending 99 Battery size 101 Norwegian composer, Ketil __ 102 Little Tree poet mr. cummings, et al.