COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Halifax, Regina or Edmonton
8 Improvise
13 Ready for the pitch in baseball: 2 wds.
18 Canadian rock music guitar legend Domenic
19 Ivan __, rival in “Rocky IV” (1985) played by Dolph Lundgren
20 Murmur like the wind, to a poet
21 Promo on AM or FM: 2 wds.
22 Sandwich order, __ __ rye
23 Soon enough, __ __ course
24 Cool J and Bean
25 LEST WE FORGET, NOVEMBER 11TH: 2 wds.
28 Winter hrs. in Alberta
30 Big times
31 Swerve-ish
32 Folder’s declaration in poker: 2 wds.
35 Scottish negatives
36 Fragment
37 Criminal association
40 Curling tournaments
42 To-remotelocations in Canada transport: 2 wds.
45 St. __ (Facial scrub brand)
46 O __. (Blood type)
47 Milk, in Quebec
48 Use the scissors once more
49 Wd. meaning in the dictionary
50 “Here Comes the __” by The Beatles
51 __ Coola (Valley in British Columbia)
52 Pizazz!
53 Fails to be
55 Gushed 56 Singer Ms. Mouskouri
57 Alberta hometown of rock band Nickelback
59 Cycled
60 Apple devices platform
61 Relaxing retreat
64 Mesozoic Era = __ __ Reptiles
65 “Suddenly _ __” by KT Tunstall
66 Belonging to a Canuck train co.
67 Shock
68 Serving at Canadian fast food restaurant Harvey’s
70 Toronto-born professional Frank Gehry, for example
72 Mount __ (Volcano in Japan)
73 CFL players in Montreal
74 Russia/China border river
75 Scores the tests
76 Path
79 Captain Hook’s sidekick
80 Point
81 Home of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: 2 wds.
85 Kernel
88 “I wonder __ __ cold out today?” (Should I wear a coat?)
89 Canadian pianist/ broadcaster Glenn
90 Lake __ (It’s on the Ontario-Quebec border)
93 Beneficiary
94 Take apart the laces
95 Denizen of Whitehorse’s territory
96 Farm grain problem
97 Alleviated
98 Custodian
DOWN
1 PC key under ‘Shift’
2 __ Sea, in Central Asia
3 Seal herds
4 Gladiator’s deuceace
5 Philosophical principle
6 “There’s __ __ to it.” (It takes finesse)
7 Ore deposit
8 Binds
9 Movie genres
10 Meadowlands meanderers
11 Composer Mr. Stravinsky
12 Cape __, Newfoundland
13 1977: “Cold __ __” by Foreigner
14 Home office printer need
15 Cape Breton music fiddler (who was born in Timmins, Ontario) nicknamed ‘King of the Jigs’: 2 wds.
16 Seville ‘water’
17 “Or so __ say.” (Apparently)
26 Cook’s creations 27 Country near Belg.
28 Make messy
29 Fuel additive brand
32 Footnote abbr.
33 Change residence
34 1971 hit by Canadian band Lighthouse that goes “...when I wake up I’ll see your face inside a cloud.”: 3 wds.
35 Las Vegas illuminator 36 Construct
38 “Movin’ __ __”: “The Jeffersons” theme song
39 Literary sister of Meg, Jo and Amy 41 “_ __ a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
42 Worked with farm hay
43 Malayan sailing boats
44 Exodus novelist Mr. Uris
47 Flood embankment
50 Debacle
51 Loaf-making person
54 High-hatter
55 Ascends
56 Have a quick bite to eat
57 “That’s very funny.”
58 Titles in Turkey
59 Tom Cochrane & Red Rider hockey song: 2 wds.
60 Price hike [abbr.]
62 It’s handled by a hockey stick
63 Industrious bugs
66 Oil or vinegar holder in the kitchen
67 RBI, e.g.
69 Appraise
70 Rectified 71 E-Mailer’s pointof-view
74 2001 Audrey Tautou title movie character
77 It means ‘Bones’
78 Sports shocker
79 Rabbit-style tails
80 Premiere
81 Broad 82 “_, __ one, don’t agree.”
83 Canadian hardware store
84 Light beams
85 Canadian actress Ms. Dobrev
86 Taxi alternative
87 Canada Goose, for one
91 White House nickname
92 Haul