Toronto Star

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- BY KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

ACROSS

1 Ballpark fig.

4 Canada _ _ _ ‘The Great White North’

7 Beautiful flowing

garment

11 E-to-I link

14 Dutch for ‘city’

16 Towards, in France

18 __ __ first you

don’t succeed try...

19 Flowery necklace

20 Historic undergarme­nts giving skirts of yore the very hooped look: 2 wds.

24 Can still offer, as the still-to-be-filled slots on the schedule: 2 wds.

25 Church deliveries on Sundays, for short

26 St. __, Ontario

27 Record label Clive Davis founded in 1974

28 Rather like an amphibian marsh creature

30 Athabaskan speaking people of the Northwest Territorie­s

31 VIPs in the House

of Commons

32 Smoke, in Italy

34 Prince Michael of __ (Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin)

35 Garth __, “Wayne’s World” (1992) friend played by Dana Carvey

36 Town on the south coast of the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundla­nd, __ __-__

39 Academy Award

42 Hershey’s chocolate/toffee treat

43 Las Vegas

illuminato­r: 2 wds.

46 “Help Me, __” by

The Beach Boys

48 Frequently:

2 wds.

50 Hrs. in Halifax

51 Untruth 52 Phoenix __ (NBA

team)

53 The Phantom’s request of Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musical: 3 wds.

56 River for Hamburg

57 Li’l flying saucer

passengers

58 Graduate’s degree,

e.g.

59 “__ boy!” (Well

done, fellow!)

60 Concurred

62 Marked the manuscript in red pen again

65 Female octopi

67 G. Gordon __

(Watergate figure)

68 Enjoy Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, as an example: 4 wds.

71 Keeps

73 David __ (Husband portrayer on ’70s sitcom “Rhoda”)

74 Pharaoh’s snakes

75 Crisis site in

Quebec in 1990

78 Start to ‘sack’

(Backpack)

79 Eliminate/cull: 2

wds.

81 Wobble

83 Consumed

quantity

85 Ancient land conquered by Caesar

86 Much more posh

87 Preparatio­n details on the pasta package: 2 wds.

90 River of Scotland

91 Port of Yemen

92 Lake __ (It’s one of

the ‘Great’ ones)

93 ‘Susp’ add-on

(Movie genre)

94 Rapper of

“Gangnam Style”

95 Athena’s walkway

96 Porridge-eating

hrs.

97 Nightfall, in the

poem

DOWN

1

F’s musical equivalent: note + word 2 State of inactivity

3 Giant bronze guardian of Crete in ancient Greek mythology

4 Sold-via-booklets

makeup company

5 Canadiens goalie

great Mr. Dryden

6 “You __ __ Beautiful” by Joe Cocker

7 Observes the

meeting: 3 wds.

8 Morn’s follower

9 Ontario community northwest of Thunder Bay

10 “The Seven Year

__” (1955)

11 __-__ burgers (Specialty at since1959 Canadian fast food chain Harvey’s)

12 Do well on the

exam, __ __ ‘_’

13 Snake when

making sounds

15 The __ Trilogy (Canadian author Robertson Davies’ novels series)

17 Job on Parliament

Hill: 4 wds.

20 1983: “Club Tropicana” Brit pop duo!

21 Musee des __-arts

de Montreal

22 Montreal-born fashion designer Mr. Moralioglu

23 Bunches and

bunches

28 __ __ interest

(Showed curiosity)

29 Broadcast like

Netflix Canada

33 Hammer and

Young of rap music

35 Shania Twain’s “I

__ No Quitter”

36 Sports team

rooters!

37 Russian river

38 Go __ __

(Set sail)

39 Canadian figure skating great Brian

40 A Town Like Alice author, Nevil __ (b.1899 - d.1960) 41 The Royal __ (Canadian music education institutio­n since 1886)

44 Wisecracke­d

45 Wanting

47 Helped, for short

49 Songbook standard: “When I Take My Sugar __ __”

54 Pleistocen­e’s frigid

happening: 2 wds.

55 Berate: 2 wds.

56 The Phantom’s name in Gaston Leroux’s classic novel The Phantom of the Opera

58 Prejudice

61 Canadian brand of chocolate-covered raisins

63 Well-being expert

Mr. Chopra

64 ‘_._. __’ (It means ‘By the Grace of God, Queen’ on Canadian coins)

66 Initials-sharers of Keanu Reeves’ co-star in “Speed” (1994)

69 Dermatolog­ists who created skincare brand Proactiv, __ + Fields

70 Eyeball attachment, __ nerve

71 Tuque: 2 wds.

72 Bugs

75 Futile

76 American filmmaker/ comedian, __ Ivory Wayans

77 Coming-in-planes,

for short

79 George of

“Cheers”

80 Ne plus __

(Perfection)

82 Web publicatio­n

84 Cars of South

Korea

86 ‘Streets’ of Quebec

City

88 Nat __ WILD

(Cable network)

89 The Pacific __

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