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1 TV station in Hamilton 5 Scale stat. 8 Sask. neighbour 12 Capture the crook 15 South Dakota dam 16 Earth goddess of Greek mythology 17 It’s futile to even debate one: 2 wds. 20 The Hamilton __ (The Hammer’s daily newspaper since 1846) 22 Canadian band: 2 wds. 23 “’__ I Am Myself Again” (Song by #22-Across) 24 1997 Shania Twain album: ‘Come On __’ 25 Wing-shaped 26 Story, in a home, in Quebec City 27 Particularly powerful paste 30 Doe’s date 32 ‘Trick’ suffixes 34 Priory of __, as in “The Da Vinci Code” (2006) 35 Mother of the Sea Mammals, in Inuit folklore 39 Start to ‘scribe’ 40 Celine Dion et Ginette Reno, par exemple 42 Fortierville friend 43 Focuses 44 __ Shui (Art of placement) 45 Tavern servings 46 Shopper’s proof, for short 47 Alphabet sequence 48 Towels holder 49 Quizzes 51 Website’s section for those seeking answers [acronym] 52 Canada Goose winterwear 54 Calculations subj. 55 Canadian married to Princess Anne’s son Peter ... perhaps it’s her favourite season, too? 58 Modern 59 Cartoon characters voicer Mel 60 Cdn. monetary unit 61 Wide shoe width 62 Master copy, for short 64 Coming before, briefly 65 Russian poet Mr. Mandelstam 67 Sparkling wine of Italy 68 Bus. week beginning 69 The __ __ (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada 71 Reykjavik’s li’l country 72 They concern French being the dominant language in Quebec, such as names on storefronts: 2 wds. 74 Pen name of Out of Africa author Karen Blixen, __ Dinesen 75 Gradually collect 76 Canadian novelist Mr. Martel 77 Labrador __ (Sporting dog) 79 “__ by a Century” by The Tragically Hip 82 Alias, secret __. 84 Prefix meaning ‘Moss’ 85 ‘Twas opposite 88 Canada’s symbol: 2 wds. 90 Green Gables locale in Prince Edward Island 92 How Oliver Twist began his request for more gruel...: 2 wds. 93 Footnote abbr. 94 Title song lady for #22-Across 95 Writer Mr. Lawrence, et al. 96 __-bitsy 97 Novelist Ms. Rand 98 Helen of __
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1 Price 2 Nile god of Egyptian mythology 3 Song in which Joni Mitchell hears a song outside her window: 2 wds. 4 1970s Western series, “__ Ramsey” 5 The Great Lakes Basin, for one 6 Bay in Ontario dubbed the ‘sixth Great Lake’ 7 Driveway covering 8 Saunter 9 The Kinks tune in 1970 10 Rock band vehicles: 2 wds. 11 Suffix to ‘Compassion’ 12 British Columbia’s __ Sound 13 Egypt-set Verdi opera 14 Blood type, _ __. 16 Donated 18 Synopsis 19 Finial on a foot 21 Shirts 25 Mother’s sister to you 28 Vases 29 Winter Olympics sport in which Canadian athlete Cindy Klassen excelled, __ __ speed skating 31 Diminutive suffixes 32 One-of-some at Canada Post 33 Lady in Joni Mitchell’s “Ladies of the Canyon” 35 Vancouver Island: Nuu-chah-__ (People of the Pacific Northwest Coast) 36 French explorer who first arrived in Canada in 1534: 2 wds. 37 MLB game official 38 The __ (Canadian beauty magazine) 40 Corp. money bigwigs 41 Atlantic Canada: 2 wds. 46 Alley rodent 48 Not cooked 50 Munich article 51 Beethoven’s “__ Elise” 53 Barrel at the brewery 54 Mr. Baldwin’s of “Saturday Night Live” 55 Sacred river in Rush song “Xanadu” 56 Distributes 57 Toronto-born rocker Mr. Young’s 59 Most muscular 60 Hamilton-born coach who led the Montreal Canadiens to three Stanley Cup victories: 2 wds. 62 Mantric syllables 63 King, in France 64 Scheme 66 ‘Flashy little shiny’ song by The Guess Who: 2 wds. 67 I love you = Je t’__ 69 “Battle of the __” (Figure skaters/ hockey players competition series that was popular on the CBC) 70 Vienna, to Austrians 73 Spiral-horned antelopes 75 William Shakespeare’s river 77 Cook in the pan again 78 Viewed 79 Guitarist’s electrifying li’l prop 80 Cease 81 Duellist’s sword 83 Speech-giver’s platform 86 “This __ __ laughing matter!” 87 Canadian actress Ms. Mitchell 89 Garland in Hawaii 90 ‘The Company’ org. 91 Richard Gere movie, “__. _ & The Women” (2000)