COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 Thyme or Parsley 5 Crook’s getaway 8 “__ the Rain” by Blue Rodeo 13 Canadian flick, “Martha, Ruth & __” (1988) 17 Historic seaport of Spain
18 One __ _ time 19 ‘The Hub’ of Nova Scotia 20 Diana’s pre-Princess title
21 When the Haggadah is read
23 Alberta town famous for its tourist attraction at #53-Across
25 ‘I’ of Canuck bank CIBC
26 ‘_’ __ in Edmundston 27 Oohed and __ 28 Says “Please ...please!” 29 Paving stone 31 Fermented soybean paste
32 West Coast sch. in The States 35 Major game show prize: 2 wds. 37 Prohibit
38 Aussie boots-maker 41 President of France who declared “Vive le Quebec libre!” in 1967, Charles de __ 43 Morals story told by Jesus 45 Pre-1917 Russian emperor 46 “Greetings!” 47 Gladiator’s 950 48 Scooby-__ (Cartoon dog) 49 Pure __ (Tag on a wool garment) 50 Created-by-a-Canuck since ‘75 sketch show 51 Boringly uninterested 53 #23-Across is home to a giant Pysanka, which is a Ukrainian __ __ 55 Wing-like 56 k.d. lang and the __ Boom Bang 57 Quebec City’s name as an Iroquoian village
62 Jeff __ (Canadian who was eBay’s first President) 64 NHL’s Oilers, on scoreboards 67 Poetically moving as a stream 68 Prune
69 Tam’s topper, when doubled 70 Famous palindrome, “Able was _ __ _ saw Elba.”
72 Wilts 73 Dinosaur fossils attraction in Alberta’s badlands, Royal __ Museum 75 Banking position 76 __-mo replay
77 __ and yang 78 Hockey great Jarome who was the Calgary Flames’ long-time Captain
80 __ _ revolt (Rebelled) 81 Moncton Magic sports org. 83 Scheme
84 “La Bamba” (1987) star Mr. Morales 86 Canada’s motto, ‘A Mari __ ad Mare’ (Latin for ‘From Sea to Sea’) 88 Stealing bird
89 Our country’s national summer sport
93 Prime Minister from 2003 to 2006: 2 wds.
96 “You Make Me High” by Canadian band Luke & The __ 97 Indigo dye 98 Miniscule 99 Barbie’s doll boyfriend 100 Wrongdoing, in law 101 Treats the cowhides 102 Mr. Goodwyn (#61-Down’s lead singer)
103 BCE = Before Common __
104 Fr. canonized women
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1 Egyptian myth’s Nile god
2 Dutch cheese 3 Cdn. financial investment for the future 4 Sport in Montreal once via the Expos 5 Canadian songstress Avril
6 Boot camp’s “Relax!” order: 2 wds. 7 Crumbly soil 8 Off-road ride, commonly 9 NAFTA = North American __ __ Agreement 10 Lightly pull as a puppy: 2 wds. 11 Blunders 12 “Sheila” singer Tommy, in 1962 13 Saint __ Mountains (Mount Vancouver’s range) 14 University in Halifax 15 Still 16 Green-__ monster 22 Prospector’s discovery 24 Self-interested 29 Apparatus that weighs
30 Corn unit 31 Hollywood legend Ms. West (b.1893 - d.1980) 32 “Yucks!”
33 City in Normandy where Canada saw action in France in WWII
34 Period of pause 36 Typing-efficiency stats
37 Sign of Spring 39 Turf-ruling group 40 “The Brady Bunch” sibling
42 __ Companies Limited (Canadian grocery/pharmacy retailer)
44 __ constrictor 45 Paves the roads 47 Juno-winning country singer/songwriter, __ Dawn Johnson 49 Regina-born comic actor Mr. Nielsen 52 __-Beauport, Quebec
54 Up to, in poetry 55 Commotions 57 “Canadian Idol” judge Ms. Jordan 58 Non-stick pan brand 59 Ontario’s famous Provincial Park 60 Neither here __ there 61 “Just Between You and Me” Canadian rock band: 2 wds. 62 __ pea soup
63 The city of Cologne, in Germany 64 __ Stanley Gardner
(Perry Mason novelist) 65 Document of ownership 66 Maritimes folk tune: “Song for the __” 71 They have the same middle ‘E.’ names as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau 73 __-Tac-Toe 74 Bigheadedness 75 Experimental artist born in St. Boniface in Manitoba, Tony __ (b.1926 - d.2006) 77 Cosmology’s original space substance 79 Jumping bunny rabbit 82 Raptors’ hoops rivals in Chicago 83 Pi __ (Protagonist in Canadian author Yann Martel’s bestseller Life of Pi) 85 __ Gratia Artis (MGM’s motto) 86 __ __ the crack of dawn 87 Healthy mind/body, Mens __ in corpore sano 88 Squirrel nest 89 Hamilton’s water, __ Ontario 90 Vending machine’s coin-insertion place 91 Parched 92 Ballpark figures, for short 94 PIN-entering place to get dollars 95 Albany is the cap. of this bordering-Que.and-Ont. place