COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Since-1958 Winnipeg eatery Myer’s, e.g.
5 ‘80s rented-movieswatching machine 8 Dazes 12 Gladiator’s 254 17 Richard of “A Summer Place” (1959)
18 Org. in “Michael Collins” (1996) 19 Busy as _ __ 20 Load-transporter of The Andes 21 Alan of 1953 Western “Shane” 22 Furrow 23 Traditional abodes of the Iroquois
25 Did amateur prospector Stefan Michalak encounter one in the Manitoba wilderness in 1967?: 2 wds. 28 Canadian Literature: Duddy Kravitz’s girlfriend 29 Check to see if the thing works: 2 wds. 30 Sniffer 31 Doctorate univ. treatise 32 Culinary creation 33 Barley bristle 34 Married title 35 Oom-__!
(Tuba sound)
38 __ Chi (Martial Art) 40 Intervening, to a lawyer
42 __ Doble (Ballroom dance style) 44 Cat’s chase-ees 45 Ptolemy’s scientific pursuit, for short 47 Statuesqueness stat. 48 6/49 jackpot cheque issuer if won in Toronto, e.g.
49 Tea party sandwich veggies
50 The Great __ (British expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia beginning in 1755) 53 Doug McKenzie’s brother 54 Zappers
55 Like the Royal Canadian Mint’s new twenty dollar silver coin depicting #8-Down-and#25-Across 58 Montreal university
61 Herd member on the ranch
62 The __ (k.d. lang’s early band) 66 Satire 67 “__-dee...” (That’s so ‘not’ funny!) 68 Ike’s WWII command zone
69 Apiece 70 Eruption flow 71 Grand __ (Ontario town on Lake Huron) 72 Canadian Rockies resort booking, __ Springs Hotel 75 Poodle’s plaything 76 Middle
77 “In what manner?” 78 “Nova” TV network 79 Italian actress Virna 81 Thunderous bellow! 83 King Eurytus’ beautiful daughter in Greek myth 85 Spirit Bear aka __ Bear (British Columbia’s provincial mammal) 88 Eligible
90 It swept Canadian federal politics in 1968! 92 Jacob Two-Two Meets the __ __ (1975 Mordecai Richler book) 94 VJ’s network since 1981 95 Fires
96 __ humains (French for ‘human beings’) 97 Frugivores in The Time Machine 98 Diner dessert 99 Victoria artist Emily Carr’s 1941 book, __ Wyck 100 “Hey, that __ too bad!” (I didn’t think I’d like it)
101 Ed or Keenan of movies 102 Football positions, e.g.
103 Snake’s sound
DOWN
1 Blue-on-white Dutch earthenware 2 Equal, to Pierre 3 Town on Vancouver Island’s eastern shore
4 Pen a poem, perhaps, in the past 5 The ‘forward slash’ punctuation mark, fancy-style 6 Toast leftover
7 Pro __ (Proportionately) 8 The __ Lake Incident ...more at #25-Across! 9 Sorts of woodwinds 10 Category 11 Section, in brief 12 Prehistoric hunter-gatherer culture in Canada 13 Sleuthing aids 14 Craigellachie, British Columbia, 1885: The Canadian Pacific Railway’s ceremonial what was hammered into the track?:
2 wds.
15 “How _ __
Your Mother” 16 Fresh-cut flowers holder 24 Household water bill 26 Linguist
Mr. Chomsky
27 Dry
33 St. Alban’s __ Church (Where Sir John A. Macdonald worshipped in Ottawa)
34 NYC sports venue 36 Keener
37 __ Village (Nightlife spot in Hamilton) 38 Sigma’s follower in the Greek alphabet 39 Naja Haje 41 Calgaryheadquartered communications provider 42 Winnie-the-__ 43 Belonging to Lethbridge’s province 44 Husky the __ (Northwestern Ontario city Kenora’s giant fish statue) 46 Capital of Saskatchewan 49 Beach Boys member 51 Friendly-to-Canada nation
52 TV clicker’s sound button 53 “Almost forgot to say...” in an e-mail 54 tic __
(Brand of mints) 56 Sud’s opposite direction in Quebec 57 Kim __, Holistic Nutritionist on CTV’s “The Social” 58 States highway measure
59 Blues guitarist Robert
60 __ General of Canada (David Johnston, Michaelle Jean and Adrienne Clarkson, formerly) 63 Team the Montreal Expos became, Washington __ 64 __-friendly 65 Bashful 67 Cleave 68 Subsided at the shoreline 71 Tediously tired 73 Rivers: French 74 Company 77 Most hearty 78 Connect the power cord: 2 wds. 80 __ one’s lips (Heartily enjoys a meal) 82 Calgary neighbourhood 83 Milan’s land 84 Question once commonly asked of arrivals to the restaurant, “Smoking __ __?” 85 “Dawson’s Creek” star Ms. Holmes 86 Has food from the menu
87 Lets up
88 How showbiz legend Ed Sullivan pronounced the ‘really big’ one he hosted 89 Scintilla 91 Pre-__ (Forestall) 93 Minimal