Waterloo Region Record

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- BY KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

ACROSS 1 D-Day, __ 6th, 1944 (More at #61-Down) 5 URL’s . follower often 8 Circled 13 Alphabetic quartet 17 “Once __ a time...” (Fairytale starter) 18 Charlemagn­e’s li’l realm 19 Point __ (Located in Ontario, it’s the most southerly point of Canada’s mainland) 20 “Deal __ __ Deal” (Howie Mandel’s game show) 21 Mob-dispersing equipment as at a G7 Summit: 2 wds. 23 Heroine of Longfellow’s poem set during the Acadian expulsion 25 Ambitiousl­y aim 26 Denmark’s people 28 One’s long-running occupation, __ work 29 Celebrated pachyderm Jumbo, for one (He tragically was killed in 1885 when struck by a train in St. Thomas, Ontario): 2 wds. 33 Canadian tennis player Ms. Bouchard 36 “__ bodkins!” (Olde-style “Holy moly!”) 37 Elvis sound-alike Mr. Donner 38 Ted Baxter’s news station, _ _ _-TV 41 Nero’s 1150 42 Canadian director of “Mommy” (2014), Xavier __ 44 Barbershop service 46 Berth 47 _ __ of bread (Convenienc­e store purchase) 49 ‘Fluor’ finisher 50 “__ Como Va” by Santana 51 Satellites 52 __ Suspension Bridge, in North Vancouver 54 Strummed 4-stringer 55 Vinegary 56 ‘The Poet of the Yukon’: 2 wds. 59 “Maybe so, however...”: 2 wds. 62 Say “Sure.” with a signal 63 “Here’s an item I want you to hawk.”: 2 wds. 67 Venomous snake 68 Canada’s 15th Prime Minister’s monogram 69 __ down (Set back the progress) 70 Having the intention, with an __ __ 71 Dry 72 Green stone mined in British Columbia 73 Sarah McLachlan ballad 75 Island of Kyushu volcano 76 Mesh 77 Lid 78 House of Commons debaters, commonly 80 How Canada’s motto ‘A Mari usque ad Mare’ is written: 2 wds. 82 Woodland in the epic Tale at #23-Across: 2 wds. 86 Seaport in Ireland 88 Semi-sheer curtain fabric 89 Like customersa­ttracting store items: 2 wds. 93 Plants like #102-Across 96 __ Islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 98 “Up and __ ‘__!” 99 Mountains of South America 100 Oz bird 101 Transmit 102 Fancy name of Alberta’s provincial flower the Wild Rose, __ acicularis 103 Temper tantrum, __ fit 104 View 105 New Zealand birds DOWN 1 __ Mountains of Switzerlan­d-France 2 “Breaking __ __ Hard to Do” by Neil Sedaka 3 “Wrooong!” 4 Tempt 5 “Bye!” in England 6 British songstress Rita 7 __ __ Labrador (French for ‘Labrador Sea’) 8 Unlocked 9 British Columbia mountain city 10 Indifferen­t 11 ‘Eight’ ender 12 Univ. grad’s honour 13 Canadian comedy improviser Mr. Mochrie 14 The Band song which, like #23-Across, is about The Great Upheaval: “Acadian __” 15 Feminine suffix 16 Enemies 22 What the Old Stone Mill (a National Historic Site of Canada) in Delta, Ontario continues to do: 2 wds. 24 Airline of Israel: 2 wds. 27 Seamlessly united: 2 wds. 30 “Ashes” songstress Ms. Dion 31 Prayer bench, __-dieu 32 Stage lover 33 Apple computer, once 34 American sch. 35 Lumpy meal serving 39 Ms. Mitchell of Canadian singing/ songwritin­g 40 Richie’s mom, to The Fonz: wd. + letter 43 Embellishe­d 45 University in Toronto 46 Portion/share 48 Inflated cottage mattress 51 __ & Stewart (Canadian book publisher) 53 Concerning, for short 54 Across-the-Cdn.border currency 55 Be under the weather 57 Symbolic carved monuments of the Northwest Coast: 2 wds. 58 Spud or zuke or cuke 59 Mr. Cournoyer, Hockey Hall of Famer 60 Ireland 61 Fighters flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Normandy Landings, keeping the skies clear of enemy planes 64 Warmth 65 “__ _.” (Posh reply to “Who’s there?”) 66 Shortly 68 Tabloid’s pics-takers 69 Pesto herb 72 __ Fresh (Canadian fashion line at Loblaw stores) 74 “Free Your Mind” singers in 1992: 2 wds. 77 Jeff Bridges’ 1982 iconic sci-fi movie 79 Very Victorian 81 Prairie community which sounds like a combo of two provinces 83 South-of-Regina town, home to the Southern Prairie Railway of tourist train trips in Saskatchew­an 84 Commercial­s, e.g.: 2 wds. 85 Funny social media images 86 Bowsprit, for example 87 Oscar-winner Jared 90 Boat’s sheltered position 91 Ms. Horne of “Stormy Weather” (1943) 92 Remnants 94 “Uh-uh, never!” 95 Suffix for pasta names 97 Soul: French

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