COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. It becomes legal in Canada as of October 17th, 2018
9. Behaves
13. Shrek and kin
18. Saltwater beach in Cap-Pele in New Brunswick given the prestigious ‘Blue Flag’ eco-designation in 2018
19. River in Russia
20. Muhammad Ali’s famous daughter
21. ‘Mile of Gold’ town in northeastern Ontario, __ Lake
22. Chomp
23. Show ticket informally
24. YYZ posting
25. “Chances __” by Johnny Mathis
26. As per #10-Down... Famous three words in Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s response to CBC journalist Tim Ralfe as to what extent he would go to keep law and order
28. Li’l tips
29. Riskiness
30. Ludwig Mies van der __ (Modernist architect)
31. “The Brady Bunch” matriarch
34. Strip the blubber from a whale carcass
35. When it’s lunchtime (or midnight) on #13-Down
38. Mr. Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada
39. Hazard in golfing
40. Actor Mr. Watanabe
41. Comparative suffix
42. L-P link
43. Lower jaw area
44. Canned†meat brand
47. Mohawk actress/singer Ms. Maracle
49. Yukon Ice __ (Where an ancient dart of a #5-Down was found recently near Carcross)
51. Arctic whale/tooth spiral: 2 wds.
53. “Whistle __ the Lave O’t” by Robert Burns
54. Island in Nunavut
55. Herbert of “The Return of the Pink Panther” (1975)
56. Specialty shopping destination at Winnipeg’s historic meeting place: 2 wds.
60. Bike rider
64. Red as _ __ (Embarrassed)
65. Deli loaves
66. __ neck sweater
67. NHL’s ‘Canadien’
68. ‘V’ of VCR [abbr.]
69. Monogram of The Raven writer
71. Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We __”
72. Posh party apple?
73. Classify
75. __ Phillips Square, in downtown Toronto
78. Apple __ (Autumn drink)
79. Sizzle-to-fizzle-noize
80. Duck
81. Idled
82. Canadian comic actor: 2 wds.
85. Jewel
86. Detectives, diminutively
89. Harden to the hardship
90. “__ __ one lucky guy!” (That fellow won the jackpot!)
91. Chicago gangster (b.1899 - d.1947) rumoured-but-not-proven to have visited Moose Jaw’s ‘underground’ in the Prohibition Era: 2 wds.
93. Military rank, e.g.: 2 wds.
94. Vintner’s prefix
95. Margaret who co-founded the Writers’ Trust of Canada, in 1976
96. ‘We’d’ opposite
97. Poet’s praising pieces
98. North Saskatchewan River city
Down
1. Carrot or cheese or chocolate
2. Just slightly: 2 wds.
3. North: French
4. Suffix to ‘Peace’ (Pacifist)
5. Hunting tool which pre-dates the bow and arrow
6. Grizzly and Polar
7. __ _. Bennett (Master of the Royal Canadian Mint, from 2006 to 2014)
8. Opposite of #3-Down
9. Home to 228-year-old St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Nova Scotia, or a lovely Fall hue
10. 1970 + FLQ + War Measures Act = October __
11. Squeal
12. Oodles
13. Halifax landmark since 1803 that has stood the test of ‘time’: 3 wds.
14. Unpolished, to poshly polished people
15. Saint-Jean-sur-__, Quebec
16. “Rio Lobo” (1970) star Jack
17. Satisfy, as hunger
26. Army vehicle
27. Commedia dell’__ (Improvised comedy of Italy)
28. Government official, e.g.
29. Blueprint
31. Kitschy
32. Oscar-winner born in Winnipeg Ms. Paquin
33. Funny fellow
34. Business wk. last days
36. Towards, in Montreal
37. Mr. Estrada of “CHiPs”
39. Heat unit equal to 100,000 BTUs
40. Canadian driving speed, e.g., 30 __/_
43. Canadian’s couch
44. Jazzy li’l instruments
45. Methodist, e.g.
46. Grain ‘beard’
48. WWW code
50. Pepsi alternative
51. Winged goddess of ancient Greek mythology
52. __ Clover (Deer’s high-protein forage)
54. Moistureless
56. __ beans
57. Some broad belts
58. Provincial tree of Nova Scotia: 2 wds.
59. Jean of Dadaism
60. __ on the cob
61. “If _ __ $1000000” by Barenaked Ladies
62. Store’s bargain event
63. Ski lift sort
66. Fermented honey drink
70. Business letter notation, e.g.
71. Speck
72. “Skedaddle!”
74. Helen __ __ (Greek myth figure)
75. Mr. Nenshi, Mayor of Calgary
76. Farine d’__ (‘Oat flour’ in Quebec)
77. Waists whereabouts
78. Chevrolet sports car
81. Ecum __, Nova Scotia
82. Comic legend Mr. Berle, for short
83. Literary collection, in brief
84. “Go away insect!”
85. Happy
86. Montreal ‘bridge’
87. Sudbury’s historic nickel-miner
88. Envisioned
91. Beer
92. Write