COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Chemin de __ (‘Railroad’ in French)
4. Cracked open a bit
8. Oscar Wilde poem, The Ballad of Reading __
12. Lightly applies the under eye cream
16. Newspaper piece
18. River and same-namedmunicipality in the area of Lac Saint-Jean in Quebec
20. __ __ to one’s neck
21. Oil on wood painting by Canadian artist Tom Thomson (b.1877 - d.1917): 2 wds.
23. __ a soul
24. Kleenexes
25. Poet buried in Baltimore in Maryland, his monogram
26. Helps in hockey
28. Juno-winning singer of “Wavin’ Flag”
30. One-eighty slangy turn
32. Pertinent
33. Kennedy Stewart’s job in Vancouver
36. Slices in vegetarian submarine sandwiches: 2 wds.
42. Bruce of “Dragons’ Den” famously
44. Napoleonic†Wars marshal Michel
45. Sugar-apple
46. Puppy’s fun fake-out
47. It’s the end of __ __
49. __ Aviv, Israel
50. Canadian __ (National chain store)
51. Exalt enormously
53. Ye olde lodging
55. __ and Harold = The Nicholas Brothers (Legendary tap dancing duo)
57. Feldspar which is Newfoundland’s aptly-named provincial mineral
60. Kitchen gadget for the roast
64. Mountain hgts.
65. Sun’s closest planet
70. “At Last” singer Ms. James
71. Canadian songstress Ms. Gryner
73. URL starters
75. Prefix that means ‘Mars’
76. Liqueur of Italy
78. Leandro’s operatic beloved
79. Preserved, as per pantry packaging
81. Canadian fashion company Nella Bella’s cruelty-free accessories: 2 wds.
84. “Enough!” in Italy
85. Compass dir.
86. Shoe width size
87. Timetable, tiny-ly
89. ‘Theatres’ of Spain
93. Hollywood’s Mr. Mineo
95. Fit for employment
99. Aleutian island
100. Toronto-born actress Heather Menzies’ character in “The Sound of Music” (1965): 3 wds.
103. Weight unit of China 104. Barenaked Ladies’ “The Old __”
105. Illusionist, archaically 106. Alan of “M*A*S*H” 107. “This is a fun ride!” 108. Hive’s striped denizens 109. Mailing encl.
DOWN
1. Italian automaker
2. Decorative case
3. Soaks flax
4. Sleeping problem
5. Ship cargo thrown overboard
6. __ Vos Prec (1920 T.S. Eliot volume of poetry)
7. Ready-to-eat status in the Produce Department
8. Preacher’s honest truth
9. Emmet
10. Pod in Cajun cooking
11. Potato chips brand
12. The original host of Canadian lifestyles show “Cityline” (Trivia! Early in her career she piloted a helicopter as a traffic reporter in Toronto): 2 wds.
13. Mysterious daughter of Nicholas II of Russia
14. Mr. Ward (Robin on “Batman”)
15. Donald Sutherland espionage spoof flick co-starring Elliott Gould, “_*_*_*_” (1974)
17. Canadian Arctic animals: 2 wds.
19. Celine Dion’s movie love ballad duet with Peabo Bryson: 4 wds.
22. John C. __ Hamilton International Airport
27. Unaltered
29. Reality star Ms. Leakes
31. Day before today, poetically
33. Caesar’s 1450
34. “Whose woods these __ _ think...” - Robert Frost
35. “Be My __ Ono” by Barenaked Ladies
37. Antenna
38. Stockholm is its cap.
39. Administer the diagnostic at home: 2 wds.
40. Unit of pressure
41. Motored with much mass motion
43. Scottish band that rocked Joni Mitchell’s “This Flight Tonight”
48. Bird beak
52. ‘Duct’ suffix (Malleable)
54. Cosa __ (Crime syndicate)
56. Ireland airline, __ Lingus
58. Shared surname of the punk rockers of “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School”
59. Rapscallion
60. The __ (Wally Cleaver’s classic TV brother, for short)
61. “When My Baby Smiles __ __” (1948) starring Betty Grable
62. Stood idle
63. Fuzzy fanged frightener
66. Our robotic outer space icon
67. Samovars
68. “__ Petite” by Jackie Wilson
69. Luke Skywalker’s mentor
72. Kingston Trio lettered h.i.t. of 1959
74. Clothes
77. Vitality, in brief
80. French composer of the opera Angelique, Jacques __ (b.1890 - d.1962)
82. Hankering hope
83. Franz Schubert work, “Die __ Mullerin”
88. Clues
89. TTFN! = __-__-for-now!
90. And others, commonly: 2 wds.
91. Cape Breton... Lake _’__ Provincial Park
92. Second-year student [abbr.]
94. Ewe’s baby
96. #94-Down’s sounds
97. Sports org.
98. Fencer’s weapon
101. Where Abu Dhabi is the cap.
102. “Rubber Ball” singer Bobby