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’ ecodesignation in 2018
19 River in
Russia 20 Muhammad Ali’s famous daughter
21 ‘Mile of Gold’ townin 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 Mohawkactress/ 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 Redas___ (Embarrassed) 65 Deli loaves 66 __ neck sweater 67 NHL’s‘Canadien’ 68 ‘V’ofVCR[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-fizzlenoize
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-butnot-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-Jeansur-__, 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 “Goaway insect!” 85 Happy 86 Montreal ‘bridge’ 87 Sudbury’s historic nickel-miner 88 Envisioned 91 Beer 92 Write