COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 Particular pollutant, puny-ly 4 Prefix with ‘dextrous’ 8 “P-r-o-n-t-o!” 12 “Fiddlesticks!” 17 Hero in Leon Uris’ 1958 novel Exodus, __ Ben Canaan 18 Filmmaker brothers Joel or Ethan 19 Eldest sister in Chekhov’s play Three Sisters 20 “If _ __ Your Woman”by Gladys Knight & The Pips 21 Some gym machine exercises: 2 wds. 23 Nancy __ (Miss Hathaway’s portrayer on “The Beverly Hillbillies”) 24 Jobs for Canadian contractor Mike Holmes, commonly 25 __ Perpetua (Idaho’s motto) 26 The French __ 28 __ _ movie (Catches the latest flick) 30 Alphabetic trio 31 Banff Springs Hotel nickname: 4 wds. 35 Initials-sharers of Judy Garland’s famous daughter 36 Rusty wit? 37 __ River (Inuit hamlet on Baffin Island in Nunavut) 38 “__ Wee Wee”: Pigskin Pete’s chant at Hamilton Tiger-Cats games 40 Mends mittens maybe 41 __ generis (Unique, in Latin) 42 Proofreader’s ‘let it stand’ 45 Country star Mr.Atkins 46 Antiquities 47 ‘Seven’-meaning prefix 49 Sample 50 Ear 52 Riot 54 Partial in the court 56 Common web address ending 57 Falcon-headed Egyptian deity 58 Ski-__ (Winter trails vehicle) 59 Character in Shakespeare’s Othello 62 Brit. reference works in libraries 63 Settle the dispute 67 The Altar constellation 68 Customer purchase slips [abbr.] 70 Shakespearean suffixes 72 “How ya __’?” (Casual“What’s new?”) 73 1994 song by Canadian band Moist 75 “You’ve Got Mail.” ISP 76 Mexican composer, Alfonso Esparza __ 77 Mysteries novelist Dame Christie, to pals 78 Austrian painter Gustav of The Kiss 80 “_ __...” (Prayer starter) 81 Mozart’s “Dalla __ Pace” 82 Not just for vegans anymore, they’re promoted in the newly-revamped 2019 publication at #55-Down from Health Canada: 2 wds. 87 Consume 88 Jean __ (Pharmacy chain in Quebec) 89 Mens __ in corpore sano (Healthy mind/body) 90 Quick web connections 92 Engagement promise of yore 94 Best-liked, cute-style 96 The Walleye is commonly misnamed as what freshwater fish of the Pike family? 98 Conjure up 99 “Just you wait, ‘__‘iggins...” - Eliza Doolittle 100 ‘Arthr’ add-on 101 Vegetable of Japan 102 Didn’t stop, sentence-style: 2 wds. 103 Someone being conned 104 Clears 105 Australian state, e.g.
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1 Pallid 2 Moon shape, e.g. 3 Boaster: 2 wds. 4 Prefix to ‘puncture’ 5 Aesop’s Fable lesson 6 Strait of __ __ (Body of water between Labrador and the island of Newfoundland) 7 Bestirred to grandness 8 Perfect, NASA-style 9 White fluffy Winter stuff’s warm day state 10 Jubilant, in poetry 11 “Love a guy who holds the world in a __ __...”Bit of “Danny’s Song” covered by Anne Murray 12 Blackbeard’s realm of work on the high seas 13 Gothenburg’s li’l land 14 Women’s rights activist, one of Canada’s ‘Famous Five’, __ Muir Edwards (b.1849 - d.1931) 15 Came into being 16 Kanye, Dottie and Mae 22 Beauty products by Canadian company Lise Watier 27 Winter trekker’s gear 29 Two __ (1945 book by Canadian author Hugh MacLennan) 32 Bloodsucking fly, when doubled 33 Heavy weights, e.g. 34 Edmonton-born singer ms. lang, et al. 38 L’__ del Cairo (Mozart opera) 39 Egyptian mythology’s air god 41 Filming locales 43 Verdi aria: “__ Tu” 44 Old Norse ‘Tuesday’god 46 Palm-tree-sign Toronto concert venue where The Rolling Stones played: 2 wds. 47 __ in the Ward (Wintry urban neighbourhood painting by Canada’s A.J. Casson) 48 Years, in Barcelona 51 Coconut fibre 53 Sequence, for short 55 As per #82-Across... Canada’s __ __ 57 The __ _ Baltimore (1973 OffBroadway play) 59 Pen’s topper 60 Indonesia’s __ Islands 61 It’s called‘Paris of the Prairies’ 63 Pink mineral (that can have black veins running though it) used for jewellery and carving 64 Futuristic series on which Canadian actress Heather Menzies’ character searched for Sanctuary: 2 wds. 65 Gladiator’s lucky number 66 Mariner’s dir. 69 Traditional French-stew 71 Diamondback __ (Turtle species that likes brackish marshes) 74 CNN’s sister station 76 Previous 77 Peer Gynt’s mother 79 Kitchen-rhyming Lake in Nunavut 80 Body of work 82 __, Paul and Mary 83 Caterpillar, for example 84 Laurel and Lee 85 Unspoken but implied 86 Wintry hill rides 91 Sluggish 93 Boxing match stat. 95 Behold 97 Sunshine Band singer, et al.