Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

Across

1 How roast beef might be served as per the menu: 2 mots

6 1980: “__ It” by Devo

10 Suffix to ‘Hill’ (Small hill)

13 Fed. force of which the training academy is located in #71-Across 17 Popeye’s enemy 18 Appraise 19 Charlemagn­e’s li’l domain

20 Classic stringed toy

21 Standard

22 Dr. Frankenste­in’s assistant

23 Quebec City’s annual Winter festival, __ de Quebec 25 Hardworkin­g bug

26 Ludicrous

28 When many begin their work day: 2 wds. 29 Botanicall­y growing in pairs 31 Agitation

33 TV set brand

36 Boll __ (Sorts of beetles)

38 “Coffee, __ __ milk?” 39 Juno-winning ‘One Chord to Another’ group 41 Ancient Greek temple pillar

42 Red Sea sailing vessel

44 Batch

46 Terrestria­l stage newts

47 Seeded 48 Geologist’s flint specimen

50 Cute kitchen set 52 Jim Carrey’s

‘Pet Detective’ character: 2 wds. 54 Tricky Norse deity 55 __ Guess Who 56 poet mr. cummings, et al. 57 23rd Greek letter 59 “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) star ...her initialssh­arers

60 Blueprint 63 Inconclusi­ve, at law

65 Hosp. in downtown Toronto near the Eaton Centre: 2 wds.

68 Way overhead 71 Saskatchew­an’s capital city

72 Montrealer’s ‘friends’

73 ‘Smack’ add-on (Slangy dollar) 74 Naturalnes­s 76 Physical activity, in brief

77 Tirade

78 La __ Grey (The Grey Cup)

80 “__, __ that one.” (It’s the donut next to it that I’d like)

82 The Three __ 84 Wood sorrel

85 The __,‘Northern Passages’ band from Toronto 87 Volcano of Sicily: abbr. + wd. 88 Canadian tennis doubles great Daniel

90 ‘P’ of P.E.T. 92 Drummer Mr. Starkey (Ringo Starr’s son) 95 Iconic hat worn by Bonhomme, the mascot of #23-Across: 2 wds. 97 __-Rooter

98 Pure __ (Wool sweater tag) 100 Armoury supply, e.g.

101 Sport-__ (Allpurpose vehicle) 102 Moviedom’s

Mr. McGregor 103 Tablecloth material 104 Demeanor 105 Cousin of -ette 106 Ivy League university

107 “__ __ Newfoundla­nd” (The Rock’s provincial song)

Down

1 “Waterloo” quartet

2 Mongolia city, __ Bator

3 April Wine song with some French in it: 5 wds. 4 __ possidetis (As you possess, at law)

5 “__ __ _!” (That’s my specialty too!)

6 Direct the pucks at the goalie’s net by way of some of these in hockey: 2 wds. 7 The __ (Internatio­nal Court of Justice site in The Netherland­s) 8 “Lump __ __ leave...” 9 Saskatchew­an village west of Saskatoon

10 “__! __”: Neil Sedaka’s “I am but a fool...” hit song

11 Like the surface of the moon 12 Joanna of “Growing Pains” 13 Canada’s Mr. Gosling

14 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was on the what on September 17th, 1984?: 4 wds.

15 “Lady Marmalade” cosongstre­ss 16 Parliament Hill occupation, for short

24 Trivial matters to pick

27 The capital’s annual snowy festival Winterlude, in French: 3 mots 30 Peter the Great’s Russian co-tsar: name + Roman Numeral

32 ‘N’ of partCanadi­an gr. CSNY

34 Noted suffragist, Carrie Chapman __

35 L’__ aux Meadows (Newfoundla­nd tourist draw) 36 Attended that event: 2 wds.

37 Old Testament son of Cain 38 Variant-spelled jerk

40 Potato __ (Soup variety)

43 Jazz musician, __ Dara (Father of rap star Nas) 45 ‘The Father of Canadian Country Music’ (b.1904 d.1996): 2 wds. 49 Cup, in Chicoutimi

51 Have a quick snack

53 ‘Parch’ completer

(Board game with a large cross in the centre) 58 “Can __ __ any better than this?!” (Wow! This is fantastic!) 59 Flavour for Canadian soup brand Habitant 61 Style of skirt 62 Attention-getters in libraries...

64 Pancakes eatery in The States 66 Combine the recipe’s ingredient­s 67 Canadian rock singer/ songwriter Lee 68 Like dry Spanish wine

69 Fast food restaurant titan Ray

70 Informativ­e items given to the conference attendees

71 Chicoutimi-born singer Mr. Simard 75 Evening parties

79 “Mi casa __ __ casa.”

81 Nova Scotia’s provincial bird

83 1887 Verdi opera based on a Shakespear­e tragedy

86 Ave __ vale

(Hail and farewell, in Latin) 87 1984 album by #67-Down: ‘__ Queen’

89 Posh shirt collar type

91 Des Moines’ state 93 Without _ __ (Trapeze artist’s daring performanc­e choice)

94 Casino game 95 Aries, The __ 96 Record co.

99 Red Cross mission

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