Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Gestation location

5 How to do rush jobs 9 Israeli war hero Moshe ___

14 Famed folk song canal 15 Doily material 16 Moulin follower 17 Where young southern ladies can dance the night away without parental supervisio­n? 20 John B. of song, e.g. 21 Some Tetris shapes 22 Cayman Is. winter clock standard 23 Poet who wrote “A bit of talcum is always walcum.” 26 Total dolt 28 Monarch’s tropical garden, maybe? 36 “How was ___ know?” 37 Muscle fibre ridge

38 City transit customer

39 Big ‘19 Aussie problem

41 Wild prank 43 Start of something big?

44 Quick wrist movement 46 Razzledazz­le

48 “The Sopranos” Graynor 49 Zodiac period that’s never been part of the Chinese calendar? 52 Lake Lucerne’s canton, partly

53 Fully cooked 54 Manitoba’s bird

57 Comes to a halt

60 McLeod and McTavish 64 Country where the whole nation could do with losing a few kilos? 68 Marketing tactic 69 Common sunblock additive

70 Dark blue 71 Beastly fiends 72 Ashram activity, maybe

73 Birch, for one

DOWN

1 Spinner’s creations 2 Type of tradition 3 O’Shea of “Barbarella” 4 Fit right in 5 Alien who lived at the Tanner’s place 6 Watched the babies 7 Arthritic complaint 8 Ugli discard 9 Lingerie locale?

10 ’90s Internet pioneer 11 Eggnog season

12 Far longer than you thought 13 Stack neatly inside each other

18 Birth stones for some Libras 19 Uninterest­ing 24 ___ bad example

25 Pest from a nest

27 Zip over the surface

28 Blink of an eye

29 Of some use to someone 30 Bucket wheel used for irrigation 31 Abercrombi­e’s partner 32 Followed closely 33 Notions 34 Manaus’ river 35 Wheat, e.g. 40 Pale buff hue 42 Don’s right hand man 45 Seoul brothers? 47 Eurasian carp cousin 50 Twain’s Huck 51 Ease the pressure 54 Guy’s name, whichever way you look at it

55 Many a British PM of the 1700s 56 Lascivious grin

58 WWII milestone 59 By oneself 61 Great distance away

62 Where the laity sits 63 Eyelid irritant 65 Distort the facts 66 Harbour hazard 67 Afternoon get-together

Across

1. Serene

5. Bit of Beatles: “I __ _ film today, oh boy...” 9. UAE = United __ Emirates

13. Outfit

17. Boyfriend

18. Eight: French 19. Drill hole

20. Face shape

21. UNESCO World Heritage Site in Newfoundla­nd which is a National Park: 2 wds.

23. Empire of Peru 24. Team

25. Canadian entreprene­ur Jim Treliving’s restaurant chain, __ Pizza 26. Miami Marlin in baseball, e.g. 28. Tint

30. Canadian’s 9-digit ID 31. “... they call my home / The land of snow / Canadian cold front / Movin’ in...” is from what song by The Band?: 2 wds.

35. Pirate ship board nobody wants to walk 38. Selects

39. Domicile

40. Guitar string sound when plucked

41. __ socks

42. Space sky

sparkler

43. Certain continent

47. Ms. Thurman of movies

48. Mr. Ford, Premier of Ontario

49. Circus clown’s one-of-two supporters 50. __-savvy

51. __ scratch ticket (Lottery purchase)

53. Canadian __

Services

54. Moving day

rental

55. Fit snugly

56. Rock band treks

57. Nasty fly, when doubled

58. Biblical spy

61. Mr. Dee, host of

#73-Across

62. Canadian hockey great Steve who played for the Detroit Red Wings

66. Flim-__ (Swindle) 67. 18-wheelers on the hwy.

68. Clock time

segment

69. Self-pride

70. Canadian journalist Ms. LaFlamme 71. “__!... I Did It Again” by Britney Spears 72. God, in Latin

73. “Family __ Canada” (Game show on the CBC) 74. Steeple 76. Musician Mr. Saunders 77. “Casablanca” (1942) actress Ms. Gruning, and namesakes 78. The Queen’s home in London: 2 wds. 83. Paraguay/ Brazil border river 84. Opposite season of ‘Hiver’

85. Peddle

86. Visits old classmates every 10 years 90. Railroad __

92. They’ll getchya on your way in the Milky Way 94. __ __ Theatre,

in Toronto

96. Eldest sister in Three Sisters, the Anton Chekhov play 97. Adrift

98. Three: Spanish 99. Additional

100. Flin __ (City in northern Manitoba) 101.Lumberjack

tools

102. Charlotte Bronte heroine Jane

103. Kernel

Down

1. NYC music club where punk rocked

2. Royal __ Club (British club for fans of flight) 3. Thailand neighbour

4. “__ Heart”: 1993 hit tune for #61-Down 5. Eilean __ (Island in Scotland) 6. ‘Gold’-meaning prefix

7. Where the Jets play

8. Didn’t have supper at the usual time perhaps: 2 wds.

9. “I’m Like _

__” by Nelly Furtado 10. Canadian comedian Mr. James

11. Father of Confederat­ion, Sir Adams George __ (b.1814 d.1892)

12. Part of the Arctic Ocean, __ Sea

13. 1982: “Vacation” by The Go-__

14. Dispatch boat 15. Ici __-Canada 16. Mix

22. __ neck sweater

27. Nav. designatio­n

29. Flight’s take-off informatio­n on the sched.

32. Tim Hortons

treat

33. Mathematic­al

proportion­s

34. The __ Network (Canadian forecasts TV channel)

35. “Yuck!”

36. Outline

37. Santa __ (Hot

winds)

41. Hong __

42. Margaret Atwood creation

44. Great Big __ (East Coast band)

45. Crucial hosp.

area

46. Calder Cup

sports org.

48. Smear on the

paint

49. Curved musical

markings

52. Jim Carrey’s

‘disguise’ comedy movie of 1994: 2 wds. 53. Mr. Johnson, British Prime Minister

54. __-friendly

56. Vegetarian’s source of protein, a change from tofu

57. Shih __ (Cute toy dogs)

58. Grey Cup org. 59. Great boxing

surname

60. __ Vegas

61. Juno-winning country legend from Cochrane, Alberta: 2 wds. 62. “__ never believe it ...” (This sounds unlikely but ...) 63. Docile

64. Water, in

Madrid

65. Confirms in a way

67. British Columbia

... Village on Malcolm

Island that has Finnish roots 68. Coat of arms

subject

72. Exhaust

73. ‘Rivers’ of

Quebec

75. Apple dessert 76. Quebec City ‘Mrs.’ 77. Cupcakes froster

78. __ __ Fundy

79. __ __ night (Awake the whole evening) 80. Shipment

81. Supporting coaches, in brief

82. Surface

87. River of Cairo 88. Being

89. Moult

91. Mr. Levy, Eugene’s actor son

93. ‘Comp’ completer (Write a song) 95. Sea: French

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