COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1 Philip __ (Master Kan portrayer on 1972 to 1975 adventure series “Kung Fu”) 4 Prefix to ‘dextrous’ (Skilled in right/left hand use) 8 Glassmaking oven 12 “__ Lama Ding Dong” by The Edsels 16 2020 is one: 2 wds. 18 Winglike parts 19 “August: __ County” (2013) 21 American band which responded to Neil Young’s “Southern Man” and “Alabama” with their 1974 hit “Sweet Home Alabama”: 2 wds. 23 Song line 24 Sci. of the stars 25 “But the wedding date __ __.” (The invitations are out, I simply can’t call it off) 26 Domicile 28 Superlative suffix 30 Canadian ace Billy Bishop’s realm in WWI: 2 wds. 32 Nero’s 1611 34 ‘F’ of RCAF 36 Song from 1913: “Peg _’ __ Heart” 37 Lettered supermarket 40 1965: “__ Baby Baby” by The Miracles 41 Man-made material 43 Niels __ (19thcentury Danish composer) 45 _ __. (Music key, e.g.) 46 Futuristic detective novel of 1993 by Canadian acting legend William Shatner, __ Vengeance 47 Bees-and-Dees in-betweens 48 Xs 49 Prefix with ‘glyph’ (Character in ancient pictorial writing) 50 Ear: French 52 “Barton __” (1991) 53 The Great __ (F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of 1925) 54 Comic book superhero from the Great White North: 2 wds. 57 Canadian hockey star Mr. Glencross who retired in 2015 60 As per #16Across... Happy _-__ February 29th celebrants! 61 Good humoured 65 “And forgive __ __ trespasses...” 66 Tops with jeans 67 “Lean __ __” by Bill Withers 68 __ Cruces, New Mexico 69 D’Urbervilles heroine 70 Parliament __ 71 Military mission, e.g. 72 Hollywood’s Ms. Gardner 73 Speaker’s hesitant sounds... 74 The Who lead singer Mr. Daltrey, to pals 75 “Saying it __ __ thing, doing it...” 77 Mr. T comedy, “_._. __” (1983) 79 Drink by Canadian distiller Crown Royal: 2 wds. 82 Frolic 83 Little pieces of things 85 Web search site 88 Fashion designer Marc 91 Emmy-winning star Ms. Woodard 92 Pleistocene giant in Canada: 2 wds. 95 Mr. Weston of Canadian food brand President’s Choice 96 Jai __ (Court game) 97 Literary pseudonyms: 2 wds. 98 Quiz 99 Electro music act, __ Punk 100 ‘Within’-meaning prefix 101 Rain-__ (Gumball brand)
Down
1 “This is __ _ bit much!” (I’m rather overwhelmed!) 2 Since-1986 international luggage company headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario 3 Lake Erie community in southwestern Ontario where there’s an Imperial Oil refinery 4 River of Scotland
5 The Fr. Riviera’s sea 6 Sir Paul McCartney’s instrument 7 Annoys
8 Big name in Canadian sugar 9 English cathedral city
10 __ ‘_’ (The first letter of ‘Calgary’, compared to the first letter of ‘Centreville’) 11 Gigantic trees 12 Pass, as an unattended shopping cart in the windy parking lot: 2 wds. 13 Sanctuaries
14 The __ (East Coast Canada) 15 Opposin’ 17 Heat-resistant glassware
20 Hosp. recording 22 Pine
27 One-named model
29 Maiden name of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mother Margaret 31 Hyatt __ (Hotel in downtown Toronto)
32 Con __ (With movement, in music) 33 Winnipeg-born diplomat Gary __ (The Canadian Ambassador to the United States, from 2009 to 2016)
34 Armada
35 Black Sabbath lead singer’s initials-sharers 38 Outfit
39 “This is such
_ __!” (Let’s celebrate!) 42 Puppy’s piercing protestations! 44 Vegas performer Paul from Ottawa 45 Chicago Bears coaching legend nicknamed ‘Iron Mike’ 48 Ms. Turner and Ms. Fey 49 Spanish estate 51 Rhythmical stress 52 Motto on Ontario’s coat of arms,‘Ut incepit __ sic permanet’ (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) 53 Brother of Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo Marx 55 Cain and __ 56 John __ Garner (Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first Vice President) 57 Adorable 58 Conniver 59 Manufactured-inCanada infantry firearm of WWI: 2 wds. 62 Whistler __ (Ski resort in British Columbia) 63 Volcanic flow 64 Upside down foundation here? 66 Cheapskate 67 Vitner’s prefix 70 Hockey legend Gordie from Saskatoon 71 The __ Family aka The Windsors 74 Atone 76 Illuminated by the Sun, or the stars and moon at night 78 Coffee shop order, Caffe __ 80 Canadian battleground in Belgium in WWI 81 Island, in Italy 82 __ __ behold! 83 Droop 84 _. __. (Line above the Equator) 86 Ballyhoo 87 Foretoken 89 As Seen On TV retro record co. 90 “It’s __ __ Quiet” by Bjork 93 Lummox 94 L-to-P link