COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 Mordecai
Richler book of 1975, __ TwoTwo Meets the Hooded Fang 6 Irish __ of Tara (Arms of Canada musical symbol) 10 Barbara __ Geddes (“Dallas” star) 13 Island of the Marianas 17 __ __ fours (Traversing, as Fido) 18 ‘To him’, to Pierre: 2 mots 19 Hole-punching tool 20 ‘Q’-following queue 21 1989: “Hard Sun” by __, aka Canadian musician Gordon Peterson 22 Tunesmith’s tune 23 God willing, __ volente 24 Norway’s capital 25 April Wine’s 1981 cover tune that goes “Pack your things and leave...”: 5 wds. 29 Kicker’s peg 30 Ms. de Matteo of “The Sopranos” 31 “__ Blues” by The Beatles 32 Brooks & __ (Country music duo) 33 Hue of blue 34 Daisy Mae’s beloved guy 36 Suitcase’s wee attachment: 2 wds. 39 Empire of Mexico people 42 Assorted 44 Architect Mr. Saarinen (b.1910 - d.1961) 45 __ Doone (1869 R.D. Blackmore novel) 46 Ship’s deck officer, informally 47 Balancing-onbranches critter 49 Express 50 Short running race, e.g.: wd. + letter 51 Hesitations at the podium 52 Computer file, e.g. 53 Iconic crew member aboard #14-Down: 2 wds. 55 London, Ontario born novelist Ms. Catton of acclaimed New Zealand set book The Luminaries 58 Sugar amt. 60 “You’ve Got Mail.” co. 61 __ d’Or Lake (Cape Breton inland sea) 62 Boreal forest 65 Plagues 68 Segment 69 “__ __ the mail.” (Response to “Where’s the cheque?”) 70 The city of Cologne, in Germany 71 Dried fish variety: 2 wds. 73 Legendary officer Sam of the North West Mounted Police 74 Does pool laps 76 Snug secluded spots 77 Bull sacred in Egyptian myth 78 Ace 80 Church bench 81 ‘Organ’ suffix (Arranger) 82 Canadian cap. 85 Deck-to-thesky... Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone, for example: 2 wds. 90 Will-o’-the-__ 91 Pandas or Penguins viewing venue 92 Oscar-winner Mr. Jannings 93 __-Dame Cathedral, in Paris 94 Feed the poker kitty 95 Alien TV sitcom 96 Make _ __ dash (Run for it!) 97 Torpid 98 After-combat lettered affliction 99 NHL official 100 “Voila!” 101 Ancient Roman goddess of agriculture
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1 Construction support 2 Sandy the dog’s Broadway musical 3 Frame used as a portable perch in falconry 4 Ken of 1987 to 1991 TV drama “thirtysomething” 5 Canadian cocktail in the celery salt rimmed glass: 2 wds. 6 Expedite 7 Honolulu greeting 8 Old Scandinavian written symbol 9 Slot-on-top holder of Loonies, dimes, Toonies and more: 2 wds. 10 Ink no politician wants to get: 2 wds. 11 Meadowlands mamas 12 Mr. Robertson, legendary Canadian journalist 13 Heightless hit in baseball 14 Spacecraft for William Shatner’s character Captain James T. Kirk: acr. + wd. 15 The Jetty __ __ Havre (Claude Monet painting) 16 Subatomic particle 26 Monikers for monks 27 Pines 28 Who?: French 33 Key/ fundamental [abbr.] 34 Canadian Heritage River in the Yukon 35 Listener’s plea to the deejay 37 Running _ __ (Violation at the street lights) 38 Canadian athlete Mike Weir’s sport 39 Mtl. football players 40 The Anteater’s snacking sound in the funny pages! 41 Canadian Olympian Rosie MacLennan, and others in her sport 42 Ending [abbr.] 43 Russian assembly 46 Like a Google search 48 Alanis Morissette’s ‘don’t you think?’ query: 3 wds. 54 1990s fad game discs 55 Game cube guru Mr. Rubik’s 56 __-back (Easygoing) 57 Hall & __ 58 “Tut-tuts!” 59 Flat-bottomed vessel 61 Flour in Acadian pancakes ‘Ployes’ 63 Canadian actor Mr. Bellows 64 Suffix with ‘Meth’ 66 Not charted, as territory 67 Gradually deelevate as a hill: 2 wds. 72 Open-__ shoes 73 __ ops (Highly trained mil. units) 75 Sis or bro 77 Community on Whitewater Lake near Sudbury 79 Showbiz agent Swifty 81 Ancient Trojan War epic 82 Cute splashy mammal 83 __-Neuve-etLabrador 84 Old shipping weight allowances 85 Switch 86 Clue 87 Exclusive 88 Jane Austen title character 89 Cornmeal bread