Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

Across

5. 1. Makeup Two words milieu before the expiration date on a container of perishable­s

10. Thames ‘toilet’ 13. Canadian band Crash Test Dummies tune title, when repeated

16. Dr. Frankenste­in’s helper

17. Point __ (Canada mainland’s most southerly tip)

18. __ moon

19. Haunted house hOOOwl!!!

20. Iconic song by Canadian folk duo Ian & Sylvia: 3 wds. 23. Time off letters 24. Carson Daly’s li’l old MTV show 25. Subject

26. How long Autumn lasts: 2 wds.

28. Torah reader’s pointer

29. WSW’s opposite 30. “__ by a Century” by The Tragically Hip

32. Vladimir’s vetoes

33. Web connector [acronym]

35. Laura who wrote Three Dog Night hit “Eli’s Coming” 37. Fleur-de-__ (Quebec provincial flag symbol) 39. __-friendly 40. “Understood man ...groovy!”: 2 wds.

42. Bright fishies in the aquarium 44. Belonging to one of the Great Lakes

47. Anne Shirley’s writing tablet at school

48. Q-Tip, for example 49. Saskatchew­an village

50. Central character in Haida mythology

51. More dry

52. Tarzan creator’s monogram 53. PC keyboard key 54. King of England from 1272 to

1307 known as ‘Hammer of the Scots’: name + Roman Numeral 56. “None for me thanks.”: 2 wds. 59. Nova Scotia hrs. 61. Manitoba prov. neighbour 62. Waiting for __ (Samuel Beckett play)

64. Frigid-free soft drink ordering request: 2 wds. 67. Legendary gospel singer Ms. Jackson (b.1911 d.1972)

69. Fashion label, __ Boss 70. Basketball­er

71. Rips off as a cheapskate 72. Certify

74. “Smoking __ __?” (Past seating query at the restaurant)

75. East, in Quebec City

76. Nav. designatio­n 78. Virginia willow 79. Record label, e.g.

80. “Back in the __ days...” 82. Residentia­l bldg. address info: 2 wds.

84. Key above Caps Lock

86. Parking cars place

89. Posh hotel in London, England popular with the Royal Family 91. ‘Few’-meaning prefix 93. Pasturelan­d

94. “Ich bin __ Berliner.” - JFK 95. What Nunavut’s territoria­l capital of Iqaluit means in the Inuktitut language:

4 wds.

98. Airport flight tower [acronym] 99. Shania Twain’s “I __ No Quitter” 100. Velvety fabric 101. Gambler’s stake

102. Born, in wedding announceme­nts

103. Uncle: Spanish 104. Malayan sailing boats

105. Arch type

Down

1. Canadian bank note which is pinkish/reddish looking 2. Marketplac­e of ancient Greece 3. Anne Murray song featured in #45-Down: 5 wds.

4. Boo-boo do

5. Municipali­ty in Quebec; or, American author Mr. Sinclair 6. Ophidian

7. Happy frugivores in The Time Machine 8. Patriarch on 1959 to 1973 Western series “Bonanza” played by Canadian star Lorne Greene: 2 wds.

9. Edmonton Intl. Airport code 10. Monday, in Milan 11. Alberta town 12. Clark Kent’s coworker Jimmy at the Daily Planet 13. Conduction of crypticall­y clicked communicat­ions: 3 wds. 14. Droned deliveries from the dais 15. Daybreaks, in poetry

18. Big exams

21. “Born to Be Wild” Canadian band 22. Tribulatio­n 27. Tourist attraction in Australia, __ Rock

31. Season goddesses of ancient Greek myth

34. Located

36. Replied positively [var. sp.]

38. Piercing

40. Medit. Sea land

41. _ _ _ Style

Manual (Writing guidebook) 43. Ensemble cast (including a couple of Canadian actors)

World War II movie of 1977 about Operation Market Garden: 4 wds.

45. John Travolta/ Debra Winger movie of 1980: 2 wds.

46. Canadian engineerin­g group, _ _ _-Lavalin

49. Thaw

51. Miss: Spanish [abbr.]

55. Fennel-like flavour

57. Slack, as slacks 58. “...sugar is sweet and __ __ you.” 59. FMs radio opposites 60. Canada’s ‘Anik’ launched in 1972 was a what?

63. __ __ the open (Not hidden) 65. Corporate exec. 66. Sea eagle

68. Blue Rodeo’s “__ the Rain”

72. Element 73. Regina-born actress Ms. Maslany

77. 1998 Winter Olympics city in Japan

80. Pacific or Atlantic 81. Bite as a baby Beagle: 2 wds. 83. Bloodsucki­ng fly, when doubled 85. Canadian movie, “__ of God” (1985)

87. ‘West’ in Spanish 88. __ Lake Provincial Park, in the Bulkley Valley of British Columbia 90. Caesar’s 552 92. K-thru-P connection 96. Canadian constabula­ry, e.g. 97. NYC toy store in “Big” (1988) starring Tom Hanks, _ _ _ Schwarz

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