Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

Across

1 Happy __ Hallows’ Eve! 4 Tracks of the werewolftr­acking hounds on the moor, __ prints 7 Calcium-rich leafy green 11 Quaintly suit 16 Company’s pres. 17 Ms. Gertz of vampire flick “The Lost Boys” (1987)

18 Help __ __ hand 19 Merge

20 Canadian actress Colleen of “The Dead Zone” (1983)

22 Board game pieces

23 Straits of __ (Red Sea passages) 24 Backyard building

25 Encrypt

27 Thriller directed by Canada’s David Cronenberg, “Dead __” (1988) 29 Grimm opening, Once __ a time... 30 Charlemagn­e’s li’l domain

31 Bury

32 Inflates 34 Wickerwork material

36 Fasten 37 __ enemies 40 Shortened ‘rule’ 41 Preamble

42 The ‘I’ in IV

44 Water: French 45 Mining find

46 “__ __ to my ears in work.” 47 Archaicall­y ‘speak’ 48 Appropriat­e 49 Godzilla’s flying foe in 1964

51 Cup _’ __ (Hot drink, informally)

54 Guillotine targets?

56 Mend

57 Mountain spinach

59 Ms. Zeta-Jones, for short, of “The Haunting” (1999) 60 The Queen’s topper

62 Book’s foreword [abbr.]

63 Place to stay safe in the frightenin­g flick, __ spot 66 __ Anglais (English horn) 67 Attire in 2018 thriller “The Nun” 71 Scheme

73 Modern

74 Sense organ 75 Battery end 76 Ancient civilizati­on remainders 77 Chitchat 78 Plummet 80 Chemical suffix 81 __ ‘_’ (Pronunciat­ion-wise, first letter of ‘George C. Scott’ ...actor who starred in #59-Down who was married to #20-Across) 82 Gladiator’s 451 83 Flightless bird like the Emu 85 Criticize

86 At all? 88 Montreal-born actress Rachelle of #97-Across 90 Fish parts

91 Find

94 Some brand name sports shoes

95 Blend

97 Vampire movie of 2008, the first in a series based on Stephenie Meyer books

99 1922: English author A.A. of The Red House Mystery

100 Sister on “Charmed” 101 Alternativ­e magazine, __ Reader

102 Porridge particle 103 Freddy K.’s nightmaris­h haunt in movies: 2 wds.

104 Clairvoyan­t

105 Haze surroundin­g the castle on the cliff 106 Opposite SSW

Down

1 “Highway to Hell” rock band

2 Q.“Was

British actor Christophe­r __ _ star in 1957 movie ‘The Curse of Frankenste­in’?”A. “Indeed, he played The Creature.”

3 “The Blair Witch Project” (1999) = __-__ __ __

4 “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the __” (1996 to 2000 series hosted by Dan Aykroyd)

5 Hrs. after midnight

6 Vroom Broom rider on #58-Down 7 Canadian actress Margot of “The Amityville Horror” (1979) 8 World’s largest continent ...in French

9 “Interview with the Vampire” (1994) role for Brad Pitt, Louis de Pointe du __ 10 Long existence for Dracula 11 “Thanks, __ __ thanks!” 12 Conundrum 13 Fierce flyingover-the-castle creature: 2 wds. 14 Old name of Russia’s news agency, __-TASS 15 Some bills in the tills

17 Jupiter’s wife in Roman mythology

21 Poetic occurrence­s

26 City near Provo, Utah

28 Roads of ancient Rome

31 Spewer of Sicily 32 Scary movie starring Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen, “__ Night” (1980) 33 Halloween bubbly treat

35 Old French coin 38 Vampire costume part

39 Castaways’ dwellings 41 Flesh-chomping fish flick,“__ 3D” (2010)

42 “What I really want to do __ __.” ...revealed the movie director 43 Gains

50 Cleave

52 Banal

53 Suffix with ‘Jacob’ 55 Plane-leaving info 58 1969-debuting magical puppetry series produced by from-Montreal brothers Sid and

Marty Krofft,“_._. __”

59 Canadian horror in a haunted house,“The __” (1980)

60 E-Mailed to others as well... 61 Bellowing! 64 Patricia of

“Ghost Story” (1981)

65 Desert in Mongolia

68 Keep __ __ of mystery

69 Fictional Louisiana setting of “True Blood” on which Winnipeg-born actress Anna Paquin starred: 2 wds.

70 Idea: French 72 Illumed

76 Horse coat style 79 Ancient praiseful hymns 81 Web-spinning creepy crawler 82 This: French

84 Remote’s target from the sofa: 2 wds.

87 Coyote’s mouselike snack from the field

88 Flashy fabric 89 Wickedness 90 Fireplace part 92 Larger __ life 93 Feminine suffix 96 Poetically‘before’ 98 Intl. commerce group

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