COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

Across

1 Halifax,

Regina or Edmonton 8 Improvise 13 Ready for the pitch in baseball: 2 wds. 18 Canadian rock music guitar legend Domenic

19 Ivan __, rival in “Rocky IV” (1985) played by Dolph Lundgren 20 Murmur like the wind, to a poet

21 Promo on AM or FM: 2 wds. 22 Sandwich order, __ __ rye 23 Soon enough, __ __ course 24 Cool J and

Bean

25 LESTWE FORGET, NOVEMBER 11TH: 2 wds. 28 Winter hrs. in Alberta

30 Big times 31 Swerve-ish 32 Folder’s declaration in poker: 2 wds. 35 Scottish negatives 36 Fragment 37 Criminal association

40 Curling tournaments 42 To-remotelocations in Canada transport: 2 wds.

45 St. __ (Facial scrub brand) 46 O __. (Blood type)

47 Milk, in Quebec 48 Use the scissors once more

49 Wd. meaning in

the dictionary 50 “Here Comes the __” by The Beatles

51 __ Coola (Valley in British Columbia) 52 Pizazz!

53 Fails to be 55 Gushed

56 Singer Ms. Mouskouri 57 Alberta hometown of rock band Nickelback

59 Cycled

60 Apple devices platform 61 Relaxing retreat

64 Mesozoic Era = __ __ Reptiles 65 “Suddenly _ __” by KT Tunstall 66 Belonging to a Canuck train co.

67 Shock

68 Serving at Canadian fast food restaurant Harvey’s 70 Toronto-born professional Frank Gehry, for example 72 Mount __ (Volcano in Japan)

73 CFL players in Montreal 74 Russia/China border river 75 Scores the tests

76 Path

79 Captain Hook’s sidekick

80 Point

81 Home of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: 2 wds.

85 Kernel 88 “I wonder

__ __ cold out today?” (Should I wear a coat?) 89 Canadian pianist/ broadcaster Glenn

90 Lake __ (It’s on the OntarioQuebec border)

93 Beneficiary

94 Take apart the laces

95 Denizen of Whitehorse’s territory

96 Farm grain problem 97 Alleviated 98 Custodian

Down

1 PC key under ‘Shift’

2 __ Sea, in Central Asia 3 Seal herds 4 Gladiator’s deuce-ace 5 Philosophical principle 6 “There’s __ __ to it.” (It takes finesse)

7 Ore deposit 8 Binds

9 Movie genres

10 Meadowlands meanderers 11 Composer Mr. Stravinsky 12 Cape __, Newfoundland 13 1977: “Cold __ __” by Foreigner 14 Home office printer need 15 Cape Breton music fiddler (who was born in Timmins, Ontario) nicknamed ‘King of the Jigs’: 2 wds. 16 Seville ‘water’ 17 “Or so __ say.” (Apparently) 26 Cook’s creations 27 Country near Belg.

28 Make messy 29 Fuel additive brand

32 Footnote abbr. 33 Change residence

34 1971 hit by Canadian band Lighthouse that goes “... when I wake up I’ll see your face inside a cloud.”: 3 wds. 35 Las Vegas illuminator 36 Construct 38 “Movin’ __

__”: “The Jeffersons” theme song 39 Literary sister of Meg, Jo and Amy

41 “_ __ a Spell on You” by Screamin’Jay Hawkins

42 Worked with farm hay 43 Malayan sailing boats

44 Exodus novelist Mr. Uris

47 Flood embankment 50 Debacle 51 Loaf-making person 54 High-hatter 55 Ascends

56 Have a quick bite to eat

57 “That’s very funny.”

58 Titles in Turkey 59 Tom Cochrane & Red Rider hockey song: 2 wds.

60 Price hike [abbr.]

62 It’s handled by a hockey stick 63 Industrious bugs

66 Oil or vinegar holder in the kitchen

67 RBI, e.g. 69 Appraise 70 Rectified 71 E-Mailer’s point-of-view 74 2001 Audrey Tautou title movie character 77 It means ‘Bones’

78 Sports shocker 79 Rabbit-style tails

80 Premiere 81 Broad

82 “_, __ one, don’t agree.” 83 Canadian hardware store 84 Light beams

85 Canadian actress Ms. Dobrev

86 Taxi alternative 87 Canada Goose, for one

91 White House nickname

92 Haul