Ottawa Citizen

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

Across

1 Ballpark stat.

4 Toronto Blue Jays competitio­n in Calif.

7 Lauryn Hill chart-topper: “__ __ (That Thing)”

13 Irish coronation stone, __ Fail

16 Governess at Thornfield Hall: 2 wds.

19 Nautical symbol

20 Li’l item dropped into the mailbox

21 CFL event at Mosaic Stadium in Regina: 3 wds.

24 Breakfast servings cooked in “California” by Joni Mitchell

25 Red __ (Tree in British Columbia)

26 Comparativ­ely simple: 2 wds.

29 Public speaker’s skill, in brief

30 The Canadiens once played at the what in Montreal?

32 Collect over time

33 Ran as dye from clothing

34 Newfoundla­nd town on The Irish Loop

37 Exuberance

38 __ Lake, Newfoundla­nd

39 ‘Romeo’ sports cars

40 Tree’s nutrition

41 Aristocrat’s honorific

42 Battery size

43 Bay window

44 Merle Haggard’s “__ from Muskogee”

45 ‘Poly’ finisher (Sort of school)

47 Fork out for stuff 48 Sainte-__ (Laurentide­s locale)

49 Shorebird that breeds at Canada’s largest Bay: 2 wds.

52 Lake near the Gatineau River in Hull

54 It’s a de-light-ful time of day

55 __ chair

58 “Rule, Britannia” composer

59 “And though she feels as if she’s in a play / __ __ anyway.” - The Beatles,“Penny Lane”

60 Operative

61 __ _ crossroads

62 Clear/free

63 “_ __ Survive” by Gloria Gaynor

64 Highlands human

66 Incision

67 Certain candies

69 Identical individual

70 Quebec, ‘La __ Province’

71 Discharge/oust

72 Shoe’s occupant

73 Ogres

74 Pantheon of Norse gods

76 Freeway in Quebec

78 Examples of what environmen­tal activism group Greenpeace (founded in Vancouver in 1971) opposes: 3 wds.

84 Novelist Mr. Capote, to pals

85 1877: Black Beauty novelist Anna

86 Queen Elizabeth’s world

87 Ms. Saldana of “Avatar” (2009)

88 Pressure

89 Loaf choice at the bakery

90 To-the-Web connection letters

Down

1 Corp. letters with Nabisco at one time

2 Steamed-and-filled bun of Chinese cuisine

3 Shiba __ (Dog breed of Japan)

4 New Westminste­r, British Columbia born actress/ director Kristin

5 “Young Dr. Kildare” (1938) star Lew

6 Seed covering

7 Ran off quickly

8 Emergence

9 “I Ain’t Marching Any More” singer Phil

10 First of the Five Ws

11 __-pah-pah! (Tuba sound)

12 Readies weaponry just in case

13 Projectile­s in the War of 1812: 3 wds.

14 “She Believes __ __” by Kenny Rogers

15 Solemnly declare

17 Canadian director Atom of “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997)

18 August 1926... American who was the first woman to swim the English Channel, Gertrude __ (b.1905 d.2003)

22 Old surgery aid

23 Some sticky stuff

26 Discharge

27 “Kate & __” (’80s sitcom)

28 What ‘SAR’ stands for in the RCAF: 3 wds.

30 Multi-platinum Canadian singer/ songwriter/ actress: 2 wds.

31 Spoken

33 Park attraction in downtown Victoria which is also the name of a neighourho­od of Ottawa: 2 wds.

34 Highlands dance

35 Go by boat

36 Duellist’s weapon

38 Podium

39 “Well, __ you the clever one!”

42 Artist Mr. Warhol

43 Moonfishie­s

44 Norse deity

46 Screen star Mr. Cronyn born in London, Ontario

47 Seal

48 Travelling

50 Danish physicist Mr. Bohr (b.1885 - d.1962)

51 ‘Produce’ or ‘Bakery’ in the grocery store [abbr.]

52 Qatar Prix de _’__ de Triomphe (Horse race in Paris, France)

53 ‘Crit’ add-on (Standards)

56 Leaning

57 Fence entrances

59 __’Pea (Popeye comics kid)

63 “That Don’t __ Me Much” by Shania Twain

64 Eagle’s dive to catch the fish

65 ‘Lemon’ on Quebec

66 Sushi bar offering: 2 wds.

68 Leaf-to-stem angle

69 Sums

70 “The Notorious __ Page” (2005)

72 Energizes the engine

73 Military fur headdress

74 1998 animated bugs movie

75 Currency overseas

76 Bide-_-__ (Stay awhile, Scottishst­yle)

77 Due __ __ before... (Submission details)

79 Monument’s age abbr.

80 US President’s monogram in the 1980s

81 “__ and Nancy” (1986)

82 “Private Dancer” singer’s initialssh­arers

83 Canadian hockey legend Mr. Apps

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