Penticton Herald

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- SOLUTION: THURSDAY

ACROSS

1. Val and Aleta’s royal son in comics

4. Canadian __ cheddar cheese

8. __ Ark

13. Fashionabl­y draped attire

17. Grassland

18. It means ’One-tenth’

19. Take _ __ of faith

20. Barge __ __ (Intrude)

21. Fiji’s __ Islands

22. Sulawesi buffalo

23. Queen Elizabeth’s grandmum (her father King George VI’s mum) who was England’s Queen Consort from 1910 to 1936: 3 wds.

25. Concoction in Macbeth: 2 wds.

28. Walker’s path

29. Mr. Jannings of early Hollywood

30. ’T’ in MTM

31. Welsh woofer

32. Fare city ride

34. Cry

35. Prot. or Cath.

36. Beginning

40. Bloor __ (Truss arch bridge of Toronto)

43. Paperback with no paper pages

45. Trait carrier

46. Prince Edw. in The Maritimes

47. The __ __ (Ghost who wanders the Halifax Citadel)

49. Canada’s current Ambassador to The United Nations: 2 wds.

51. Former

53. World Golf Hall of Famer, Mark __

54. Chug-_-__

55. Largest island of the Sporades archipelag­o of Greece

57. Happen as a result

59. Showbiz skill

62. Gaping mouths of hungry critters

63. Community between Sudbury and Timmins

65. Hideaway

66. River or Lake in British Columbia sharing this name

68. __ __ Lake (Northern Ontario body of water)

70. ’Noncommiss­ioned Officer’, in short form

71. Desktop symbol

72. Mea __! (My bad!)

73. Aardvark, a long-__ nocturnal mammal

75. Tanya Tucker’s “__ Dawn”

77. Honest __ (Toronto’s famous old store)

78. Shooting marble

80. TV chef Ms. Garten

81. “__ __ Them” by Pink Floyd

83. Parishione­r’s payment

85. “Am _ __ late?” (Has the deadline passed?)

88. Sincere

91. Bright respites during April showers: 2 wds.

93. Nanaimo-born jazz pianist and singer: 2 wds.

95. “Don’t make __ __ complicate­d.” (Simplicity is the key)

96. Choo choo transit systs.

97. “If I Knew You Were Comin’ __ Baked a Cake”

98. Taj __

99. Require

100. __ Tai (Tiki bar cocktail)

101. Kite adornment

102. Former downtown Penticton restaurant

fondly remembered for its giant sign 103. Anglo-Saxon labourer

104. NNW’s opposite

DOWN

1. “__ __ are saying is give peace a chance...” John Lennon

2. Point the arrow better

3. The anchor on the Royal Canadian Navy’s ensign, as an example: 2 wds.

4. __ Isaacs Menken (American actress of 1860s theatrical fame)

5. The Balcony dramatist, Jean __ (b.1910 d.1986)

6. Interdepen­dent community in nature

7. The Cisco Kid’s horse

8. Moniker manufactur­er

9. Lake _’__ (Provincial Park on the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island)

10. Embroidere­d liturgical veil which ethereally covers the Chalice and Diskos

11. Worker’s farming tool

12. Trail left by wildlife

13. After the 1876 victory over General Custer in the Montana territory at The Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sioux Chief who crossed the border into Canada with 5000 Lakota people and took refuge until 1881 in the Wood Mountain area of present-day southern Saskatchew­an: 2 wds.

14. From square one

15. Cabo da __, Portugal

16. Pac-Man’s blue ghost

24. Newfoundla­nd’s tourist attraction Island

26. Clothed

27. 1981 novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies, The __ __

31. Bok __ (Oven-roasted veggies fave)

33. Insect

35. Traditiona­l dish of Newfoundla­nd with a French flair: 3 wds.

37. Chamber of the House of Commons securityan­d-ceremonial head on Parliament Hill

38. River in the Northwest Territorie­s

39. Top worn with jeans

40. A-listers

41. __ Dinesen (Pen name of Danish writer Karen Blixen)

42. Player’s stick in Canada’s national Summer sport

44. Irish Spring or Dove: 2 wds.

48. “__-haw!”

49. WWII: 1942 battlegrou­nd in the Philippine­s

50. Rock-__ (Classic jukebox)

52. Blasted passage as in the Canadian Rockies: 2 wds.

56. Be the title holder

58. Deplete

60. Pleasant

61. Beat a path with heavy steps

64. Cdn. pickles brand:

2 wds.

66. VRaise the auction paddle

67. High card

68. Billy __, Herman Melville’s ’handsome sailor’

69. Luau dish

72. Fundamenta­l

74. United: French

76. On the Atlantic

79. When primetime shows often start: 2 wds.

82. “Don’t __ __ Why” by Billy Joel

83. Bridal designer’s stock

84. Buddy of “The Beverly Hillbillie­s”

86. Some soup veggies

87. Mr. Davis of “The Client” (1994)

88. Go over the writer’s submission

89. Egypt-set opera

90. Sitarist Mr. Shankar

91. Window blinds strip

92. Travelled as a cowboy

94. Hawaiian fish

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