COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. 2023 World __ Ice Hockey Championships (May 28th to June 4th in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan)
5. 0 Meridian letters
8. Not kosher
12. Carangid fish
16. Canada __ (Famous ginger ales)
17. Pacific sailing boat
18. Roof part
19. Five-star
20. The Group of Seven adventure to creatively render Canada’s beautiful landscapes: 2 wds.
24. Hollywood star in Shania Twain’s hit “That Don’t Impress Me Much”: 2 wds.
25. John Paul __ (Julian’s portrayer on Canadian comedy “Trailer Park Boys”)
26. __-Rivieres, Quebec
27. Religious faction
29. CFL trophy, __ Cup
30. Canadian dessert classic, McCain __’_ Delicious Cake
31. Tiny, to Scottish poet Robert Burns
32. “__ Smile” by Hall & Oates
34. NYC-bound plane’s landing site, an alternative to JFK
37. Los Angeles Angels’ city
39. Canadian singer of 1983 dance music hit “So Many Men, So Little Time”: 2 wds.
43. Assemblage
44. Beak
46. Zap the leftovers
47. __ and aahed
48. __ Falls (Jasper National Park attraction in Alberta)
51. It’s an American upscale department store, commonly
53. __ solution (Contact lenses rinse)
56. __ __ is human...
58. Prefix that means ‘Tin’
59. Sign with the play’s lines: 2 wds.
61. Used as a source: 2 wds.
63. Anne Murray’s “You Needed Me” hit bit: “I cried _ __, you wiped it dry...”
64. Medieval chest
66. ‘Court’ completer (Good manners)
67. Caesar’s 402
71. Hangout on Canadian classic “The Beachcombers” where locals would have a coffee, chat and a snack: 2 wds.
74. Reverences
76. Broadcasted safety message [acronym]
77. Bygone Ford cars
78. Throughout, in verse
80. Belgian artist James of 1890 painting The Intrigue
81. Sonic sound!
83. Scottish hats
85. ‘B’ of NKOTB
86. Historic mining town in Quebec now known as Val-des-Sources
90. Fetch as a ‘Golden’ dog
92. 19 __ __ (Apt address of Toronto attraction Allan Gardens Conservatory)
96. Revise
97. “Right back __ __!” (Same to you, funstyle)
98. Sport-__ (Versatile vehicles)
99. They’re written and inserted into envelopes, for short
100. “I Try” by __ Gray
101. Publ. speaking skill
102. Born, in the social pages
103. SINs equivalents in The States
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1. Local law enforcement hdqrs.
2. __ of the Covenant
3. Montreal smoked meat sandwich need: 2 wds.
4. DRAO = Dominion Radio __ Observatory (World-class celestial research facility in Kaleden, British Columbia)
5. Hold
6. Belief of oneness
7. Professional wrestling partnership: 2 wds.
8. __-Mex cuisine
9. Bewitched
10. New Brunswick’s provincial tree the Balsam Fir is one
11. Like the politics on Parliament Hill
12. Watched idly: 2 wds.
13. Helix
14. Old World buffalo
15. Contradict
17. High level degs.
21. Michael of “The Cider House Rules” (1999)
22. Endless list stopper [abbr.]
23. 1980 George Harrison autobiography, _ __ Mine
26. __ _’clock in the morning
28. Drafting tool, _-__
30. Smidgen
31. Duck variety
33. Great __ (North Atlantic extinct flightless seabird)
34. Lindsay of “Mean Girls” (2004)
35. Edmund of “The Trouble with Harry” (1955)
36. __ __ it goes (There you have it!)
38. __ tube (Cottage lake float)
40. Debit card service in Canada
41. Arrigo __ (b.1842 - d.1918 ...Librettist for Verdi’s 1893 opera Falstaff)
42. Releases from founded-in-Winnipeg-in1949 publisher Harlequin: 2 wds.
45. Baseball __
49. Having a single component
50. Modern radio-style program
52. Annual athletics awards since 1993
53. Rapscallion
54. Cars, for short
55. Character voiced by Katey Sagal on sci-fi cartoon “Futurama”
57. 1836: Monogram of the American essayist of Nature
60. ‘City of Lakes’ in Nova Scotia
62. __-friendly
65. Wine selection
68. Top of Everest back to base camp journeys
69. “__ _ _.” (Things are fine with me)
70. Tel Aviv, __.
72. Grooved-tacks toy racer: 2 wds.
73. Toronto .... Rogers Centre crowd pleaser: 2 wds.
75. Sitcoms can be watched on one, for short
79. Millionaire’s manor milieu
81. Cake mix brand, __ Crocker
82. “The Six Million Dollar Man” agcy.
84. Indonesia’s __ Islands
85. Partiality
86. “Cough...”
87. 1984: “Go for __” by Kim Mitchell
88. __-a-brac
89. Leonard __ aka ‘King of the Cowboys’ Roy Rogers
91. US Marine who became an actor, _. __ Ermey (b.1944 - d.2018)
93. Inky arm pic
94. Vase
95. -ette like ending