COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

Across

1. Coast-to-coast Cdn. cars course

5. Forest-Ontario-raised singer Ms. Gryner of “Valencia” and “Summerlong”

8. Sand __ (Golf course obstacle)

12. __ paper

17. The Grand River flows through this Ontario city

19. “The Handmaid’s Tale” streaming service in The States

20. Mount __, Bylot Island (Nunavut painting by Lawren Harris)

21. Actress who plays Paul Newman’s romantic interest in “From the Terrace” (1960) ...directed by Canada’s Mark Robson: 2 wds.

22. Home util. bill

23. Sydney __ (Cape Breton Island community)

24. Slogan at an anti modern weaponry rally: 2 wds.

25. They fly when grinding metal

27. Catalan painter Joan of The Tilled Field

28. The __ (Family of The Power of Positive Thinking writer Norman Vincent)

29. Entry charge

30. Leads the way

32. Belonging to Sicily’s famous volcano

33. The Honourable __ __, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada

36. Buenos Aires’ country [abbr.]

37. Nonpareil

39. Computer symbols

40. Fiji’s __ Islands

43. Canadian ‘mile’, for short

44. Surnamesakes of writer Anais

45. Cold spell

46. Sugary

48. “Pursuit of the Graf __” (1956)

50. Canadian ski slopes legend Nancy

52. Winnie-the-Pooh stories character

53. Red Deer tourist attraction, __ __ Hall of Fame

57. “My sentiments exactly!”: 2 wds.

60. “__ Funk” by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars

61. Poetry event

65. __ _. Blige (Grammy-winning singer)

66. Ebb or Neap

68. Quiz

70. Historic time

71. Choose

72. Earthy pigment

74. Keep one’s __ __ the ground

75. TV sitcom diner boss

76. Half-moon-shaped pastries

78. WWII: Battle of the North Atlantic enemy vessel

80. Spring Training locale in Florida for the Toronto Blue Jays

83. Gunk

84. Position

85. “__ __ the other hand...”

86. Avenue de _’__-deVille (Montreal street)

89. NASA moon missions

90. Wetland

92. Where Muscat is the capital city

93. Detective series which starred Canada’s Raymond Burr

94. Happen as a result

95. US campus mil. program

96. Delicate, as spider webs

97. Accomplish, olde-style

98. Meddlesome

99. Holly’s “The Piano” (1993) role

100. Tidying target

Down

1. Vancouver-born star Michael Ontkean played the Sheriff on this mysterious early-’90s series set in a fictional Pacific Northwest town: 2 wds.

2. Paddled adventure for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau whilst wearing a buckskin jacket: 2 wds.

3. Tilted: 3 wds.

4. Interstellar cloud of dust and gas

5. Some fashion magazine issues

6. Fevrier, par exemple

7. Day after Sun.

8. Nickname for Manitoba’s capital city: 2 wds.

9. British actress Ms. Lenska

10. Blue Jay, in the MLB

11. Action at centre ice to start the game: 2 wds.

12. ‘Societe de Transport de Montreal’, in brief

13. Porch’s lovely sound makers

14. Like old Germanic letters

15. Watchful

16. Money units of Mexico

18. Makes much money: 2 wds.

25. Cover, in falconry

26. Authorize the contract

29. British Columbia’s longest river

31. Variety of apple

33. Comedy or Drama or Action, as per movies

34. Most exquisite

35. Portuguese writer, __ de Queiroz (b.1845 - d.1900)

38. Nova Scotia town known for Scallops

40. Mr. DiCaprio to Hollywood pals

41. Irish airline, __ Lingus

42. Sport-__ (All-purpose vehicle)

45. Severus __ (‘Harry Potter’ professor)

47. The Swiss Family Robinson author Johann

49. 1977 Commodores hit song

51. Chopin piano pieces

52. Max of Surrealist art

54. RM of __ No. 128 (Saskatchewan rural municipality)

55. Prince Edward Island grown product

56. Payment makers

57. Texter’s “What I think is...”

58. Swimming circuit

59. Lettered transportation in Edmonton

62. 7Up soft drink flavour: 2 wds.

63. (403) Calgary & (204) Winnipeg: 2 wds.

64. Chocolate orb-shaped treats from Britain

66. __ Sheep (Yukon mountain animal)

67. US tax†collector

69. Newfoundland fried dough servings with molasses

73. Spring

74. Organic compound

76. Statistics Canada population count

77. CSA, Canadian Space __

79. New Brunswick’s provincial tree, __ Fir

80. Shaped like the Rogers Centre roof in Toronto

81. ‘Heavens’-meaning prefix

82. Thor, __ thunder god

84. ‘Bride’ in Italy

87. Herman Melville tale

88. Inky arm pics

89. Baseball star Alex Rodriguez, to fans

91. Irate, __ up

93. Lettered grocery store