COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1. Gordon Lightfoot’s “Song __ _ Winter’s Night” 5. “Now!” 9. Mr. Frost of Winter 13. Nasty like Scrooge 17. Have __ __ (Know ‘somebody’) 18. “O’er the fields __ __...” (Bit of #9-Down) 19. “Should we stay __ __ go out?” 20. “This __ __ delicious!” (Great stuffing!) 21. “God __ Ye Merry Gentlemen” (The Barenaked Ladies covered it) 22. So far, __ __ yet 23. Italian saint Philip 24. Arm arts 25. Dryer’s fuzz 27. Cheer on! 29. “And heaven and __ sing!” (#56-Down bit) 31. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has eleven 34. “__ the ancient Yuletide carol...” (“Deck the Halls”) 35. Athens’ li’l country 36. Burning as yule logs 37. Orange __ (Tea type) 38. Wintertime fabric 42. Auberges 43. Appetizers holder 44. Elvis Presley’s “__ Christmas” 46. Pub drink 47. Caviar 48. To __ it may concern... 49. Teddy __ (Christmas gift classic) 50. Hot spiced __ cider 52. Laughed like lambs 54. Pouts like the Grinch 55. Make treats at Christmas 56. “__ Old Saint Nicholas” 57. Holy book 58. Mr. Firth of Christmassy flick “Love Actually” (2003) 59. River of England 60. Cascades 61. Northern France cathedral city where Joan of Arc was executed in 1431 62. OMG! = Oh __ __! 63. Nautical direction 64. “It’s coming on Christmas...” Alberta birthplace of “River” singer Joni Mitchell, __ Macleod 65. NHL official 68. Snowboarder, e.g. 69. J-O link 70. __-Raspberry (Ocean Spray flavour) 71. Feed on festive food 72. “Gloria, __ in excelsis!” (Latin bit of “Ding Dong Merrily on High”) 75. Sleepy 77. “On the __ day of Christmas / My true love gave to me...” 78. “Where __ _ begin?” 79. Reindeer’s nozzle 80. Christmas cookies content 81. Lead-in-time to Christmas 84. Yangs opposites 85. “All I __ for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” 86. Courts 87. “Just hear those sleigh bells jingling / Ring __ tingling, too...” 89. Prune the Poinsettia 91. Particular 95. Mine entrance 96. Engrave 97. Comfort 98. “Make You Mine This Season”: New festive tune of 2020 by Canadian duo Tegan & __ 99. Yesteryear 100. Shakespearean verb 101. Tints 102. Stash in the sack in Santa’s sleigh
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1. Outlying 2. “Then __ foggy Christmas eve...” 3. ‘_’ __ for Rudolph 4. Reindeer’s pride 5. “Seven __ a-swimming...” 6. “The First Noel” (Famously covered by Winnipeg band Crash __ Dummies) 7. In Christmas times past... 8. Vegan’s traditional Christmas platter serving 9. Christmas tune covered by #49-Down: 2 wds. 10. “...you’re as charming as __ __, Mr. Grinch.” 11. English horn, __ Anglais 12. Kris __, “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) character 13. One of a Winter-wear duo 14. Isaac’s elder twin son 15. Starry sci. 16. Rudolph’s is red 26. Bono’s li’l land (One of the singers of #43-Down) 28. Pal of Tigger 30. The Altar constellation 31. Match 32. “__ __ one else minds I’ll have that last Christmas cookie.” 33. Christmas decorations: 2 wds. 34. Winnipeg Jets 37. Nudge 38. Arctic Wolves coats 39. Christmas table-setting piece: 2 wds. 40. Vera-__, “White Christmas” (1954) actress 41. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda __ 43. 1984: “Do __ Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid 45. Frozen skating spot 48. Ridged like corduroy 49. Burnaby-british-columbiaborn singer Michael whose 2011 album ‘Christmas’ topped the charts 50. “There’s something __ Christmas time...” - Bryan Adams 51. Faded 53. And 54. Christmas tune covered by #49-Down: 2 wds. 56. “__ __ the World” 57. Lips treatment 58. It’s for popping in “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” 60. “’Tis the season to be jolly __ __...” 61. Something snowplowed 62. __-Jongg 64. Guitar bar 66. Duck, in Dusseldorf 67. Canadian actor Brendan of 2011 made-for-tv movie “A Christmas Kiss” 69. Hand-crafted Christmas gift, __ sweater 70. Like the Christmas mincepies 71. The elf Hermey (voiced by Canadian actor Paul Soles) dreams of being one in TV classic “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” 73. “__ Fideles” 74. No, to Le Pere Noel 76. Particle 77. Cookie __ 79. Lip __ (Sings the carols without singing) 80. Video __ (Popular gifts at Christmas) 81. “__ in a Manger” 82. Extinct bird of Mauritius 83. See, in Quebec 85. Magi = __ Men 88. Olympic figure skating great Midori 90. Sun beam 92. Universal ideal 93. ‘Green’ add-on (Mistletoe, for instance) 94. Dec. 25th... Merry X-__!