COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. “__ appetit!”

4. Early PCS platform

9. __ _' tea (Scones go-with)

13. Baseball VIP

16. Figure skating great Midori

17. J.R.R. Tolkien... The ‘Lord' of Lord of the Rings

18. Host of “Big Brother Canada”: 2 wds.

20. World Famous __ __ Museum, in Torrington in Alberta

22. Herpetologists study them

23. Interest of Global Affairs Canada: 2 wds.

25. ‘Advert' add-ons

26. Manitoba municipality

27. New York Met in baseball, e.g.

28. Royal House of France once

30. Bird bill

31. Canadian chocolate bar, __. __

34. Went by bike

36. First wife (b.1899 d.1951) of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker

37. Ballerina Ms. Shearer of “The Red Shoes” (1948)

38. Canadian singer Shawn

40. Beatles member in the early Hamburg days

41. Bullfighter's cloak

44. One thinking up titles for things

46. Ukrainian-canadian artist Leo Mol, for example

48. ‘Wife' in Latin

49. Put onto the throne

51. Particular pronoun

52. Most hauntingly strange

54. Speed meas. on Canadian roads

55. Folksy percussion instrument

59. Canadian choo-choo co.

60. Autumn, for one

62. ‘The water' in Quebec City

63. Canadian band, __ Rush

68. Improvise

69. Scratching target

70. Gravestone engraving

71. ‘Splendor Sine __' (‘Splendour Without Diminishment', motto of British Columbia)

73. Saint-__ (Municipality in Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula)

75. Mr. Burdon of The Animals

77. Additional

78. Subatomic particle

79. Here: Spanish

82. White __ (Manitoba's provincial tree)

84. ‘Husband' in Hull

86. Catherine of __ (King Henry VIII'S first wife)

88. The Dalai __

89. Stage name of Canadian concerts impresario Mister Tarlton: name + initial + name

92. Ottawa-__, Canada's National Capital Region

94. Canadian Pacific president William Cornelius Van Horne (b.1843 - d.1915), for example: 2 wds.

95. “__ __ Love Affair” by Bryan Adams

96. Group of nine

97. Commotion

98. Wanna-__ (Aspirants)

99. “Baloney!” in Britain 100. Canadian broadcaster Ms. Edeh

101. Roosted

DOWN

1. Season sports tickets purchaser often: 2 wds.

2. Peter of “The Lion in Winter” (1968)

3. “Don't worry, I can informally handle this!”: 2 wds.

4. Products by Canadian food brand Becel

5. Norse navigator Leif's last name ‘Erikson', pronounced Air-ihk-__

6. Fall

7. Tea type

8. Fishhook line

9. Yukon's sandy area which was once a glacial lake, __ Desert

10. 1934 Chemistry Nobelist, Harold __ (b.1893 - d.1981)

11. Charles Dickens protagonist

12. Ancient seaport of Rome

13. Canadian Museum of Nature's address in Ottawa, 240 __ __

14. Enters the edifice: 2 wds. 15. Doc's written orders

17. Quaky prefix to ‘graph'

19. Grocery store cleanup spot

21. Female octopus

24. ‘Prem' suffix (Theatrical debut)

28. Calf: French

29. ‘Lizard'-meaning suffix

32. Southern Ontario... County of __ (Where the Grand River flows)

33. Big name in pet food

35. “It's Like That” by Run-_ _ _

37. Frank __, Montreal-born guitarist and leader of the rock group at #63-Across

38. ‘Flag' in French; or, surname of Montreal's mayor during Expo 67

39. Sugar substitute, Sweet'_ __

41. Actor's hint

42. “Timber!” tool

43. Snatchers of front door deliveries during the Pandemic: 2 wds.

45. “Yikes!” ...and more “Yikes!”

47. Toronto __ Library

50. Jazz trumpeter Mr. Jones (b.1923 - d.1986)

53. Therefore

55. Springs

56. Where ‘the neon lights are bright' in song: 2 wds.

57. Lake: French 58. “I __ Ya Papi” by Jennifer Lopez

61. Veer sharply

63. Mil. food-in-packets

64. 1980 spoof movie for Canadian star Leslie Nielsen!

65. Supplier to Wile E. Coyote

66. Sergeant, e.g.

67. Nova Scotia port town

72. Canadian comedian Mr. Cullen

74. Encroachment

76. Curry powder ingredient

78. Alyssa of “Charmed” 79. Bright lizards

80. “Escape (The Pina __ Song)”

81. Excepting...: 2 wds.

83. “__ __ be true?” (Is that possible?)

85. Pinker at the steakhouse

87. “__ Way You Want It” by Journey

89. Morse Code bits

90. Clamours

91. __ Wyck (1941 memoir by Canadian painter Emily Carr)

92. Lump of chewed gum

93. Self-pride