COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

Across

1. __ Ditch (Nickname of the Red River Floodway, Winnipeg’s flood control engineering marvel completed in 1968)

6. Lasso

11. Travis __ (Host of CBC News Network show ‘Canada Tonight’)

18. Martin of “SCTV”

19. Finally, in French

20. Effortless task: 2 wds

21. May 8th, 2024... The Belem is the historic __-__ ship setting sail from the Port of Piraeus (Athens, Greece) to carry the sacred Olympic flame across the Mediterranean to the Port of Marseille (France) kicking off the Paris 2024 Olympics torch relay

23. Cheese slices with the holes

24. Prefix meaning ‘Lizard’

25. Joyce of “Three’s Company”

27. Computer keyboard key

28. 19th-century Gothic Revival manor estate on Hamilton Mountain which is one of the participating attractions as per #43-Down

31. Ann Jillian sitcom, “__ _ Living”

32. Snakepit sounds

34. French cuisine ‘fat’

35. Online search engine

37. “__ Were the Days” by Mary Hopkin

39. Canadian actor Michael of “Juno” (2007)

40. Grandma

41. Certain Cervid

42. “Why, __ __ honoured!”

46. Sailing boat sort

47. Chill

48. Praying figure in Christian artwork

50. Away

51. Shakespeare... Heroine in Cymbeline

53. Celebration

54. Towards the ship’s left side

56. Ms. Ryder of “Stranger Things”

58. Believe

60. Realm of King Leonidas

61. “In case you __ noticed...”

62. Fear: French

63. What ‘Rh’ means as per blood types

65. ‘Ear’-meaning prefix

66. Newspaper’s viewpoint pieces

68. Old Testament bk.

69. Bausch + __ (Contact lenses care brand)

72. Stitched

74. Cries of the crows!

75. Soak flax

76. “Pursuit of the Graf __” (1956)

77. “_ __ agree.” (Ditto from me)

79. Applesauce brand

81. “Raise a Little __” by Trooper

82. Comparatively unique: 2 wds.

85. “The Jeffersons” song: “Movin’ __ __”

87. C2H5OH

89. Alphabet trio

90. New York City restaurant known for its wall art of celebrity caricatures

92. Concise

93. Saskatchewan village; or, an American political family surname

95. Fiddleheads plant: 2 wds.

100. Daytime theatre showing

101. Humdinger

102. Eagle’s cliff lookout

103. Vegas vows-exchangers

104. Upper crust

105. Mythological tree nymph

Down

1. Springtime hrs. in Ottawa

2. Boyz II Men chart-topper: “__ Ahh”

3. Favouring

4. Grizzly’s catch of the day: 2 wds.

5. Cook broccoli in a way

6. Place the coffee table over there instead

7. “__ __ doing...” (Thereby)

8. Captain’s sternward direction

9. Affiliated with: 2 wds.

10. Continental range of the Condor

11. Lucille’s sitcom co-star

12. Month of May birth flower alongside the Lily of the Valley

13. Lord’s Prayer part: “...__ __ __ in Heaven.”

14. Where Albany is the cap.

15. Flowers in a Spanish bouquet

16. Anoint

17. Banters and jokes

22. __ Thai, ‘The Art of Eight Limbs’

26. Historic thoroughfare in St. John’s: 2 wds.

28. Canadian taxes... ‘A’ in CRA [abbr.]

29. Carbamide

30. One is receive ronlledddown to one’s drive-thru order: 2 wds.

31. Heroine in The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-lytton

33. ‘Six’ in Sicily

36. Anne of Green Gables frightful forest: 2 wds.

38. Fire up

41. Performs

43. Hamilton event welcoming the public to explore the city’s cultural and heritage architectural sites on May 4th and May 5th, 2024: 2 wds.

44. Hollywood legend Mr. Reynolds

45. “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969) role, __ Place

47. Toronto cultural attraction, __ Khan Museum

49. Faucets

52. Particular preposition

53. Collie’s coat

55. Thunder Bay born bandleader for David Letterman: 2 wds.

56. “__ the Boss?” (1980s sitcom)

57. ‘Different’ add-on (Distinguish)

59. Mr. Tamblyn of “West Side Story” (1961)

60. Prepared

62. Vegetable soup ingredients

64. Bestseller by Canadian author Mary-ann Kirkby, Secrets of a __ Kitchen

67. Ontario _ _ __ Doug Ford

68. Plummet

70. Canadian singer Brian of “Middleman”

71. Info desk sounder

73. Ms. Vardalos, Canadian filmmaker

78. Mr. Lupin (The ‘Gentleman Burglar’ of Maurice Leblanc books)

79. Clam-like shellfish

80. Glue __ (Avery brand adhesive)

82. Billy Joel’s “Don’t __ __ Why”

83. Rob

84. “__ __ You” by Bryan Adams

86. Ancient mythological weeper

88. “The Secret __ __ Missed” by Manic Street Preachers

91. Deli loaves

92. __ After Shave

94. __-and-tuck

96. Martial Art, __ Chi

97. ‘Brew’ suffix

98. River inlet

99. “Waking __ Devine” (1998) May 4, 2024