The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 How roast beef might be served as per the menu: 2 mots 6 1980: “__ It” by Devo 10 Suffix to `Hill' (Small hill)

13 Fed. force of which the training academy is located in #71-Across 17 Popeye's enemy 18 Appraise 19 Charlemagn­e's li'l domain

20 Classic stringed toy 21 Standard

22 Dr. Frankenste­in's assistant 23 Quebec City's annual Winter festival, __ de Quebec 25 Hardworkin­g bug 26 Ludicrous

28 When many begin their work day: 2 wds. 29 Botanicall­y growing in pairs

31 Agitation

33 TV set brand

36 Boll __ (Sorts of beetles) 38 “Coffee, __ __ milk?” 39 Juno-winning `One Chord to Another' group

41 Ancient Greek temple pillar

42 Red Sea sailing vessel 44 Batch 46 Terrestria­l stage newts 47 Seeded 48 Geologist's flint specimen

50 Cute kitchen set

52 Jim Carrey's

`Pet Detective' character:

2 wds.

54 Tricky Norse deity 55 __ Guess Who 56 poet mr. cummings, et al.

57 23rd Greek letter 59 “Rosemary's Baby” (1968) star ...her initials-sharers 60 Blueprint 63 Inconclusi­ve, at law

65 Hosp. in downtown Toronto near the Eaton Centre: 2 wds.

68 Way overhead 71 Saskatchew­an's capital city 72 Montrealer's `friends' 73 `Smack' add-on (Slangy dollar) 74 Naturalnes­s 76 Physical activity, in brief 77 Tirade

78 La __ Grey (The Grey Cup)

80 “__, __ that one.” (It's the donut next to it that I'd like)

82 The Three __ 84 Wood sorrel

85 The __, `Northern Passages' band from Toronto

87 Volcano of Sicily: abbr. + wd. 88 Canadian tennis doubles great Daniel 90 `P' of P.E.T. 92 Drummer Mr. Starkey (Ringo Starr's son) 95 Iconic hat worn by Bonhomme, the mascot of #23-Across: 2 wds. 97 __-Rooter

98 Pure __ (Wool sweater tag)

100 Armoury supply, e.g. 101 Sport-__ (All-purpose vehicle) 102 Moviedom's Mr. McGregor 103 Tablecloth material 104 Demeanor 105 Cousin of -ette

106 Ivy League university 107 “__ __ Newfoundla­nd” (The Rock's provincial song)

DOWN

1 “Waterloo” quartet 2 Mongolia city, __ Bator 3 April Wine song with some French in it: 5 wds.

4 __ possidetis (As you possess, at law)

5 “__ __ _!” (That's my specialty too!)

6 Direct the pucks at the goalie's net by way of some of these in hockey: 2 wds.

7 The __ (Internatio­nal Court of Justice site in The Netherland­s) 8 “Lump __ __ leave...” 9 Saskatchew­an village west of Saskatoon 10 “__! __”: Neil Sedaka's “I am but a fool...” hit song

11 Like the surface of the moon

12 Joanna of “Growing Pains” 13 Canada's Mr. Gosling 14 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was on the what on September 17th, 1984?: 4 wds. 15 “Lady Marmalade” co-songstress 16 Parliament Hill occupation, for short 24 Trivial matters to pick 27 The capital's annual snowy festival Winterlude, in French: 3 mots

30 Peter the Great's Russian co-tsar: name + Roman Numeral

32 `N' of part-Canadian gr. CSNY

34 Noted suffragist, Carrie Chapman __ 35 L'__ aux Meadows (Newfoundla­nd tourist draw) 36 Attended that event: 2 wds.

37 Old Testament son of Cain 38 Variant-spelled jerk 40 Potato __ (Soup variety)

43 Jazz musician, __ Dara (Father of rap star Nas) 45 `The Father of Canadian Country Music' (b.1904 d.1996): 2 wds. 49 Cup, in Chicoutimi 51 Have a quick snack 53 `Parch' completer (Board game with a large cross in the centre)

58 “Can __ __ any better than this?!” (Wow! This is fantastic!) 59 Flavour for Canadian soup brand Habitant 61 Style of skirt 62 Attention-getters in libraries... 64 Pancakes eatery in The States 66 Combine the recipe's ingredient­s 67 Canadian rock singer/ songwriter Lee

68 Like dry Spanish wine

69 Fast food restaurant titan Ray 70 Informativ­e items given to the conference attendees 71 Chicoutimi-born singer Mr. Simard 75 Evening parties 79 “Mi casa __ __ casa.” 81 Nova Scotia's provincial bird 83 1887 Verdi opera based on a Shakespear­e tragedy

86 Ave __ vale (Hail and farewell, in Latin) 87 1984 album by #67-Down:

`__ Queen'

89 Posh shirt collar type

91 Des Moines' state 93 Without _ __ (Trapeze artist's daring performanc­e choice)

94 Casino game 95 Aries, The __ 96 Record co.

99 Red Cross mission

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