COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Letters to the left of GHJKL on the computer keyboard 5. Montreal Canadiens, to hockey fans

9. Plea “Pretty, please!” 12. Taken __ (Surprised) 17. Brogue or Oxford 18. “There ought to be _ __ against that!” 19. Letter `H' in Athens 20. __ aves (`Rare birds' in Latin)

21. Start to `scope' (Capricorn's daily read) 22. Brand of spring water from Mirabel, Quebec 23. It's sold by Canadian companies The Brick and Leon's

25. `The Canadian Samson' ... Lifter-of-extremelyheavy-weights Louis Cyr (b.1863 - d.1912) was known as the what?: 3 wds. 28. Dwindles, __ out 29. Pre-Fri. day 30. Kimono accessories 31. Pu-__ (Variety of tea from China)

32. Rip

34. Turn to for trusty support: 2 wds.

36. Ara __ Prec (1920 T.S. Eliot poetry volume) 39. Irving, Grant and Schumer 41. Fancy-style muscle/ strength

43. Chum

44. Prefix to `phone' (Antique record player) 46. Gym bag powders 48. Kathie Gifford link 49. Old road of Rome 51. Panache

52. Add to the bowl, as per a recipe: 2 wds. 54. Instruct

56. Young eels 58. Delivery trucks 59. Sewing __ 60. Clairvoyant 61. Traditional coneshaped dwelling 63. Skincare formula

65. Hockey game segment 68. Simplicity

69. 1991: “Walking in Memphis” by Marc __ 71. Furrow

73. Carolyn __ (Pen name behind `Nancy Drew' mysteries) 74. Certain cliff

76. Show agreement 77. Genuine

79. Twirl 80. Reserved

81. Get by salary-wise: 2 wds. 84. Scoundrel

86. Singer Mr. Orbison 87. Range in Russia, __ Mountains

88. Tree in Gilligan's island backyard 90. `Rabbits' in Rimouski 92. Rock classic “Flip Flop and Fly” was famously covered in 1973 by this legendary Canadian group: 3 wds. 97. Town or Bay in Newfoundland

98. __ __ were (Seemingly) 99. Me-me-me's ...and more me's!

101. Lone Star State

denizen

102. Putrefaction

103. “Song for the __”

(Maritime folk tune)

104. __ mater

105. `Speak'

Shakespearean-style

106. Certain compass pt.

107. Tennis serving whiz

108. Old depilatory brand

DOWN

1. Fireplace stuff 2. Non-slip accessory in the bathroom: 2 wds. 3. Winnipeg-born poet (b.1909 - d.1996) who won the Governor General's Literary Award, first in 1944 and again in 1947: 2 wds. 4. American-born Canadian star Colm of “Bon Cop, Bad Cop” (2006)

5. Landline telephone piece

6. Sigher's word s... 7. Thoroughfare-offinance in downtown Toronto: 2 wds. 8. Strip of fabric

9. Shot often taken (in order to `After' see the progress made) at the commencement of a fitness overhaul: 2 wds. 10. Vingt-__-__ (`Twentyone' in Quebec) 11. Frightful spout on the cathedral

12. On the way up from the horizon 13. Newfoundland... Joe __ Arm (Fogo Island community) 14. Variety of lily 15. “Fame” (1980) star Irene

16. Eager

24. Biblical peak 26. Lettered transportation service in Edmonton 27. 1921 Karel Capek sci-fi play

28. Marshy matters 33. Toronto Marlies sports org.

35. Thin wood strip 36. Windsor-born broadcaster, a Member of the Order of Canada: 2 wds.

37. Mr. Sharif of “Doctor Zhivago” (1965) 38. William and Harry, to Prince Charles 40. Windshield clearer in Winter

42. The news segment of created-by-a-Canadian (Lorne Michaels) sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live”: 2 wds.

45. Holds in high honour 47. Trigonometry ratio 50. Aretha Franklin's signature song segment: “_-_-_-_-E-C-T / Find out what it means to me...”

53. Itsy-bitsy bit of a min. 55. Oxygen

57. Potato __ Soup 61. “Guarding __” (1994) starring Shirley MacLaine

62. Apiece 63. “Begone!” 64. Canadian channel of VJs and videos launched in 1984 66. One of Saint Basil's Cathedral's vivid architectural features in Moscow: 2 wds. 67. Oscar-winning Canadian director Mr. Arcand

70. Carton of soy milk capacity, for instance: 2 wds.

72. French restaurant `tea' 75. %

78. The Tornados' 1962 chart-topping instrumental hit 82. Comic actress Madeline 83. Identifying flap on the office file 85. Newfoundland pup 87. Character in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757

89. Loads transporter in The Andes 91. Ancient song of joy of Greece 92. `Produce' and `Bakery' in the grocery store [abbr.] 93. __ europaea (Olive, botanically) 94. Candle-ish or Crayon-ish 95. “The __ in Winter” (1968)

96. Ireland

100. Rested