The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Taxis 5 Pierre's pals in Paris 9 “Is it just __ __...” (Has anyone else noticed?) 13 Fleur-de-__ 16 Island of Indonesia near Java 17 Break the oath as an Olympic athlete 18 Odd, to a Scot 19 Ms. Rudolph of “Saturday Night Live” 20 Ocean Spray flavour, __-Raspberry 21 True: French 22 The great victory, and sacrifice, of the Canadian Corps of April 9th to April 12th, 1917 ... The Battle of __ __ 24 1993 movie based on the “Saturday Night Live” alien family 26 Sprained ankle remedy: 2 wds. 27 & 28 Prince Valiant's son 29 French titles for ladies [abbr.] 31 House-cooling syst. 35 “_ __ be hallucinat­ing.” (Lostin-the-desert thought) 37 Embellish 39 Weapon: French 40 Intrinsic 42 Nobleman's domain 44 Newbie 45 Tiger: French 46 Jeans fabric 47 Gets the chicken back into the coop: 2 wds. 50 Research facil. 51 Brag 52 __ Cloud, in Astronomy 53 RMS Titanic's began from England in Southampto­n on April 10th, 1912 ... : 3 wds. 60 Peter Fonda's 1997 movie beekeeper 61 __ __ Beaufort (Beaufort Sea, en francais) 62 Dripped red vein stuff 63 “(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry” singer Ms. Love 66 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Machine sleuth voiced by Canadian actress Nicole Jaffe 67 Panorama 68 Choir voice 69 Stanley bellowed her name in “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951) 71 Ontario village north of Kingston 72 Suddenly flee 73 The __ MacNeils (Celtic band from Cape Breton) 74 Margaret Atwood children's-bookturned-cartoon, Wandering __ 75 Spot a single something say: 2 wds. 77 Mother goddess in Canadian filmmaker James Cameron's blockbuste­r “Avatar” (2009) 79 Certain compass pt. 80 Director Mr. Craven 83 Calgary neighbourh­ood 85 Burton Cummings rose to the occasion with this hit: 2 wds. 88 Plan using the calendar: 3 wds. 91 Bean variety 92 Call __ question 93 Completed 94 Small buffalo 95 Receptive 96 1961: “Mother-inLaw” by Ernie _-__ 97 Dog's tail flick 98 Copy of an orig. 99 Musical pause 100`Edmonton' add-ons (Oilers game fans)

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1 “Murdoch Mysteries” airer's website, ___.__ 2 Brother of Moses 3 Threatened yellow throated and high-dome-shelled creature in Ontario: 2 wds. 4 British Columbia's motto, `Splendor __ Occasu' (Splendour Without Diminishme­nt) 5 Inauspicio­us 6 Canadian Pacific Railway photograph­er, Nicholas __ (b.1910 b.1999) 7 Big name in tablets 8 Earthquake 9 World of film 10 One way Norse explorer Leif's last name is spelled 11 Elm: French 12 Big name in sunglasses 13 Chap 14 Charlottet­own Airport code 15 Freelancer's mailing encl. 19 The Canada Goose: 2 wds. 23 Bollywood star Aishwarya 25 High fashion, __ couture 30 As per #53-Across... It changed for safety after April 15th, 1912: 2 wds. 32 Indigenous powerhouse vocalist of current album `Church House Blues': 2 wds. 33 Biblical father of King Ahab 34 Vegas brightener 36 Carleton __ __ National Historic Site of Canada (Circular coastal defence fort in Saint John, New Brunswick) 38 Guitarist Mr. Cooder, and namesakes 40 “I can't help __ __...” (Excuse starter) 41 Pianist/singer Ms. Simone 42 Glow 43 Looped vase handle 46 Canada's currency, curtly 48 Nautically hoisted 49 Tic-Tac-Toe winning line 51 “__ trabajo!” (“Good job!” in Spanish) 54 Cost 55 Computer company 56 Humour columnist Ms. Bombeck 57 Employer's confidenti­ality document for employees, commonly 58 Songbook standard: “I __ _ Kick Out of You” 59 Village called `A Little Bit of Holland in Saskatchew­an' 63 Taps on the undereye moisturize­r 64 “Wake Me Up” singer Mr. Blacc 65 Conductor, __-Pekka Salonen 66 Quite close: 2 wds. 67 Like the barn topped with a rotational weather ornament 70 Conifer's crown 71 Saskatchew­an village; or, Sports championsh­ip emblem 73 Dan Aykroyd's character in #24-Across 74 Uses the loom 76 1969: First man on the Moon's monogram 78 “__ __ me...” (When it comes to what I want...) 81 “Rocket Man” singer Mr. John 82 Gin flavouring­s 84 Denizen of Denmark 86 Scotch __ 87 Polynesian amulet 88 Cut the grass 89 Hollywood's Ms. Gardner 90 Beer barrel

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