The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- by Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Stage showing 5 Radar signal

9 `But' in Bouchervil­le 13 Heal 17 Highway division 18 Nevada gambling destinatio­n 19 Prefix to `potent' (Almighty) 20 Butter alternativ­e 21 Cloth scraps

22 Mr. Martel (Canadian author of Life of Pi) 23 The Guess Who's `tart' song that goes “Whatever happened to homes as opposed to houses?”: 2 wds. 25 Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005 also famously a journalist: 2 wds. 28 Rove

29 The grape soft drinks Radar likes on “M*A*S*H”

30 “But is __ __?” (Museum visitor's query) 34 Ordinary/usual 36 Teutonic thunder god 38 Lucentio's servant in Shakespear­e's The Taming of the Shrew 39 Portage in Winnipeg, e.g.

40 US Pres. monogram from 1977 to 1981 42 Two beats to the measure in music 44 Internal/inwardly 45 Slitherer found in Alberta, __-__ __ __ 50 “Go team!” cheer 51 Animals-in-captivity venues

52 Tripled 53 Calgary's slogan on its city crest

56 Elk 58 Green-and-white transport to/from Toronto's Union Station: 2 wds. 61 Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts song: 2 wds. 62 Tree of Hawaii 65 ICAO (Internatio­nal Civil Aviation Organizati­on) is headquarte­red in Montreal and it's a specialize­d what?: 3 wds.

71 River islets

72 They answer PC users' queries 73 “My Gal __” (1942) 74 Explosive AC/DC tune

75 “I don't need that document right away.”: 2 wds. 77 `Themes' in Spain 80 The fellow stated ... : 2 wds. 82 Example of an ancient time: wd. + acr.

83 Jack of “The Texas Rangers” (1936) 85 Drill hole

86 Alanis Morissette's smash 1995 album now a stage musical: 3 wds.

92 DC Comics star 95 Seafood fish of Hawaii, when doubled

96 __ _ good time (Enjoys oneself) 97 “Modern Family” star Mr. Stonestree­t

98 Vitality/power [abbr.]

99 Spawned

1001963: “Mockingbir­d”

by __ & Charlie Foxx

101Window

blinds strip

102Natural­ness 103Nobel Peace Prize

location

104Feudal

labourer

DOWN

1 Beg

2 British vehicle the Royal Family likes: 2 wds.

3 Sci-Fi thriller starring Canadian actor Arthur Hill based on Michael Crichton's 1969 novel, “The __ Strain” (1971)

4 “No you are not.” retort: 3 wds. 5 Welsh opera singer Mr. Terfel

6 “Blue” singer Ms. Rimes 7 Requiring resources: 2 wds. 8 Cardigan alternativ­e in Spring 9 Extinct marine reptile like `Bruce' at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, Manitoba 10 `Love' in Madrid 11 Person of The Arctic 12 Round Table gents 13 Cyclist's crosscount­ry choice: 2 wds.

14 Mr. Wallach

15 Hair holder 16 Anonymous surname 24 `Evening' in Quebec 26 Cartoon-like icon of digital communicat­ion 27 Ms. Ronstadt of song and Ms. Evans of television 31 Year's historic record 32 1922: The Sonnets to Orpheus poet, Rainer Maria __ (b.1875 d.1926) 33 Casually considered the idea 34 Elevator __ 35 “Waking __ Devine” (1998) 37 Researcher's document, in brief 38 Montreal-born country star Ms. Clark 41 French painter of The Blue Vase, Paul __ (b.1839 - d.1906) 43 Allow to go by: 2 wds. 46 Canadian filmmaker Ben Proudfoot is a co-nominee (with Kris Bowers) in the `Documentar­y (__ __)' category for “A Concerto is a Conversati­on” at the upcoming Oscars on Sunday,

April 25th, 2021 47 Nova Scotia's Cape _'__ Lighthouse 48 Deity

49 Fixed, as a wedding date 54 Highlands `no' 55 Woodworkin­g measuremen­t 56 Court

57 Writer Ms. Rand 58 Organic fertilizer 59 Recipe's sliced tearsinduc­er

60 Nice novel name? 61 Dreary 63 Denizens of Hamilton's province 64 Founder of that famous TV show ratings company, _._. __ (b.1897 - d.1980) 66 Perform in theatre 67 Saskatchew­an village northeast of Regina 68 “Ooh!” counterpar­t 69 The __ (Ottawa neighbourh­ood) 70 `Until now' in corporate talk [acronym] 76 Incision reminder 78 `__ Alogo': 1984 album by Canadian rocker Kim Mitchell 79 Ravi Shankar's instrument­s 81 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife 84 Lucy's sitcom best friend 87 Clarified butter

88 Ms. Rowlands of “The Notebook” (2004) 89 '70s hit in Spanish: “__ Tu”

90 Cruise ship's swimming pool deck 91 Lounge/loaf

92 The Outsiders author Ms. Hinton, et al. 93 www address

94 Ms. Zadora

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