COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Singer’s trophy, e.g. 4 Madrid house ‘room’ 8 Musician’s musicmaker, mini-ly 13 Greek†alphabet letter
16 Man’s courtesy title in Quebec
18 __ de Castor (Canadian pastries BeaverTails, in French)
20 Canadian actress Sandra’s of “Killing Eve”
21 Trickster such as the hero Nanabozho in Anishinaabe storytelling that can change form: 2 wds.
24 Duke of Illyria in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
25 W. __ Wilson (Canadian entrepreneur famously of CBC’s “Dragons’ Den”) 26 Knitted cloak often trimmed with fringes 27 Transfixed
29 ‘Count’ completer 30 Sound in ‘Cube’ but not ‘Cub’: wd. + letter
31 Medieval chest
34 __ of paper
36 The Snowy Owl’s might reach 1.5 metres (150 centimetres or 59 inches)
39 Brooded
41 They: French
42 2005 Rihanna song: “__ __ Replay” 43 Giver of a veil to Odysseus 44 DESIDERANTES __ PATRIAM (Motto of the Order of Canada meaning ‘They desire a better country’) 46 Doug __ (Premier of Ontario)
47 Take __ __ the waist (Do some tailoring) 48 Juno-winning rock producer Bob
49 The __ Ocean (Brrrr!) 51 Brunei’s capital, Bandar __ Begawan 52 Canadian grocery store chain
54 Egyptian __ (Cat breed)
55 Joni Mitchell song: 2 wds.
57 Contented meow
58 Ship of the 1845 Franklin Expedition 61 Sticker
62 “Willie and the Hand Jive” by Johnny __ 63 1970s Spanish hit: “__ Tu”
64 Scobey-__ (Montana-toSaskatchewan border crossing)
67 ‘60s TV Cousin 68 Besmirch
70 Bon __ (High society)
71 __ O (Canadian singer of blues/soul song “Bring Me Back”)
72 ‘The __ Province’ (New Brunswick’s historic nickname) 74 John who historically sailed The Matthew 76 Belonging to NBC’s li’l weekend show 77 Ireland’s County __ 78 __ Bon Jovi
79 Scintilla
81 Goddess of The Parthenon
83 City in Quebec, __-Noranda 85 Lyric†poems
89 Vast terrain of temperate growth in British Columbia where the rare Kermode (the province’s provincial mammal) is found: 3 wds.
92 Lummox
93 TV __
94 Canadian Malartic is an open-pit one in Quebec near Vald’Or: 2 wds.
95 Bosses, e.g. 96 Chowder-serving need
97 Canadian suitcases brand
98 Hem or patch up
DOWN
1 Retort to “Are not!”: 2 wds.
2 __ House (Heritage building in Vernon, British Columbia) 3 Santa __ (Hot winds)
4 Tuscan city
5 __ Fables
6 “I __ Ya Papi” by Jennifer Lopez
7 “Then join you with them like _ __ of steel...” - Lady Percy in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 2 8 Smartness measurer: acr. + wd.
9 Montreal ‘nights’ 10 Posted
11 Pull
12 Answer
13 Quilly Willy is a statue attraction in this aptly-named Saskatchewan town northeast of Saskatoon: 2 wds. 14 __-Tzu (Cute little dog)
15 “That’s all there __ __ it!” 17 Kitchen gadgets that turn zucchini into spaghetti-like strands
19 Dishes washing item 22 Dislodges
23 Verb suffixes 28 Vancouver-born author Madeleine 30 Canadian country singer Ms. Ortega of “Liberty”
31 Navy rank, e.g. 32 Monogram of the American essayist (b.1803 - d.1882) of Nature
33 Lynn Crawford and Mark McEwan on Food Network Canada, for example: 2 wds.
35 Timber tree
36 St. John’s __ (Medicinal plant) 37 Costs __ __ and a leg (It’s expensive) 38 Casual suit-wearer’s decision: 2 wds.
40 John __, Mayor of Toronto
42 Hocus-__
45 Stand
46 Madames, in Munich 47 Charlottetown’s Eastlink Centre is home to what National Basketball League of Canada team?: 2 wds.
49 Insect immortalizer 50 Single-named singer of 1998 hit “Believe” 52 Bungle big time 53 __ __ lunch (On one’s noon break) 56 Subj. in business news
59 H.B. __ (Peanut Butter Cups titan) 60 ‘E’ in QED
61 “What should I __ __?” (What’s the next step?)
64 Male swan
65 Nero’s 450
66 G’days
68 Slopes
69 All-cargo flights Airport northwest of Montreal operating 24/7
70 “Delta Dawn” singer Ms. Tucker
73 __ iacta est (The die is cast)
74 Class
75 1986 David Cronenberg sci-fi horror: 2 wds. 78 Father of Superman on the planet Krypton
80 Apple’s classic digital music players 81 Awestruck
82 British streetcar 83 Wartime air assault 84 Close at hand, in verse 86 Agnus __ (Mass prayers) 87 Anglo-Saxon labourer 88 Slow-cooked hearty meal
90 Distinctive period
91 The Ark builder, in Italian