COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Canadian __ (Tennis tournament since 1881)
5 Some switch settings
9 Lubricate
12 Apple: French
17 Change position 18 Blackthorn fruit
19 Joey __ (Newfoundland’s first provincial Premier in 1949)
21 Cordon __ (Great chef)
22 TWOS = Telus __ __ __ (Edmonton attraction)
24 Holt __ (Swanky retailer in Canada) 26 Assemble bricks 27 Television schedule acronym
28 Non-verbal communication syst. 29 Founded [abbr.] 30 New-__ (Alternative medicine proponent) 32 Tofu base 34 ‘Due __ __ before...’ (Submission dates info)
36 Game results
38 Black Sabbath lead singer’s initials-sharers 40 Folds
43 Mouthwash brand 46 Gusto
47 1973 Toni Morrison novel
49 1000, fun-style
50 Joni Mitchell’s “__ for Going”
51 Cobbler, when repairing shoe undersides
53 French explorer to Canada/fur trader, Pierre-Esprit __ (b. circa 1636 - d. circa 1710)
55 Supernatural prefix to ‘normal’ 56 ‘Feather’-meaning prefix
57 River of Spain 58 Music-lover’s enhanced sound system 60 Toothed tools for tresses
62 __ Grain Elevators National Historic Site, in Manitoba
67 Horse gait
69 “Elvis: __ from Hawaii” (1973 TV special)
71 Went
72 Michael __,
Canadian author of 1992 Booker Prize winning novel The English Patient
76 The Group of __ (Canadian art collective)
77 Leo Tolstoy’s __ Karenina
78 Red __, Alberta
79 Luke Skywalker mentor
81 ‘Ether’ suffix (Airy/ delicate) 82 West-of-Edmonton Alberta town est. 1911
83 Hold over 85 Pre-summer season, wee-ly
86 Water down
88 Aussie hoppers 90 Caesar’s 1002 92 Tony-winning Cats director Trevor
93 Driver’s navigation aid, commonly
96 Elvis record label after Sun
98 Student’s number like 4.0 [acronym] 100 “Gimme __ ‘_’!” (O-TT-A-W-A cheer starter!)
102 Plane flown up to Nova Scotia in the Seventies hit at #33Down
104 Location of Toronto’s downtown ‘Square’ open space for the public: 3 wds.
108 Charlie Chaplin’s last wife
109 Instrument for Canadian polka musician Walter Ostanek
110 Multivitamins mineral 111 Loud percussion instrument
112 Swept-up chimney deposits
113 Fib
114 Taro root
115 Carry out the commands
DOWN
1 Dark-to-lighter hair highlighting
2 Globe’s North and South
3 Incident
4 Nine: French
5 __ Tea (‘Beebalm’ aromatic herb) 6 __ Island (Attraction on Georgian Bay in Ontario)
7 Favouring
8 Hawk
9 British Columbia town near the Washington State border
10 Global currency org. 11 Endure
12 Flexible
13 Be beholden to bills 14 Beautiful butterflies 15 Slip-on slipper-like shoes, for short
16 Leon __ (1963 Pulitzer-winning biographer who went to McGill University) 20 Provincial enterprise for wines, beers and spirits, e.g.
23 “__ Boot” (1981) 25 Sprint
31 Canadian politics... The votes were in and Brian Mulroney was __ _ _ in ‘88 after first taking the helm in ‘84
33 Carly Simon hit: 3 wds.
35 Loopholes
36 Cape __ (Continental North America’s most easterly point, this Newfoundland tourist destination is about 20 minutes from St. John’s)
37 ‘Dum spiro, __’ (‘While I breathe, I hope’, in Latin)
39 Chunk
41 “Rock and Roll, Hoochie __” by Rick Derringer
42 Mother Nature’s lamp 43 Has dinner, informally 44 ‘Pluto’ suffix (Wealthy ruler)
45 Shrek’s species
48 Name of the baby in “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968)
51 Spice Girls member 52 Tomato types 54 Lithium-__ battery 59 In-flight info, in brief 61 Drip, as the red stuff from a cut
63 Wooded area’s open space
64 Microscope piece
65 “__ __ one else minds, I’m going to...” 66 Spider-Man co-creator Mr. Lee 68 Eyes: Spanish
70 Land of Flat Stones... Baffin Island, to early Norse explorers it is believed
72 “The __ Couple” 73 Margaret Trudeau __ Sinclair
74 “Heartbeat - It’s a Lovebeat”: 1973 hit for Canadian band The __ Family 75 ‘Mars’-meaning prefix 80 Labyrinth princess of ancient Greek mythology 82 Sicily’s famous volcano
84 Canadian communications company
87 __ World Heritage Site
89 WWI fighter plane 91 Shiba __ (Dog of Japan) 93 “I am the walrus / Goo goo _’__.” - The Beatles
94 Short-tubed pasta 95 Quite theatrical 96 Scandinavian rugs
97 Fashion icon Ms. Chanel
99 Indigo dye 101 Eleven: French 103 Eddy __, Montreal-based auctions/art dealer
105 Obtained
106 “__ _ Have to Say the Words?” by Bryan Adams 107 Performed