The Province

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Team which Canada famously played at the 1972 Summit Series [acronym]

5 But, to Brutus 8 Toronto __ Exchange

13 La __ Jackson (Showbiz personalit­y)

17 The Granny Smith isn’t one because it’s green: 2 wds. 19 “The Devil Wears __” (2006)

20 ‘Super’, fun-style 21 Range of Newfoundla­nd, __ Mountains 23 Q-to-V link

24 Info, in brief 25 After-bottle sounds

26 “What’s your price?”: 2 wds. 28 1883: Belgian painter James of The Scandalize­d Masks

31 Shelley Long’s “Cheers” character 32 Batman’s abode, Wayne __ 33 #83-Across is famous for these Fall florals depicted on the painting on the giant steel easel in the southern Manitoba town of Altona

35 Watercours­e for Calgary: 2 wds.

38 ‘A’ in the Arabic alphabet

39 ‘Puzzle’ suffix (Mystificat­ion) 40 Montreal-born actress Ms. Lee of “Funny Face” (1957)

41 Ms. Turner of old Hollywood 42 Purchased, puny-ly

43 Mayors and Premiers, for short 44 __ Cube (Colourful puzzle toy)

46 Bon __ (High society)

47 Poet, T.S. __ (b.1888 - d.1965) 49 Damsel in distress who Dudley Do-Right tries to rescue: 2 wds. 51 Nero’s 254 53 Beneficiar­y 54 Oops!-like utterances

55 Western Canada supermarke­t chain, __-__ __

58 Covered __ (Old West transport) 60 Charlotte’s Web author’s monogram 61 Workers laying down the ceramics 62 Hems and __ (Hesitates)

63 Beaver’s constructi­on 66 Hurrays!

68 Chirper’s constructi­on

69 River of England 70 Depart once more 71 Sharply criticizes: 2 wds.

73 Bubo __

(Scientific name for the Snowy

Owl)

75 Ms. Gilpin’s of “Frasier”

76 Purges

77 Bill __ (Oliver Twist villain)

78 Sun, in Quebec

City

80 Ms. Shire of “Rocky” (1976) 81 Write

82 Attired

83 Legendary Dutch painter (b.1853 - d.1890): 3 wds. 89 To boot

90 Between, in Bouchervil­le 91 Musee Canadien de l’__

92 Nopes!

93 Harry __ (Canadian menswear store) 94 Deed

95 1966: “Love Makes the World Go Round” by __ Jackson

DOWN

1 Tax return deadline org.

2 100 yrs.

3 Denizen of the largest country in N. Amer.

4 Bribed: 2 wds. 5 Detect

6 “Lucky Man” progressiv­e rock gr. 7 City situated on

Lac Saint-Jean in Quebec

8 Rejects

9 Figure of speech 10 Grains in the granola

11 Pandemic federal agcy. in The States 12 Territory just outside of

Montreal renowned for Mohawk ironworker­s who have worked on buildings and bridges (such as in New York City) for over a century 13 Upheaval

14 Calgary Tower’s area for scenic views of the city: 2 wds.

15 Himalayas hairy humanoid

16 Stuck in _ __

18 Oyster jewel

22 Milk carton size 27 “Gimme __ ‘_’!” (R-E-G-I-N-A cheer starter)

28 Those, in Spain

29 __ and void 30 Archenemy of Dudley Do-Right the Canadian cartoon Mountie: 2 wds. ...More at #49-Across!

31 Harped on 32 Recurring theme 34 1847 Herman Melville story 35 Canadian crooner Michael

36 Old Testament son of Cain

37 Military levels 40 Regulation­s 43 Basketball court maneuver

44 Divides

45 Comfy rooms in homes in England 48 __ Abner

49 Adam van __ (Painter who taught fellow Flemish artist Rubens)

50 “My Generation” by The __ 51 Communicat­ing truckers

52 __ cigar

53 Perform/ accomplish in ye olden days 56 Victorious­ly earn one of the three spots on the sports podium: 2 wds.

57 Pesky problems on pets

58 Notifies of danger 59 Thunderstr­uck 62 1855: The Song of __ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

64 Chill

65 Rock’s ‘rug’ 67 Swimsuits at swim meets 69 “__ __ the Hole” (1951) starring Kirk Douglas

70 Tlaloc, in Aztec mythology:

2 wds.

72 Verdi aria: “__ Tu” 73 Organ near the stomach

74 “Did you get the e-mail _ __? (Not sure if my Internet message transmitte­d)

76 “__ bleu!”

78 Skim over

79 Earthen stewing pot 80 Dynamites!

81 Yore

84 Ancient

Greek myth’s veil heroine

85 The Old __ (Theatre in London in England) 86 Quebec ‘ goose’ 87 Miracle-__ (Gardening product) 88 Farm’s eggswarmer

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