COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1. Truro = ‘The __’ of Nova Scotia
4. “The Amazing Race Canada” airer
7. Caesar’s 1401
11. Pleasantly poses for pictures
17. Mode’s two-word dessert menu intro
18. Portland’s li’l state
19. Tech entrepreneur Mr. Musk whose mother Maye is a Canadian fashion model
20. Rick Moranis comedy, “__, _ Shrunk the Kids” (1989)
21. CBC’S “Dragons’ Den” host Dianne
23. Queen Elizabeth’s private estate in Norfolk where she traditionally celebrates the winter holidays
25. Arctic water between Nunavut’s Ellesmere Island and Greenland: 2 wds.
27. J.R.R. Tolkien creature
28. Cape Town’s land [acronym]
29. Newfoundland’s __ Peninsula
31. Sky-high 2018 dazzlers!
34. ‘Be silent’, in music class
35. Tapdancing prop
36. Post-bc dates
37. Particular parrots
41. Canadian clothing company, Lululemon __
43. Clock segments, e.g.
44. Cross-shaped office/shopping complex in Montreal, Place __ Marie
45. Blood-sucking fly, when doubled
46. Military unit, e.g.
47. The Pacific __
48. Just the burger, without the fries, when placing an order: 2 wds.
49. Ms. de Matteo of “The Sopranos”
51. Lima’s country
52. Thwarted
53. They who shall be ringing in 2018 at the stroke of midnight!: 4 wds.
58. Pressed
59. Leg joint
60. Coffee table film
61. Roamers
62. Fashionable monogram
63. Prince Charles, to William
64. Court game, __ alai
67. Red-wax-coated cheeses
68. Key, in Quebec
69. If you’re wearing togs by #41-Across, you might be where at the gym?: 2 wds.
72. Guido __ (Baroque painter)
73. For
74. Peel
75. Willie of “Eight Is Enough”
76. 2018 must-haves, last time they said ‘2017’
79. Apple-ish or Orange-ish
80. Exec’s degree, commonly
83. British running champion Sebastian
84. ‘Extra’ ender (Excellent)
86. Northwest Territories capital
89. Diplomatic workplace in Ottawa
92. Pursue pastimes post-profession
93. Smudge
94. Latin for ‘my own’
95 . ... last number in the Countdown to 2018!
96. Flourish
97. Sorts of orchestras [abbr.]
98. Prefix with ‘meter’ (Mileage measurer)
99. Holiday season beverage
Down
1. Leaf’s rival at the Bell Centre, in Montreal
2. Arctic knife
3. Shoveller’s wintertime complaint
4. Imply
5. Wooden
6. Action word
7. Anne Murray hit “Danny’s Song”, originally by Loggins and __
8. Alberta: Name of Wood Buffalo National Park’s large Lake
9. No Man Is an Island poet John
10. Go-it-alone politician [abbr.]
11. Bakes the eggs
12. 1867 to 1868: The Viscount __ (Canada’s first Governor General)
13. “Minuet __ _” by Beethoven
14. Glassmaking oven
15. Young hawk
16. Earth’s crust layer
22. Clark Kent’s name on the planet Krypton
24. Crucifixes
26. “Oh, is that _ __?” (You don’t say!)
29. Walking-elephant vehicle in “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980)
30. Cisterns
32. De-chill in front of the fireplace: 2 wds.
33. Whistler wear in winter: 2 wds.
35. “Close but no __.”
38. Drop a sound/syllable from a word, such as Runnin’ instead of Running
39. Red __ (Tree found in British Columbia)
40. Pre-plant purchases
42. Patterns on shoe soles
43. Candidate who got the job
44. Batteries might have 9 of these
47. Celebrate!
48. 1983 album for Tom Cochrane’s band Red Rider
49. Energetic/exciting
50. Marsh plants
51. “Je __, donc je suis.” - Rene Descartes (I think, therefore I am)
53. Five-er + Four-er = What-er?
54. Geologically eat away
55. “American __” by The Guess Who
56. Lookout site in Niagara Falls with ‘Yellow Bug elevators’, __ Tower
57. Sage’s saying
63. Back muscle, Latissimus __
64. Canadian brand of vitamins
65. Play _ __ (Perform some rock music)
66. __-les-moulineaux, France
68. Fish __ Provincial Park, in Alberta
69. Players making gains on NFL fields, say
70. Range in British Columbia, __ Mountains
71. Pre-michelle First Lady
73. Cleared the roads of snow
74. Fragrance, in France
77. Oak’s snack for the chipmunk
78. Lacy handicraft
79. Renowned
80. “__ Breckinridge” (1970)
81. The __ (BBC)
82. __ sax
85. Jules Verne’s underwater sea Captain
87. Lucy of “Elementary”
88. French emperor, b.1769 - d.1821 ...his initials-sharers
90. Ski hill machine, __-Cat
91. Edmonton Intl. Airport code