COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD ACROSS
1. Queen Elizabeth’s ceremonial staff 5. Spread on the hors d’oeuvre 9. Monty Hall’s famous game show, “Let’s __ a Deal” 13. ‘_’ __ in Fredericton 16. “My view is...”, in Web speak 17. Gymnasts and footballers, e.g. 18. Shenanigans 19. ‘Senor’ suffix 20. Scottish negatives 21. ‘Leave in’ in proofreading 22. Paperback IDS 23. Member of the fam. 24. Pique 25. Nova Scotia’s popular prognosticator on Groundhog Day: 2 wds. 28. Daily Planet journalist Lois, formally: 2 wds. 30. Medicine Hat born star Mr. Gerussi 31. “I’m off for _ __ week holiday!” (Employee’s exultation) 32. Wide shoe width 33. Mansion milieus 35. Disney animation of 1998 36. Fort __, Alberta 39. Lettered vintage autos 40. “__ special is...” (What the waiter began to inform the diners about the menu) 41. Grown-ups 42. Norse fate goddess 43. In footwear 44. Muppet pals, Ernie and __ 45. Pitfall 47. Hydration in Huron 49. Swerve 52. Iowa city in which iconic 1930 painting American Gothic is set 54. Ordinal suffix 55. ‘Capital’ completer (Profit) 56. ‘3 to 4’ in hockey, for instance 58. WKRP employee Mr. Nessman 59. Victoria-born artist Ms. Carr 61. Casa __ (Toronto tourist attraction) 63. ‘Bahamas Is __’: Junowinning album in 2015 64. Portrayer of Ralph Malph’s pal Potsie 66. Gladiator’s 455 68. Topped with a trilby 70. Nine piece music ensembles 72. Hawaiian island 73. Secondly-plus-fourthly equals What-ly? 74. Waves: French 75. Scenic artistic grouping 77. Island: French 78. Like an officially mailed letter [abbr.] 79. “West Side Story” (1961) song lady 80. Saskatchewan’s provincial fishies 84. Materials of American artist Barnett Newman’s striped 1967 painting Voice of Fire at the National Gallery of Canada: 3 wds. 87. Arctic curved knife 88. PBS funding org. 89. How ballerinas dance: 2 wds. 90. Lemon meringue and blueberry 91. Slaloms the slopes 92. Nero’s 555 93. Tip 94. “Meet Me __ __. Louis” (1944) 95. Kanga’s pal 96. __ Khan (Rita Hayworth’s royal third husband) 97. Bailout keys on PC keyboards 98. Non-com. officers 99. Opposing
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1. Lower limit, little-ly 2. Canada’s motto, ‘_ __ Usque Ad Mare’ (From Sea to Sea) 3. Fries toppers in Poutine: 4 wds. 4. Ancient Greek dawn goddess 5. “Doctor Zhivago” (1965) role 6. Brought into harmony 7. Ancient city on the Nile in Egypt 8. Influential family of Italy in the Renaissance 9. Slip-ups 10. St. __ (Town in the Bay d’espoir area of Newfoundland) 11. The Way of the Sword 12. Q. “What’s the alphabet’s spelled-out 19th letter?” A. “Hmmm... ‘__’, _ believe.” 13. Nickname for Canadian politician Martha Louise Black (b.1866 - d.1957), there is an artwork of her in downtown Whitehorse: 5 wds. 14. Eroded: 2 wds. 15. Sockeyes and Chinooks 18. Weather-predicting marmot in Ontario each February 2nd: 2 wds. 25. Wintertime woe of rain and snow 26. Toronto Raptor, e.g. 27. __ __ Cologne, as per perfume 29. Supply the goods in exchange for money: 2 wds 34. Successful-in-sports swag storing spot: 2 wds. 35. Heathery heaths 36. Silent films star Ms. Normand 37. Sainte-__ (Laurentians town in Quebec) 38. East, in Munich 40. Tea, in Quebec 42. What the first letter in #26-Down’s answer stands for, for short 43. Apple part 46. Horse riding strap 48. Sea of __ (Black Sea arm) 50. Shakespeare... The Tempest spirit 51. Like an overgrown garden 53. Bird homes 57. The town at #67-Down is known as the ‘__ Capital of Manitoba’ 60. February, et al. 62. Hawaiian fish 65. Dependent 67. As per #57-Down, Ste. Rose __ __ 69. Leaf-to-stem angles in botany 70. Rouyn-__, Quebec 71. Amoeba’s sizing: 2 wds. 72. Montreal’s old Stanley Cup winning team, in 1926 and 1935 73. Most debonair 75. Stratagem 76. Canopy 79. Ancient Crete’s king 81. Holds up 82. Poet T.S. 83. Rice/seaweed appetizing roll 85. Relaxed running pace 86. Sacred bull of ancient Egypt 91. Beauty retreat