COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
Across
1.‘Very’ in Barcelona
4.Unit of pressure, for short
7.. .Poet’s ‘weather’
12.Make it to the next level
16.Poker dealer’s query to a player:
3 wds.
18.. . Oohed and __
19.Face value, to a broker: 2 wds.
21.The clocks will do it this year on Sunday, March 10th: 2 wds.
23.“Spider-man” (2002) director Sam 24.Dime or Quarter
25.. . Commodities
26.Jan van __ (15th-century Flemish painter)
28.Canada’s most famous doctor, b.1890 - d.1939 ...his initials-sharers
29.Intl. clock standard which is the successor to GMT
30.Architect Mr. Saarinen’s
31.Howie Mandel’s ‘80s medical drama, “St. __” 33.Geological ridges
35 .. . . . . . . Hold off
37.Jack __ (NDP Leader, b.1950 - d.2011)
38.. Chef’s skewers
40.__ Podrida (Seasoned stew)
41.MGM’S motto, __ Gratia Artis
42.‘And the following’ footnote abbr.: 2 wds.
44.“Sun Valley Serenade” (1941) figure skater Sonja
46.. . Barely believe
50 .. . . . . . Shed tool
51.Canadian actor Mr. Bellows
52.Born-in-winnipeg entertainer who is a Member of the Order of Canada and famously sings “The Cat Came Back”: 2 wds.
56 .. . . . Wildebeest
57.Ricochet shot in Pool
59 .. . . . . . Long for
60.Isthmus of __ (Malay Peninsula part)
61.Alberta’s historic Leduc No. 1 framework: 2 wds.
64.Caustic substance
65.Single hundred dollar bill, fun-style: word + letter
66.British Columbia’s wild fruits, __ Berries
67.__ Slipper (Provincial flower of Prince Edward Island)
69.Struck in an attack, archaically
70 .. . . . Pen’s point
72.Horatio __ (b.1901 d.1991 ...Born-in-argentina trainer of Northern Dancer)
73.Equally modern: 2 wds.
75.Long river in British Columbia 78.Non-written finals 80 ......... Wince 83.They’re on the Canadian side at Niagara, __ Falls
85 .......... Vows
87.North Atlantic fish 88.Variantly-spelled Swiss river
89.The Bard of Avon [abbr.]
90.. . Caesar’s 2003 91 .. . . . . . Stockings
92 .. . . Grassy plain
94.Canada Post activity: 2 wds.
97.Canadian retail family
98 ........... Faze
99.Nail salon boards
100.__ Paneer (Spinach/ cheese dish of India) 101.. . Wise saying
102.‘70s record label for The Bee Gees
103.Mercedes-benz _ _ _
Down
1.Faulty shot in a game of Billiards
2.Removes the plant from the terra cotta
3.It is what Hamlet is holding when he says “I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.”: 2 wds.
4. “__ de Replay” by Rihanna
5 .......... Hintat
6.1962 Broadway musical, I Can Get __ __ You Wholesale
7.Town in Alberta’s southwestern corner 8 ........... Rules 9.Smashing Pumpkins cofounder James
10.Ms. Fernandez, CTV News Channel anchor 11.Guitar legend Duane’s
12.Manager in Banff or Gros Morne: 2 wds.
13. __ _ crossroads 14.Small upright piano
15.Halifax area attraction, __ Island Lighthouse
17.“The Adventures of __ Tin Tin”
20 .. . . . . . Ascended
22.Spirit’s sounds...
27.Camilo Jose __ (Spanish writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989)
30.Mr. La Salle of “ER”
31.Fictional sleuth ‘Queen’ of literature 32.Green tea variety
34. Duelling sword
36.‘A’ in the Arabic alphabet
39 .. . . Bake, as eggs
42 .. . . . Therefores
43.Alias in 1974 headlines
45.H.G. Wells’ frugivores
47.The __ __ (Alter ego of Canadian stand-up Murray Langston whilst disguised on stage with a paper bag when appearing on “The Gong Show”)
48.“Raspberry __” by Prince
49 .. . . . . . . Outline
51.Long-snouted fish
53 .. . . . . Moray-ish
54.Beatles hit: “Eight __ _ Week”
55 .......... Prior
57.The Oscars! Sunday, March 10th, 2024 - Canadian filmmaker nominated for Best Original Screenplay for “Past Lives” (2023): 2 wds.
58._’__ Strait (Northwest
Territories body of water)
62.Copenhagen’s citizens
63. Songwriter Ms. Dioguardi who was a Judge on “American Idol”
65.Sacred Buddhist peak
68 .. . . . . . . __ Peak (Limestone-like rock summit in the Alberta Rockies)
69.Grads-to-be, briefly
71 .. . . . . . . Shindig
72.Emulate the :( emoticon’s expression: 2 wds.
74.Divisions within groups
75.Sedimentary rock
76.Eucalyptus eaters 77.List of printing slip-ups
79.1940s baseball pitcher Johnny
81.Yolanda Adams’ music
82.Ancient name of the Turkish city of Urfa
84.British Columbia’s coastal archipelago, __ Gwaii
86.Hamilton football player, __-Cat
90 .. . . Sprouty bean
91.President Truman, to pals
93.Perfume by Cacharel
95.“Dalla __ Pace” (Mozart aria)
96.Mr. Fabi of fast cars