Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 Downtown Toronto’s financial Street 4 __-tourism 7 Boxing bout stats 11 Sitar songs 16 Curious as _ __ 18 ABBA hit song 19 St. Francis Xavier University’s home in Nova Scotia 21 Festival of Lights of

eight nights 23 ‘The __’ (Nickname of Montreal Canadiens right wing great Yvan Cournoyer) 24 Shiny stuff in the

kitchen by Alcan 25 Paul McCartney is wearing a patch of this Cdn. constabula­ry on his uniform’s left sleeve on the album cover at #91-Across 26 Single 27 Cape Breton’s renowned choral group: 5 wds. 34 Tibetan ox 37 __ Fraser University,

in British Columbia 38 Tube-shaped fish 39 New York Mets

baseball div. 40 Biblical eldest brother of King David 43 Sister 44 Farming, in brief 45 Canada’s highest Mount, it’s in the Yukon 47 Since-1914 Winnipeg theatre, __ Playhouse 49 __ B’rith 50 Be indebted: 2 wds. 51 Judge/lawyers conversati­on at the bench 52 Household invention by Canada’s Norman Breakey: 2 wds. 54 Belonging to a

certain railway co. 55 NB’s water 56 Great __ (Extinct

bird) 57 __ Provincial Park (Prehistori­c attraction of Indigenous rock carvings in Woodview, Ontario) 62 Crow-er 67 __ acid (It’s in olive

oil) 68 Some

batteries 69 Sea in The Arctic 70 Belarus’ capital city 71 Political VIPs in

Ottawa 72 Cutely adore 73 Deuce-ace 74 Foreknowle­dge, e.g. 75 Student’s 4.0

commonly 76 __ Haec Et Altera Vincit (Nova Scotia’s motto) 78 Set-__ (Arguments) 79 Author of 1853 book Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West: 2 wds. 85 Justin Trudeau’s base of operations [acronym] 86 Tail on a ‘Lion’? 87 Canadian author Mr. Barclay of new thriller A Noise Downstairs 91 Iconic 1967 Beatles release: ‘__. __ Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 96 Trendy neighbourh­ood in Vancouver 97 Mr. Fudd’s paste?:

2 wds. 98 In the past 99 1965 Stadium for

The Beatles 100 “Mercy!” 101 Breaks any

Commandmen­t 102 Sea: French 103 Initials-sharers of the singer of “Rhiannon”

DOWN

1 Thailand currency 2 Purple smoothie

berry 3 Mr. Martel, Canadian novelist of Life of Pi 4 CFL players in

Edmonton, to fans 5 They provide illuminati­on for members of #27-Across: 3 wds. 6 Kyrgyzstan

city 7 Fish of Florida 8 __ Canada (Book publisher with a Borzoi logo) 9 River of Hiroshima 10 “__ and Nancy”

(1986) 11 __-trip flight 12 Ms. Lennox of

Eurythmics 13 __ rummy 14 Peer Gynt’s mother 15 Portion of the pot,

puny-ly 17 __ of hair 20 Oliver Twist’s

porridge 22 __-i-Noor Diamond 25 “__, __, you noblest English.” (Line from Shakespear­e’s Henry V) 28 Some flightless

birds 29 Canadian pop duo/ twin sisters, __ and Sara 30 Mennonite __ __ (Cultural attraction in Steinbach, Manitoba) 31 Georgia __ (Georgette’s portrayer on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”) 32 Dish 33 Mister, in Spain 34 Casual positives 35 Jai __ 36 Nice 41 Fed 42 Mike __, Head Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs 44 Indigo dyes 45 Vancouver __ (Where visitors can experience 360 degree aerial views of the city) 46 Bespectacl­ed

brainy bird 48 Mob 49 Soapy soaking

spots 52 Fathers 53 British actress Ms.

Lenska 57 Apples, in botany 58 Ms. Donovan of

“Clueless” (1995) 59 Two-hrs.-beforeMidn­ight: 2 wds. 60 ‘_’ __ for Regina 61 Bark-in-thedirecti­on-of, puppystyle: 2 wds. 63 Zimbabwe’s

continent [abbr.] 64 “There’s nothing __

__.” (This is so easy) 65 Mr. Rubik (Inventor

of the Rubik’s Cube) 66 Pathways,

for short 69 Hogwash 72 Canadian hockey great Mr. Robitaille, and namesakes 75 Mushy

meals 76 Overlooks 77 Bespoke suits maker 80 Increased 81 Manicurist’s

board 82 Already-shown TV

series episode 83 Compass direction,

e.g. 84 Len is a judge on this ballroom show [acronym] 88 __ and aahs 89 Ontario’s __ Sound 90 Genetics lab

samples 91 Quebec

seasoning 92 Mop & __ (Brand of floor cleaner) 93 Posh lettered area

of Montreal 94 Movie ratings,

e.g. 95 Inventor Mr.

Whitney 96 Serving of tuber

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