Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS 1 Matt __, Canadian singer/songwriter of “North Country” 4 Off-road rides,

commonly 8 Haven 13 Non-neatnik 17 Green legume 18 Secular 19 __ __ la Montagne (Mountain Street, in Montreal) 20 __-__ (Type of sound

system) 21 Baseball legend Mel 22 Mo’__ (French

Polynesia island) 23 “On the __ hand...” 24 Mont Blanc, par

exemple 25 Heartfelt protest, __

de coeur 26 Gordon Lightfoot song covered by Elvis Presley: “__ __’ __” 29 Hang a jacket on one 31 Greeting card’s inside

inscriptio­n 32 Removed 33 “1234” singer Leslie born in Amherst, Nova Scotia 37 Cargo 39 Of service 43 Canadian brand of

canned sardines 46 Canada’s famous coffee venue, to regulars 48 Unit of weight in

China 49 Ventilate 50 Permeate 51 Wharf 52 Others, in Spain 53 Canadian hockey

legend Mr. Esposito 55 Curtains 57 Sturdy/lasting as

goods 59 __ _. Bennett (Master of the Royal Canadian Mint, from 2006 to 2014) 61 Mattresses maker 63 Type size 64 Vocal number by Austrian composer Franz Schubert: 2 wds. 67 “That very well may be true, however...”: 2 wds. 69 Mr. Kristoffer­son 72 Lake, in Ireland 73 Treads the boards 75 Hollywood’s Mr.

Hemsworth 77 Parisian friend of

Pierre 78 Nylons hue 79 The __ _ (1976 Summer Olympics stadium to Montrealer­s) 80 Sherlock Holmes stays bzzzzzz-y by being one in his retirement 82 Ms. Hickey, “ET

Canada” host 84 Sudbury landmark,

__ Superstack 86 Patty and __ (Marge’s twin sisters on “The Simpsons”) 87 Notices 89 __-Rock (’70s music

genre) 91 Sergey __ (Google

co-founder) 94 Canadian Kennel Club working woofer: 2 wds. 101 Ornamental pond fish 102 Fertilizer component 103 Irish poet Ms. Boland

(b.1944 - d.2020) 104 Super-duper 105 Business name abbr. 106 Whirring sound 107 Jiffy 108 The Universe’s

original matter 109 Tightrope daredevil

Mr. Wallenda 110 Appear to be 111 Blue expanses way

above 112 Portion/sections, for

short 113 __-Fi

DOWN 1 Era 2 Gas station,

__-Canada 3 Outdoor table and seating shaded with a large umbrella: 2 wds. 4 Plant gel in beauty

creams 5 Charlottet­own-born

singer Ms. MacLean 6 Challenger 7 Resell the concert tickets outside the venue 8 “_ __...” (Beginning of Juliet’s famous line) 9 Le Refus Global (Total Refusal): Quebec artists (spelling anglicized here) of the 1940s such as Paul-Emile Borduas whose manifesto on culture is considered the origin of the Quiet Revolution 10 Very, in Vienna 11 A driver’s lic. is proof

of it 12 Totally not joking 13 Extra! Extra! Extreme encounter! (Summertime headline grabber): 2 wds. 14 Snoopy’s owner preCharlie Brown 15 Life __ __ (2001 novel by Canadian author Yann Martel) 16 “Tres __!” 27 The yellow part of

breakfast 28 Refusals 30 Mattel beau of Barbie 34 Mag. edition 35 Stockholm’s land 36 Rank 38 Fizzle out 40 Vancouver-born

actress who played Betty Anderson on #56-Down: 2 wds. 41 Loyal/true, to a Scot 42 “Would you like anything __?” (Waiter-to-customer query) 43 Vampire’s pet 44 Duran Duran hit 45 Balance sheet

preparers, e.g. 47 Canadian comedy, “__. _” starring Gerry Dee 51 Fathers, in France 52 “Either he goes __ _

go!” 54 Rural setting in Joni Mitchell song “Woodstock”: 2 wds. 56 Primetime soap of

1964 to 1969: 2 wds. 58 Quick on the __

(Understand­s easily) 60 Theatrical show of

Japan 62 Competent 64 Sir Guinness 65 Acadian singer Mr.

Voisine 66 Moo goo __ pan

(Take-out menu dish) 68 One-eighty turns, in

slang 70 “_ __ Mine” by The

Beatles 71 Knight’s title 74 Special effects letters

in movies 76 Alice’s diner

boss 79 Wild berries in

Quebec 80 Benefit 81 Diplomatic bldg. 83 Beefeater, in brief 85 Whooping __

(Endangered birds in Wood Buffalo National Park on the Alberta/Northwest Territorie­s border) 88 Catty commentary 90 Greetings from

Crocodile Dundee 92 Ancient column style

of Greece 93 Recording artist Ms.

Minaj 94 Central parts of

stories 95 It’s a Great Lake 96 “The Way We __”

(1973) 97 Nero’s 507 98 Fruit company 99 Blood type, _ __. 100 Jewels

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