COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1.Authentic 5.‘Lake’ in Italy 9.Mr. Fields of classic

comedy, et al. 12.Hart Memorial Trophy winners in the NHL, for short 16.Mount __ (Thunder God peak in Nunavut) 17.Ken of ’80s drama

“thirtysomething” 18.De-freeze 19.‘Air’-meaning prefix 20.Scottish-born Ontario farmer who with his wife Jane (nee Beckett) developed Red Fife Wheat, the dominant wheat grown in Canada from 1860 to 1910 ...which today is a Canadian heritage wheat popular with artisan bakers: 2 wds. 22.W.B. Yeats’ poetic

land

23.Mr. Weatherbee’s job at Riverdale High [abbr.] 24.Premieres 25.Parliament Hill’s main building: 2 wds. 28.Campaigns 29.Allison of “The West

Wing” 30.“Buffalo Stance”

singer Ms. Cherry 31.Parliament Hill

statutes 32.Ms. Singer of

“Footloose” (1984) 33.Arctic animal 35.Olympic figure skater

Midori 36.Persians vs. Athenians battle site in 490 BC 38.Founded-in-1842 federal agency, __ Survey of Canada 41.Mr. Sharif of “Doctor Zhivago” (1965) 42.Web pop-ups, e.g. 43.Ms. Thomas of 1966 to 1971 sitcom “That Girl” 44.Wisdom imparting

mentor 45.Age-__ (Not affected by the passage of time)

47.Jam containers 48.Canadian singer/ songwriter Mr. Roberts 50.Approx. 51.“Chasing Pavements” British songstress 53.Poetic ‘below’ 55.__ for apples 58.6’s telephone letters 59.Banff creatures 61.Food storage container concern for leftovers that have sauces 63.Alphabet opener .... 66.Curriculum __ (Job applicant’s submission) 68.First word in #25Across’ answer, for short here 69.Canadian guitarist

Mr. Nova 70.Port Charlottetown visiting vessel of vacationers: 2 wds. 72.The Guess Who song for a commuter: 2 wds.

74.Mil. officer 75.Bust _ __ (Laugh

heartily) 76.Shoe parts 78.Ancient Egyptian sun

disc 79.Band of eight 81.Hiking paths 83.Sch. instructor 84.Skiing region north

of Montreal 86.Alberta Rockies massif near Canmore, Ehagay __ 88.Historic port of Spain 89.Earth goddess in Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold 90.Like a TAG Heuer wristwatch:

2 wds. 93.Bug repellent

ingredient 94.Hauls 95.River in Normandy 96.Out on the ocean 97.Big name in gas

stations 98.Jeans brand 99.Big Apple denizen 100. Elvis Presley dog

song: “Old __”

DOWN

1.Airport sched. info 2.Mr. Brownlee, Canadian country music singer 3.Canadian Coast Guard air-cushioned vehicle 4.British Columbia... Coquitlam River, to the Fraser River 5.Artist work spaces 6.Ms. MacGraw’s of

movies 7.Computer image file

type 8.__-__ garage 9.Capital city of the

Yukon 10.Piece in a travel

luggage set 11.Popeye character,

__’Pea 12.Quebec-exported

syrup

13.Ms. Tennant, Canadian ballet legend 14.Dangly accessory on Minnie Pearl’s iconic hat:

2 wds. 15.News-making collapse in a road after a storm 18.Nashville, __. 21.Kirsten of ‘SpiderMan’ movies 26.WWII codebreakers movie of 2001 starring Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet 27.Blood type, _ __. 29.Rocker Mr. Bon Jovi,

and namesakes 31.“Eight Is Enough”

star Willie 32.Rustic retreat 34.‘Alarm clocks’ on

farms 36.Fashion 37.Give/deliver: 2 wds. 39.Nets 40.Belief system 46.Victoria-born

musician Mr. Tyson 47.River of Malaysia 49.“Eureka!” 52.Alberta city which is home to the Galt Museum 54.High, in Latin 55.Invented-in-Canada bluffing board game 56.Calgary

neighbourhood 57.“To __ __ not to...” 58.1501 in ancient

Rome 60.Didn’t remove

or release: 2 wds. 62.Canadian author of award-winning novel In the Upper Country: 2 wds. 63.Honour 64.Richly-woven decorative fabrics 65.Civilizations 67.“Did that really

happen?”: 3 wds. 68.UK honours, e.g. 71.Fully satisfy 73.Magazine displayers 77.Ann-Margret’s notused surname 80.Lyre-playing Muse of

ancient Greece 82.Some small

batteries 83.Police weapon 85.Ms. Carter who starred on ’80s sitcom “Gimme a Break!” 86.Leap Year! Days in February in 2024, Twenty-__ 87.Suffix with ‘Chick’ 91.Humorously askew 92.The Raven writer’s

monogram