Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1.(As originally written) 4.Concerning [abbr.] 7.“Oh Happy Day” by The

__ Hawkins Singers 12.Alberta village southeast of Edmonton 17.Result of bias in the courts, __-__ justice system

19.‘The Flying Finn’ Olympic runner Mr. Nurmi 20.Shakespear­ean spirit 21.March is named after Mars who was the ancient what?: 4 wds. 23.Rock star Mr. Kravitz 24.Li’l bit of knowledge 25.From-the-lab letters in a

lunch

26.1975 book by Canadian writer Mordecai Richler, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded __ 27.‘World’ in Italy 28.Everything from _ __ Z 29.Canadian cheese giant

founded in 1954 31.Mariah Carey hit in

1993 33.Marci __ (Member of Parliament who worked as a broadcaste­r) 34.Setting on “The Roy Rogers Show”, Double _ __ Ranch 36.“Try” by Canadian band

Blue __ 38.Soap-on-_-__ 40.Vivid

43.Fran __ (Fran Drescher’s character on “The Nanny”) 44.Mining company, __

Canada Ltd. 45.Crumble 46.Toronto-born concert

pianist Glenn 48.Stored farming fodders 51.‘Green’ adventure

vacays, __-__ 53.Vehicle variety 55.Rio’s country,

to the IOC 56.Rugged rides, e.g. 57.Currency in Chile 59.Brand of soap 60.Meadows modulation­s 61.__ Bo (Fitness system) 62.Cache

64.Brand of mini chocolate cakes in a box by Canadian baker Vachon: 2 wds. 66.Writer Mr. Hemingway’s 69.__ Fraser University, in

British Columbia 71.Small scale weight 72.Jane Austen novel 73.The __ _ (1976 Summer Games stadium, to Montrealer­s) 74.The ones of schemers

are often hidden 76.Disney’s ‘Herbie’, e.g., _

_ __ 77.Deepa __, Canadian

filmmaker 79.Thunderbir­ds org. in The

States 80.Dets. like TV’s ‘Magnum’ 81.Prefix meaning ‘To the

left’

83.Navy titles, e.g.: 2 wds. 85.Quebec ‘lake’ 88.Brought one’s script to

life 90.“Yahoo!” in ancient

times 92.Hosp. brain scan 93.Playwright Mr. Cruz 94.Paris street, __ __ Rivoli 95.__ __ Award (Canadian outfielder Larry Walker won it in 1999 when playing for the Colorado Rockies) 98.Where delighted dancers dance: 2 wds. 99.Ontario’s Point __

National Park 100.Flavour of Canadian

potato chips 101.Puts cargo on board,

olde-style 102.Manager-to-staff speech opener: “__ __ of you are aware by now...” 103.NNW u-turn 104.Audi’s lettered coupes

DOWN

1.Glacier-gouged groove 2.“_ __ Back Down” by

Tom Petty 3.Newfoundla­nd town, __

__-__ 4.‘Ascert’ add-on

(Determine) 5.‘__ Banquet’: 1968

Rolling Stones album 6.Defeat by a large score 7.Banned sports performanc­e enhancer, e.g. 8.March’s flowers 9.Canada Goose monument site in northern Ontario 10.Vancouver-based mining company sharing the name of Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 Saxon knight novel 11.Oslo’s country, to its

citizens 12.King Charles’ digs in the

Scottish Highlands 13.Prefix that means ‘Mars’ 14.Any one touches down at the James Armstrong Richardson Internatio­nal Airport: 3 wds. 15.Person getting a loan 16.__ __ the wall (Hypothetic­al observer) 18.Spiritual ideal 22.Sullen

29.Big name

in electronic­s 30.Vegan’s ‘meat’ 32.Toronto’s valleys 35.They are kept by Ringo

Starr? 37.Finished 39.Rock-__ (Classic

jukebox) 40.Conceptual­ize 41.Fruit juice 42.White-plumed herons 47.Mount __, in Greece 48.British Columbia community on Kamloops Lake 49.1805: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, commonly 50.Born-in-England Canadian singer Ms. Jordan, and namesakes 52.Grab all the limelight in

the theatre 54.Martial Arts training

centre

58.Mr. Davis of “I’m Not

Rappaport” (1996) 60.Canadian actress Ms.

Traore 63.Lethbridge landmark over the Oldman River, __ __ Bridge 65.Windblown silt

deposit

67.Pol. building in Ottawa 68.Vancouver-born star Cobie of 2005 to 2014 sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” 70.Glam rock group, __ the

Hoople 73.“Plan 9 from Outer Space” (1957) and “The Blob” (1958) are examples of _-__ 75.Bubbling water sounds 76.Llama-like woolly

animal 78.Keener

80.By word of mouth, as

per law 82.Italian motor scooters

company 84.Office work stations 86.Language of Alaska 87.Apple __

(The Beatles’ multimedia business) 89.Ms. Falco of “The

Sopranos” 91.Stewpot 93.‘National Geographic Channel’, in brief 96.Moray __ 97.German singer

Ms. Lemper

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