COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1.Mar. 17th parade honouree: 2 wds. 8.Carnivals 13.Essentials 18.It’s what Dulse is in the Bay of Fundy 19.‘Ripley’s Believe It __ __!’ 20.Ancient temple pillars 21.Shows like soap operas 22.Toronto heritage building designed by architect E.J. Lennox (b.1854 - d.1933): 3 wds. 24.Country music cable channel once 25.Giant Threespine __ (Lake fish which are found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago of British Columbia) 26.National Film Board of Canada shorts of which ‘Faces’ is a famous one 29.More maladied 30.Tone-__, “Wild Thing” rapper 31.Roman god of love 32.Cover the falcon’s eyes 34.Caesar’s 1102 38.“__ Coming” by Three Dog Night 40.Gothenburg’s country, for short 42.__ _ Lay Dying (William Faulkner novel) 43.Wading bird 44.‘Seven’-meaning prefix 46.Straighten 48.Hatfields and McCoys activity 50.Ontario town west of Ottawa 52.Gambles 53.Grand amt. of money 54.Equally groovy: 2 wds. 56.“Lady and the __” (1955) 58.President’s __ (Canadian food brand in select grocery stores) 60.Univ. paper 61.Jack __ (Game show host of “Dotto” and “Concentration”) 63.Temple of All Gods, in Rome 65.Food Network Canada viewer’s interest 67.Hawk’s nest way up high 68.1974 Joni Mitchell album: ‘Court and __’ 71.Let fall, in verse 72.To-the-Web connection letters 74.Hosp. heart recordings 76.Slipped 77.Spewer in Sicily 78.__ counter 80.Born-in-Germany Canadian sculptor, Emanuel __ (b.1881 - d.1957) 82.Internet IDs 83.Supply the luncheon’s platters 86.Niagara Falls... Clifton Hill illuminators at night: 2 wds. 89.Architectural style of the Redpath Museum in Montreal: 2 wds. 93.Kit __ (Nestle wafer treat) 94.London, Ontario body of water: 2 wds. 95.Canada’s Food Guide component 99.Cheerios-like 100.__ squash 101.Element’s bonding capacity 102.Bridges 103.Muppet friend of Ernie, and namesakes 104.Got by without much effort
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1.Cat’s caution... 2.Football peg 3.Canada’s physical activity promoter since 1971 4.Inspiring wonderment 5.Winnipeg-born star Ms. Durbin 6.Singer Mr. Shannon 7.Length units, e.g. 8.1953: The Trip to Bountiful playwright, Horton __ (b.1916 d.2009) 9.Oscar-winning star George of “Disraeli”, the 1929 movie about the British Prime Minister 10.Where the White House is, __ _._. 11.Western Canada’s mountains 12.Painting such as ‘Melons’ by Victoriaborn artist Emily Carr: 2 wds. 13.“Call Me __” by Carly Rae Jepsen 14.Safe and sound 15.Musically disconnected [abbr.] 16.Converse 17.Salts, in a Quebec restaurant 23.Contact info, __. no. 25.Prince Edward Island... Charlottetown is named after this Queen Consort who was married to King George III, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-__ (b.1744 - d.1818) 26.Mouse-like critter 27.911 call respondents, e.g. 28.Go __ __ (Head off for battle) 30.Mr. Paul of guitars 33.Suffix with ‘Euclid’ 35.“Law & Order Toronto: __ __” (New elite crime drama of 2024 on Citytv which is part of the ‘Law & Order’ television franchise) 36.Architectural column style 37.Fireplace 39.MLB player in Houston, to fans 41.Luxury label 43.Quiets 45.Part of the plot: 3 wds. 47.Jelly flavour 49.Inscribe 51.Blueprint 52.Canadian poet/writer whose first name initials and last name are combined as one name (b.1944 - d.1988) 54.__ __ Triomphe (Paris landmark) 55.Burst of energy 57.She-horse 59.Error exclamation! 62.Where Ken Johnston is the Mayor in Western Canada, __ __, _ _ 64.Canadian pop duo/ twin sisters, __ and Sara 66.Galaxies guys 67.Completely 69.Shreds 70.ms. lang of music, et al. 73.__ Canada (Federal government’s singlepoint-of-access network) 75.Quietude sound requests... 79.Reverse 81.Hamilton thoroughfare named for the electrical pioneer, __ Tesla Boulevard 84.“The Birds and the Bees” by Jewel __ 85.“Grey’s Anatomy” actor Mr. Knight, et al. 87.Merits 88.Fence ‘doors’ 89.Ronny & The Daytonas cars 90.Queen’s epic ‘Bohemian’ song, e.g. 91.1972 Allman Brothers Band album: ‘__ _ Peach’ 92.__ Wynne Stadium (Hamilton TigerCats’ old field) 95._ _ _ piping (Industrial material) 96.The Ever After of Ashwin __ (2014 bestseller by Nelson-British-Columbiaborn novelist Padma Viswanathan) 97.Pepsi chiller 98.Mr. Beatty of “Superman” (1978)