Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORDB­y

- Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1“__ Congeniali­ty”

(2000)

5Prime Minister __ _. Pearson (b.1897 d.1972) 12John of “Full House” 18Centimet­re’s American

friend

19Air Canada profession­al 20__ boosters (They lift

spirits) 21Travelli­ng music gig 22Canada Geese: 2 wds. 24“La Bittt a __” by Canadian singer Raoul Duguay 25Performe­d 26Somethin­g to go fly?: 2

wds. 27‘Violin’ suffix 28Abruptly shut the door 29Depend upon 30__-savvy 31Saxophon­e sort 32“Growing __” (1985 to 1992 sitcom starring Canada’s Alan Thicke) 34Poetic nightfalls 35Tissue type, 2-__ 36Langley or Edwards, in

The US 39Industri­al lettered

material 40‘Antiquity’ in times of

antiquity 41Demons

44__ __ for music 46Tea type, __ Grey 48__ Nuna (Inuit name for #34-Down meaning ‘Land of Muskoxen’) 50Cod au __ (Traditiona­l Newfoundla­nd dish) 52Game cube 53Sort of songbird 54‘Pepper’ suffix (Pizza

topping) 55CTV’s filmed in Nova Scotia original drama series based on the books of American author Robyn Carr: 2 wds. 59Celebrat­ed tomb King,

familiarly 60Hoax 61Gladiato­r’s 1002 62“And Then __ Maude” (1970s sitcom theme song) 64Canadian producer Daniel Lanois’ British co-producer when producing the albums of Irish band U2: 2 wds. 66Classic toy, __ A Sketch 68Southwes­tern Ontario

gorge village 69Not switched off: 2

wds. 70Attempt 71NBA’s Magic team, on

scoreboard­s 73“C’__ la vie!” 74T-thru-X alphabet trio 75“What’s Hecuba to him __ __ to Hecuba...” - Hamlet 77Ruffle

79Mil. ranks 81Fictiona­l frugivores 82Regina, __. 83Killer Whale flick 87Somehow flawed as a

product [abbr.] 88Pre-AD time example,

__ _ _ 89‘Three’ in Turin 90Close 91Current 2024 exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, ‘__ __ and Henry Moore: Giants of Modern Art’ 95‘Great’ dog 96Made amends 97Spill the entire story in

a book: 2 wds. 98Norse deity 99Variantl­y-spelled

Pharaoh of Egypt 100Southwe­stern

Ont. home of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame: 2 wds. 101To-the-Moon 1969

org.

DOWN

1Glove-wear on the

diamond

2The way canned sardines are often packed: 2 wds.

3__ diving

4The Spot Prawn in British Columbia, for example 5Getaway 6Material collected on CBC’s “Murdoch Mysteries” 7Seals

8Late

97th Greek letter 10Went around 11Canadian band, __

Social Scene 12Patty who sings the 1984 hit “The Warrior” 13Steppenw­olf’s “Born __

__ Wild” 14Tycoon Mr. ‘O’ 15Star of 1953 filmedin-Canada movie “Niagara”: 2 wds. 16Historic part of Winnipeg, __ __. Boniface 17‘Sixth’ in Rome 23The Cars guitarist Mr. Ocasek, and namesakes 29Fraser or St. Lawrence,

for short 31Shake _ __ (Hurry) 33Snippet of “The Twelfth of Never” by Johnny Mathis: “Hold me close, melt my heart like __ __...” 34Large island off of Greenland which is part of Nunavut 35Painting by the artist who is the answer to #91-Across, __ __ with Seaweed 36Mr. Lee, “Hulk” (2003)

director 37“Absolutely!”: 2 wds. 38Ottawa... Nickname of The Library of Parliament, ‘Canada’s Most __ __’

40“__ Brockovich” (2000) 41Toronto skyscraper, __

Canadian Place 42Hazards 43Slalom 45Nfld.’s Ocean 47Canadian actor Mr.

Ruggiero 48Gaspe Peninsula municipali­ty in Quebec, Saint-__ 49Psychede­lic suit jacket

worn by The Beatles 51Clairol __’_ Easy (Hair

dye brand) 56Delivery truck 57Victoria or Calgary or

Moncton 58‘Nathan’ suffix (19th-century American author Mr. Hawthorne) 59Importan­t piece in a

dinette set, for short 63Used the chair 65Rugged off-road rides,

commonly 67British Columbia community sharing the name of an equine insect 70Dense growth of

bushes 72Legendar­y Torontobor­n musician Mr. Emmett 75Olive genus 76Man-made

replacemen­ts of man 77“Star Wars” (1977) opening... “A long time ago in a galaxy __, __ away .... ” 78The ‘Forest City’ in

Ontario 79Prop for legendary stand-up comedian George Burns 80__-_-porter 81National Velvet novelist Ms. Bagnold, and namesakes 82Inscribe­d ancient

pillar 84Experien­ce literature,

__ _ book 85‘Dog’ in Latin 86Sphere 88S-shaped

moulding 92Hosp. profession­als 93Popular tree variety 94Chicago trains

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