Times Colonist

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORDB­y

- Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1.Monashee Mountains gateway village in British Columbia

6. Investor’s stock mkt. holding

9.Lettuce variety

13.Home fix-it proj.

16.French language school

17.‘Cabbage’ in Quebec

18.Nutrient-dense Amazon berry

19.1897 Luigi Mancinelli opera, __ e Leandro

20.Casually play basketball: 2 wds.

22.Canadian actress starring on current 2024 HBO espionage series “The Sympathize­r”: 2 wds.

24.Musician Mr. Puente

25.Dry 26.Writing fluid

27.__ Domini (AD)

28.__ fide (In bad faith)

30.Tool that grips in the workshop

32.Metalworke­r surname

34.“Clap for the...”: American deejay who’s “gonna rate your record high” in The Guess Who song: 2 wds.

38.Just one sneaker: 2 wds.

40.Expects

41.“Seinfeld” character

43.Faux tellers 44.Basmati and Jasmine

45.MLB’s Cardinals, on scoreboard­s

46.West Coast catch, __ Crab

48.Keyboardis­t Mr. Saunders

49.Lustre

51.“__ This Way” by Lady Gaga

52.God willing, __ volente

53.Smell

55.Particular pronoun

57.Bette Midler aka ‘The Divine __ _’

59.The Grapes of Wrath author’s initialssh­arers

61.French for ‘Maybe’, __-etre

63.Keanu Reeves movie aboard a fastmoving bus 65.Eight: French

68.Prince Edward Island stock car racing attraction, __ __ Speedway

71.Initials-sharers of the famous 1775 American silversmit­h

72.“Next to Me” singer Emeli

73.Prince Edward Island’s surroundin­gs

74.Plays the music ...loudly!

76.Southern Manitoba city

77.Opera theatre level

79.It is the only village in the Northwest Territorie­s - and is known as the gateway to Nahanni National Park Reserve: 2 wds.

81.“Give __ __ good reason!” (If it makes sense then perhaps I’ll agree)

82.Deity worshipped at Memphis

83.Coup d’__ 84.Rove

85.Court

87.Adorer

89.Ornamental case

93.Living thing

95.Swashbuckl­er starring Canada’s Kiefer Sutherland, “The Three __” (1993)

97.Currency in Romania

98.Castaway’s refuge

99.Requests

100.Skylit lobbies

101.Compass pt.

102.Inventor Mr. Edison’s first name [abbr.]

103.‘Foot’ in Zoology

104.Baker’s mixing tool

DOWN

1.Just in case that...

2.1939 to 1943 northweste­rn Ontario mining operation, __ Gold Mines

3.__ point

4.Julius __, Mayor of the City of Penticton in British Columbia

5.Hitherto

6.Musical theatre production

7.Quaint setting of “When Calls the Heart”, the 2014-debuting Hallmark drama inspired by the books of Canadian author Janette Oke who was born in the village of Champion in southern Alberta: 2 wds.

8.Hirundo __ (Scientific name of the Barn Swallow, an ‘aerial insectivor­e’ bird found across Canada)

9.Count __ (Jazz music legend b.1904 d.1984) 10.1974: “_ __ Help” by Billy Swan

11.Elusive-but-worldfamou­s graffiti artist

12.Participat­e in the auction

13.Inuk soprano who is a Member of the Order of Canada one of her albums is 2016’s ‘Pillorikpu­t Inuit: Inuktitut Arias for All Seasons’: 2 wds.

14.__ __ Trail (Recreation­al trail in Alberta with railroad history)

15.National Park in British Columbia

17.Mr. O’Brien (Late night chat host)

21.Luau dances

23.__ toast

29.Quantities [abbr.]

31.Slip

33.35 _ _ __ camera

34.Ardent

35.“Ouch!”, fun-style

36.NLL = National __ __ (The Halifax Thunderbir­ds and the Toronto Rock are among the North American teams in it)

37.Ballet jump

38.Biological mapping subjects

39.Famous gas station

42.Kernel

45.Resembling a garden hedge perhaps

47.Framework

49.Lawsuit initiator

50.Negatives

54.Accepting customers, date-wise: 2 wds.

56.The __ __ of Parliament (The Senate of Canada)

58.Beaver’s tools for gnawing trees: 2 wds.

59.“I am the walrus / Goo goo g’__.” - The Beatles

60.Some trees in southern Ontario

62.Addr. book number

64.Once

66.‘Thought’-meaning prefix

67.Playwright Mr. Williams, to pals

69.Washington state city

70.__ Punk (Electro music act)

72.Drug in Aldous Huxley’s 1932 sci-fi novel Brave New World

75.Glove compartmen­t’s directiona­l item: 2 wds.

76.Bishop’s hat

78.Rather recent

80.Searches

82.Apples, in Botany

84.Part

86.Norwegian city

88.Posh disapprova­ls

90.Actress Ms. Garr

91.Exodus author Leon

92.__ Dinesen (Pen name for 1937 book Out of Africa) 94.Bitty bug 96.Shooter marble

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