COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 __ Ditch (Nickname of the Red River Floodway, Winnipeg’s flood control engineering marvel completed in 1968)
6 Lasso
11 Travis __ (Host of CBC News Network show ‘Canada Tonight’)
18 Martin of “SCTV”
19 Finally, in French
20 Effortless task: 2 wds
21 May 8th, 2024... The Belem is the historic __-__ ship setting sail from the Port of Piraeus (Athens, Greece) to carry the sacred Olympic flame across the Mediterranean to the Port of Marseille (France) kicking off the Paris 2024 Olympics torch relay
23 Cheese slices with the holes
24 Prefix meaning ‘Lizard’
25 Joyce of “Three’s Company”
27 Computer keyboard key
28 19th-century Gothic Revival manor estate on Hamilton Mountain which is one of the participating attractions as per #43-Down
31 Ann Jillian sitcom, “__ _ Living”
32 Snakepit sounds
34 French cuisine ‘fat’
35 Online search engine
37 “__ Were the Days” by Mary Hopkin
39 Canadian actor Michael of “Juno” (2007)
40 Grandma
41 Certain Cervid
42 “Why, __ __ honoured!”
46 Sailing boat sort
47 Chill
48 Praying figure in Christian artwork
50 Away
51 Shakespeare... Heroine in Cymbeline
53 Celebration
54 Towards the ship’s left side
56 Ms. Ryder of “Stranger Things”
58 Believe
60 Realm of King Leonidas
61 “In case you __ noticed...”
62 Fear: French
63 What ‘Rh’ means as per blood types
65 ‘Ear’-meaning prefix
66 Newspaper’s viewpoint pieces
68 Old Testament bk.
69 Bausch + __ (Contact lenses care brand)
72 Stitched
74 Cries of the crows!
75 Soak flax
76 “Pursuit of the Graf __” (1956)
77 “_ __ agree.” (Ditto from me)
79 Applesauce brand
81 “Raise a Little __” by Trooper
82 Comparatively unique: 2 wds.
85 “The Jeffersons” song: “Movin’ __ __”
87 C2H5OH
89 Alphabet trio
90 New York City restaurant known for its wall art of celebrity caricatures
92 Concise
93 Saskatchewan village; or, an American political family surname
95 Fiddleheads plant: 2 wds.
100 Daytime theatre showing
101 Humdinger
102 Eagle’s cliff lookout
103 Vegas vowsexchangers
104 Upper crust
105 Mythological tree nymph
DOWN
1Springtime hrs. in Ottawa
2 Boyz II Men charttopper: “__ Ahh”
3 Favouring
4 Grizzly’s catch of the day: 2 wds.
5 Cook broccoli in a way
6 Place the coffee table over there instead
7 “__ __ doing...” (Thereby)
8 Captain’s sternward direction
9 Affiliated with: 2 wds.
10 Continental range of the Condor
11 Lucille’s sitcom co-star
12 Month of May birth flower alongside the Lily of the Valley
13 Lord’s Prayer part: “...__ __ __ in Heaven.”
14 Where Albany is the cap.
15 Flowers in a Spanish bouquet
16 Anoint
17 Banters and jokes
22 __ Thai, ‘The Art of Eight Limbs’
26 Historic thoroughfare in St. John’s: 2 wds.
28 Canadian taxes... ‘A’ in CRA [abbr.]
29 Carbamide
30 One is rolled down to receive one’s drivethru order: 2 wds.
31 Heroine in The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward BulwerLytton
33 ‘Six’ in Sicily
36 Anne of Green Gables frightful forest: 2 wds.
38 Fire up
41 Performs
43 Hamilton event welcoming the public to explore the city’s cultural and heritage architectural sites on May 4th and May 5th, 2024: 2 wds.
44 Hollywood legend Mr. Reynolds
45 “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969) role, __ Place
47 Toronto cultural attraction, __ Khan Museum
49 Faucets
52 Particular preposition
53 Collie’s coat
55 Thunder Bay born bandleader for David Letterman: 2 wds.
56 “__ the Boss?” (1980s sitcom)
57 ‘Different’ add-on (Distinguish)
59 Mr. Tamblyn of “West Side Story” (1961)
60 Prepared
62 Vegetable soup ingredients
64 Bestseller by Canadian author Mary-Ann Kirkby, Secrets of a __ Kitchen
67 Ontario _ _ __ Doug Ford
68 Plummet
70 Canadian singer Brian of “Middleman”
71 Info desk sounder
73 Ms. Vardalos, Canadian filmmaker
78 Mr. Lupin (The ‘Gentleman Burglar’ of Maurice Leblanc books)
79 Clam-like shellfish 80Glue __ (Avery brand adhesive)
82 Billy Joel’s “Don’t __ __ Why”
83 Rob
84“__ __ You” by Bryan Adams
86 Ancient mythological weeper
88 “The Secret __ __ Missed” by Manic Street Preachers
91 Deli loaves
92__ After Shave
94 __-and-tuck
96 Martial Art, __ Chi
97 ‘Brew’ suffix
98 River inlet
99 “Waking __ Devine” (1998)