COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 Vikram __, Canadian celebrity chef/ restaurateur 4 House campus groups, e.g. 9 Grand-__ (Historic Acadian community in Nova Scotia) 12 Highway’s point of exit 16 Desert garment 17 “The Beachcombers” conniver 18 Toronto-born broadcaster who was the long-time host of #4-Down: 2 wds. 20 Montrealer’s ‘nose’ 21 Neil Young’s “Ohio” bit: “Tin soldiers and Nixon coming / We’re finally __ __ own.” 22 __ Pine (Alberta’s provincial tree) 23 WWW publications 25 Wicked stare: 2 wds. 27 Shiba __ (Dog breed of Japan) 28 New Brunswick: Acadian village on Chaleur Bay, __-Rocher 30 Rise-and-rise as a hill 32 Peeled 34 Banana when it’s not ready yet 36 Statutes in Parliament 37 Put in the mailbox 39 Beatles bassist early on 40 First letter of the Hebrew alphabet 42 West __ (Winnipeg area) 46 The next one for the Toronto Maple Leafs is Tuesday, February 20th, 2018: 2 wds. 48 Cod __ (Seafood delicacy in Newfoundland) 50 John Keats specialty 51 Ready-to-wear, __-_-porter 52 Central figure in Haida mythology 53 Johnny __ (One of John Candy’s “SCTV” characters) 55 Hip-Hop chart-topper for Vanilla: “__ __ Baby” 57 “The Night They Drove Old __ Down” by The Band 58 Arthur of The Group of Seven 59 “But of course!”, in slang 60 Like the bottoms of shoes 61 Saint __ (Caribbean island country) 62 Compass dir. 63 Military forces 65 Alberta community where the villagers have a bond? 68 Deep sky blue 70 West Kootenay village in British Columbia called ‘The Switzerland of the Americas’ 71 __-dropping 72 __ Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare 73 Mideast chieftain 75 Provincial police force, __ du Quèbec 77 Plentiful 80 Popular-withpurchasers product: 2 wds. 83 Cutting-wood carpenter 84 “Norma __” (1979) 85 __ National Park Reserve, in the Northwest Territories 87 Prickly desert growers 89 Meta __ Peninsula, on Baffin Island in Nunavut 91 Ms. Maples (President Trump’s second wife) 93 Extremist org. that kidnapped Patty Hearst in 1974 96 Montreal’s CFL team 97 Taken __ (Surprised) 98 Poetically ‘throughout’ 99 Method, mini-ly 100 Suffix to ‘Lion’ 101 Dita Von __ (Burlesque artist) 102 Bounced cheque reason [acronym]
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1 NHL: The Canucks, on scoreboards 2 Jann Arden song: “Could _ __ Your Girl” 3 Canadian musician Maynard Ferguson, for one: 2 wds. 4 Canada’s classic panel game show which was based on the news: 3 wds. 5 Celine’s late hubby/manager 6 At _ __ for words 7 Ancient god of war 8 Newfoundland rum! 9 Working class member, informally 10 Canada’s flag pre-1965: 2 wds. 11 Irritable 12 Music style for Canadian recording artist Drake 13 Important intro-to-French verb 14 A.A. of Winnie-the-Pooh fame 15 Poseur 18 Acrobatic feats 19 Canadian dessert classic by McCain, __’_ __ __ 24 Sundial number 26 Dachshund’s doc 28 __ the button 29 ‘Within’-meaning prefix 31 __ measure 33 Ruckus 35 Gladden 38 Elected: French 41 Couture fashion label, __ Savahl 42 Sports injury spot often 43 Canadian director of Cher movie “Moonstruck” (1987): 2 wds. 44 Music direction meaning ‘for two’: 2 wds. 45 __-do-well 47 Guitarist Mr. Clapton 48 Canada Revenue Agency concerns 49 Roman poet of Metamorphoses 52 Aggravate 54 World’s largest continent 55 Etched, for short 56 Instance 57 “Whatchya __’?” (How’s it goin’?) 58 Calm times 60 Mega movies and Super songs: 2 wds. 61 Cool J and Bean 64 Cousin or aunt, e.g. 65 River of Switzerland 66 “Elizabeth” (1998) star Ms. Blanchett 67 Washstand pitcher 69 ‘Event’ suffix (Ultimate) 70 Community of north coastal British Columbia 73 Belonging to Sicily’s famous erupter 74 Hour bit, in brief 76 Scoundrel 77 ‘80s New Wave song for Canadian band Spoons: “__ & Symphonies” 78 Macho 79 Cowboy of Old West lore, __ Bill 81 Hall & __ (Music duo) 82 American singer/ pianist Carmen 86 Poker player’s pot part 88 Bar beverages, briefly 90 Not in 92 Pres. Lincoln 94 Victor Hugo book, __ Miserables 95 “Woof!”