COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 20th-century French composer Jacques of “Escales” (Ports of Call) 6 Uniquely-named table decorations shaped like ships 10 Canuck paint brand, _-_-_ 13 Martian’s li’l transports 17 Declarer 18 Downright nasty 19 Greek shipping tycoon Mr. ‘O’ 20 Hershey’s caramel treat 21 1814 Battle in Niagara Falls: 2 wds. 23 Guy __ and His Royal Canadians 25 Manicurist’s boards 26 __ __ stock, as the latest products 28 Not achieved, as a quota 29 April 30th Deadline! Filings to Revenue Canada: 3 wds. 32 Reno and landscaping channel 35 Complication 36 Jewels, top secret documents and wads of cash storers 37 Communicating cow! 39 Baseball pitching stats 41 Caustic cleaning chemical 42 Ottawa is the Cdn. what? 45 Harry & Meghan shall be royally what soon? 47 Mythological weeper of ancient Greece 50 Providence, __ Island (#6-Down’s 1901 birthplace) 52 Keanu Reeves comedy, “Bill & __ Excellent Adventure” (1989) 54 Mil. dinner out in the field 55 Canadian media personality Mr. Sabados 56 It’s known as ‘Canada’s Most Beautiful Room’ and it’s in Ottawa: 3 wds. 62 ‘Raining cats and dogs’, and others 63 No __, ands or buts 64 The Boston Bruins retired his Number 4 in 1979, Robert _. __ 65 British Columbia city near Surrey 66 Clear the mirror of mist 68 Maple Leafs legend Darryl 73 Mailing encl. request 74 Montrealhead quartered choo choo co. 76 “__ __ isn’t.” (Naysayer’s observation) 78 Wild horses Island in East Coast Canada 79 ‘Slammin’ Sammy’ golfer, and surnamesakes 82 Open-__ shoes 84 Lowest living level, little-ly 85 Mega shopping destination in Alberta: 3 wds. 90 Part of a play: wd. + Roman Numeral 91 Overeating feeling 92 Collared clergy 96 White __ (Ontario’s floral emblem) 98 For Better or for Worse is a Canadian what?: 2 wds. 100 High 101 Narrow inlet 102 Man _’ __ (Thoroughbred racehorse legend) 103 “When I Take My Sugar __ __” (Songbook standard) 104 Dagger 105 Nightfall, to a poet 106 Waterway in Fort McMurray 107 Boxes
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1 Strait of Belle __ 2 L. Frank __, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author 3 Eyes, to Shakespeare 4 Manitoba flow-er: 2 wds. 5 Attemptin’ 6 American who starred as a Canadian Mountie in “Rose-Marie” (1936): 2 wds. 7 Zsa Zsa’s sister 8 Casey’s pal on “Mr. Dressup” 9 Rain/snow combo 10 1880: Composer of the music to “O Canada”, __ Lavallee (b.1842 - d.1891) 11 Steely supervision: 2 wds. 12 100 km/h, e.g. 13 Icy space discovery in 1781 14 A Mystery __ __. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1960 sci-fi read by Winnipeg-born author Eleanor Cameron) 15 Like the days of yore 16 Chimneysweep collections 22 Bits of mins. 24 Canadian desserts: 2 wds. 27 Audio file, e.g. 30 Damage 31 British cathedral city 32 “I’m thinking...” 33 State in India once a colony of Portugal 34 CFL Argos, on scoreboards 38 “Flying On Your Own” singer/songwriter from Cape Breton: 2 wds. 40 Scottish-born Canadian department store founder, Robert __ (b.1834 - d.1897) 42 Beaver __, British Columbia 43 Port of Yemen 44 Cooped/confined 46 Suffixes with ‘Musket’ 48 Hour, in Italy 49 Twillingate passer-by in Nfld. in Spring 51 Shorten the pants 53 Silk: French 55 iPhone’s speaking assistant 56 Eye blinkers 57 Notion 58 Spitefulness 59 Decay 60 Tripled letter indicating ‘really loud’, as per music 61 Michael J. Fox voices the lead character in 2001 animated adventure “Atlantis: The __ __” 66 Liqueur of Scotland 67 Really put in the effort: 3 wds. 69 Classic game toy, __ Hockey 70 Kilos’ pals in The States 71 Shade provider for sidewalk walkers 72 Soak the flax 75 Mr. Beatty 77 Particle 79 ‘Silent Night’ in English = ‘__ Nacht’ in German 80 Roomy sleeve variety 81 Toy-made dessert, __-Cone 83 Jeanne _’__ 85 Lamp’s power units 86 Super __ (French-language specialty channel from Bell Media) 87 Subway rider’s gateway 88 Filled-with-food shells 89 Itemizes 93 Mlle. cousin in Spain 94 Layer 95 Sumptuous spring spots 97 ‘Exp’ ending (End) 99 __ 19th, 2018 (The big day as per #45-Across)