Toronto Star

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- BY KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

ACROSS

1 Canadian __ (Tennis tournament since 1881) 5 Some switch settings 9 Lubricate 12 Apple: French 17 Change position 18 Blackthorn fruit 19 Joey __ (Newfoundla­nd’s first provincial Premier in 1949) 21 Cordon __ (Great chef) 22 TWOS = Telus __ __ __ (Edmonton attraction) 24 Holt __ (Swanky retailer in Canada) 26 Assemble bricks 27 Television schedule acronym 28 Non-verbal communicat­ion syst. 29 Founded [abbr.] 30 New-__ (Alternativ­e medicine proponent) 32 Tofu base 34 ‘Due __ __ before...’ (Submission dates info) 36 Game results 38 Black Sabbath lead singer’s initialssh­arers 40 Folds 43 Mouthwash brand 46 Gusto 47 1973 Toni Morrison novel 49 1000, fun-style 50 Joni Mitchell’s “__ for Going” 51 Cobbler, when repairing shoe undersides 53 French explorer to Canada/fur trader, Pierre-Esprit __ (b. circa 1636 - d. circa 1710) 55 Supernatur­al prefix to ‘normal’ 56 ‘Feather’-meaning prefix 57 River of Spain 58 Music-lover’s enhanced sound system 60 Toothed tools for tresses 62 __ Grain Elevators National Historic Site, in Manitoba 67 Horse gait 69 “Elvis: __ from Hawaii” (1973 TV special) 71 Went 72 Michael __, Canadian author of 1992 Booker Prize winning novel The English Patient 76 The Group of __ (Canadian art collective) 77 Leo Tolstoy’s __ Karenina 78 Red __, Alberta 79 Luke Skywalker mentor 81 ‘Ether’ suffix (Airy/ delicate) 82 West-ofEdmonton Alberta town est. 1911 83 Hold over 85 Pre-summer season, wee-ly 86 Water down 88 Aussie hoppers 90 Caesar’s 1002 92 Tony-winning Cats director Trevor 93 Driver’s navigation aid, commonly 96 Elvis record label after Sun 98 Student’s number like 4.0 [acronym] 100 “Gimme __ ‘_’!” (O-T-T-A-W-A cheer starter!) 102 Plane flown up to Nova Scotia in the Seventies hit at #33-Down 104 Location of Toronto’s downtown ‘Square’ open space for the public: 3 wds. 108 Charlie Chaplin’s last wife 109 Instrument for Canadian polka musician Walter Ostanek 110 Multivitam­ins mineral 111 Loud percussion instrument 112 Swept-up chimney deposits 113 Fib 114 Taro root 115 Carry out the commands

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1 Dark-to-lighter hair highlighti­ng 2 Globe’s North and South 3 Incident 4 Nine: French 5 __ Tea (‘Beebalm’ aromatic herb) 6 __ Island (Attraction on Georgian Bay in Ontario) 7 Favouring 8 Hawk 9 British Columbia town near the Washington State border 10 Global currency org. 11 Endure 12 Flexible 13 Be beholden to bills 14 Beautiful butterflie­s 15 Slip-on slipper-like shoes, for short 16 Leon __ (1963 Pulitzer-winning biographer who went to McGill University) 20 Provincial enterprise for wines, beers and spirits, e.g. 23 “__ Boot” (1981) 25 Sprint 31 Canadian politics... The votes were in and Brian Mulroney was __ _ _ in ‘88 after first taking the helm in ‘84 33 Carly Simon hit: 3 wds. 35 Loopholes 36 Cape __ (Continenta­l North America’s most easterly point, this Newfoundla­nd tourist destinatio­n is about 20 minutes from St. John’s) 37 ‘Dum spiro, __’ (‘While I breathe, I hope’, in Latin) 39 Chunk 41 “Rock and Roll, Hoochie __” by Rick Derringer 42 Mother Nature’s lamp 43 Has dinner, informally 44 ‘Pluto’ suffix (Wealthy ruler) 45 Shrek’s species 48 Name of the baby in “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) 51 Spice Girls member 52 Tomato types 54 Lithium-__ battery 59 In-flight info, in brief 61 Drip, as the red stuff from a cut 63 Wooded area’s open space 64 Microscope piece 65 “__ __ one else minds, I’m going to...” 66 Spider-Man co-creator Mr. Lee 68 Eyes: Spanish 70 Land of Flat Stones... Baffin Island, to early Norse explorers it is believed 72 “The __ Couple” 73 Margaret Trudeau __ Sinclair 74 “Heartbeat - It’s a Lovebeat”: 1973 hit for Canadian band The __ Family 75 ‘Mars’-meaning prefix 80 Labyrinth princess of ancient Greek mythology 82 Sicily’s famous volcano 84 Canadian communicat­ions company 87 __ World Heritage Site 89 WWI fighter plane 91 Shiba __ (Dog of Japan) 93 “I am the walrus / Goo goo _’__.” - The Beatles 94 Short-tubed pasta 95 Quite theatrical 96 Scandinavi­an rugs 97 Fashion icon Ms. Chanel 99 Indigo dye 101 Eleven: French 103 Eddy __, Montreal-based auctions/art dealer 105 Obtained 106 “__ _ Have to Say the Words?” by Bryan Adams 107 Performed

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