COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

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1 Happy July 1st! Canada’s flag hues, __ and white 4 ‘Very very softly’ music directive, in the plural here 8 Blue/green 12 __ Island, near Vancouver in British Columbia 17 Canadian broadcaster Mr. Lewis 18 Joy of Cooking author, __ S. Rombauer 19 Prefix to ‘potent’ (All-powerful) 20 Cherish 21 Canada Day as it used to be known, __ Day 23 Prong 24 Planet’s satellites 25 __ __ the door (Escorts one out) 26 Hair styling goo 27 Particular PC port 29 Tomates en __ (Diced tomatoes in a French restaurant) 30 Canada’s federal government location: 2 wds. 35 Coca-Cola competitor 38 Omelette ovoids 39 Shoe width size 40 Porridge-like 43 Completely 44 British Columbia footballers 46 Athabasca __ __ (It’s not the Sahara but rather a Provincial Park in remote northwest Saskatchewan) 48 “That __ __ it should be.” (It’s perfect how things turned out) 50 Airport screening gr. in The States 51 “You’ve __ _ Way” by Shania Twain 52 Befuddle 53 Private mountain estate in “Citizen Kane” (1941) 55 Canadian actor Michael of “Juno” (2007) 57 Intercommunications ‘yes’ 59 35mm camera, e.g. 60 Charlottetown, ‘The Birthplace of __’ 64 Great Expectations character 67 “The Year of the __” (Basketball documentary of 2004) 68 Archaically ‘imagine’ 69 Lake __, in Banff National Park 73 The __ (Regular’s order at the diner) 75 Ken of “thirtysomething” 77 Foot finial 79 Really fun time 80 Village in British Columbia north of Whistler 82 Then, in Tadoussac 84 ‘Neat’ suffix (Tidy type) 85 Italian harp 86 For instances [abbr.] 87 “__ So High” by Tal Bachman 88 Baking amts. 90 1534-in-Canada explorer from France: 2 wds. 94 Above __ Level 96 Mr. Gray of Botany 97 __ Gratia Artis (MGM’s motto) 98 Frank __ (Leslie Nielsen’s role in ‘Naked Gun’ comedies) 102 ‘Night’-meaning prefix 104 Halifax-born designer of Canada’s iconic fishing and racing schooner the Bluenose, William J. __ (b.1879 - d.1970) 106 Canada’s is rich 108 Northern territory of Canada 109 Use the pool’s bouncy board 110 Figure Skater’s jump 111 ‘Froms’ friends 112 Mother in Eugene O’Neill’s 1933 play Ah, Wilderness! 113 Plant, pre-being a plant 114 Canadian hockey legend Gordie 115 Emily Carr output

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1 “Gnarlies!” 2 “Hurray!”, ancientstyle 3 The Bluenose coin 4 Northern __ (Migratory duck) 5 Previous 6 Base of operations of Canada’s leader [acronym] 7 NHL team, __ Jose Sharks 8 Pacific Northwest Coast highstanding monuments 9 __ “The Cat” Francis (Goalie-turned-Coach in the Hockey Hall of Fame born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan) 10 “Barbara __” by The Beach Boys 11 Provincial representative of The Queen, __ Governor 12 Disney deer 13 Mileage tip to ‘meter’ 14 Rural municipality in Manitoba called ‘A Place to Put Down Roots’ 15 White-tailed sea bird 16 Scotland’s famed Loch 22 Web connectors [abbr.] 26 “Just for Laughs __” 28 Backyard building 31 Writer Mr. Tolstoy’s 32 Township in northwestern Ontario on Agimak Lake 33 Tidy 34 Noisy 35 Peace: French 36 Lioness in “Born Free” (1966) 37 Agenda 41 Recount 42 Flanders river 45 Saskatchewan agriculture town 46 “...sugar is sweet and __ __ you.” 47 “__ __ Ron Ron” by The Crystals 49 Cul-de-__ 51 Prince Edward Island, ‘Canada’s __ Province’ 54 “Republic of __” (CBC show from 2010 to 2014) 56 “Hang Ten” singlenamed Canadian singer 58 Wayne Gretzky when an Edmonton player 61 GGFG = Governor General’s __ __ 62 One of a Caribou’s set 63 Worn-down pencil 64 Insect stage 65 ‘Advert’ add-on (Promotional sponsor of a page in a magazine) 66 Oilfield sights in Alberta nicknamed ‘nodding donkeys’ 70 ‘Edmonton’ enders 71 Faux pas 72 Banff National Park animals 74 Rhyme scheme, e.g. 76 Misplace 78 Jacob van __ the Elder (17th-century Flemish painter) 81 Mandatory courses, for short 82 Gotchas! 83 Very clean and sanitary 87 Tedious speech or writing 89 Poison rocker Mr. Michaels 91 “The __ Mutiny” (1954) 92 Jeanne __ (Governor General of Canada from 1984 to 1990) 93 “_ __ a map of Canada...” - Joni Mitchell, “A Case of You” 94 __ River, in Fort McMurray 95 ‘Right’ suffix (Mightily moral) 99 The __ Shoe Museum, in Toronto 100 Composer Mr. Stravinsky 101 Lofty lair amongst the leaves 103 Not moi in Montreal 105 Goose: French 106 “That’s reaaally hilarious.” 107 ‘Outer’-meaning prefix