COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. “__ appetit!” 4. Early PCs platform 9. __ _’ tea (Scones go-with) 13. Baseball VIP 16. Figure skating great Midori 17. J.R.R. Tolkien... The ‘Lord’ of Lord of the Rings 18. Host of “Big Brother Canada”: 2 wds. 20. World Famous __ __ Museum, in Torrington in Alberta 22. Herpetologists study them 23. Interest of Global Affairs Canada: 2 wds. 25. ‘Advert’ add-ons 26. Manitoba municipality 27. New York Met in baseball, e.g. 28. Royal House of France once 30. Bird bill 31. Canadian chocolate bar, __. __ 34. Went by bike 36. First wife (b.1899 - d.1951) of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker 37. Ballerina Ms. Shearer of “The Red Shoes” (1948) 38. Canadian singer Shawn 40. Beatles member in the early Hamburg days 41. Bullfighter’s cloak 44. One thinking up titles for things 46. UkrainianCanadian artist Leo Mol, for example 48. ‘Wife’ in Latin 49. Put onto the throne 51. Particular pronoun 52. Most hauntingly strange 54. Speed meas. on Canadian roads 55. Folksy percussion instrument 59. Canadian choochoo co. 60. Autumn, for one 62. ‘The water’ in Quebec City 63. Canadian band, __ Rush 68. Improvise 69. Scratching target 70. Gravestone engraving 71. ‘Splendor Sine __’ (‘Splendour Without Diminishment’, motto of British Columbia) 73. Saint-__ (Municipality in Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula) 75. Mr. Burdon of The Animals 77. Additional 78. Subatomic particle 79. Here: Spanish 82. White __ (Manitoba’s provincial tree) 84. ‘Husband’ in Hull 86. Catherine of __ (King Henry VIII’s first wife) 88. The Dalai __ 89. Stage name of Canadian concerts impresario Mister Tarlton: name + initial + name 92. Ottawa-__, Canada’s National Capital Region 94. Canadian Pacific president William Cornelius Van Horne (b.1843 - d.1915), for example: 2 wds. 95. “__ __ Love Affair” by Bryan Adams 96. Group of nine 97. Commotion 98. Wanna-__ (Aspirants) 99. “Baloney!” in Britain 100. Canadian broadcaster Ms. Edeh 101. Roosted
DOWN
1. Season sports tickets purchaser often: 2 wds. 2. Peter of “The Lion in Winter” (1968) 3. “Don’t worry, I can informally handle this!”: 2 wds. 4. Products by Canadian food brand Becel 5. Norse navigator Leif’s last name ‘Erikson’, pronounced AIRihk-__ 6. Fall 7. Tea type 8. Fishhook line 9. Yukon’s sandy area which was once a glacial lake, __ Desert 10. 1934 Chemistry Nobelist, Harold __ (b.1893 - d.1981) 11. Charles Dickens protagonist 12. Ancient seaport of Rome 13. Canadian Museum of Nature’s address in Ottawa, 240 __ __ 14. Enters the edifice: 2 wds. 15. Doc’s written orders 17. Quaky prefix to ‘graph’ 19. Grocery store cleanup spot 21. Female octopus 24. ‘Prem’ suffix (Theatrical debut) 28. Calf: French 29. ‘Lizard’-meaning suffix 32. Southern Ontario... County of __ (Where the Grand River flows) 33. Big name in pet food 35. “It’s Like That” by Run-_ _ _ 37. Frank __, Montreal-born guitarist and leader of the rock group at #63-Across 38. ‘Flag’ in French; or, surname of Montreal’s mayor during Expo 67 39. Sugar substitute, Sweet’_ __ 41. Actor’s hint 42. “Timber!” tool 43. Snatchers of front door deliveries during the Pandemic: 2 wds. 45. “Yikes!” ... and more “Yikes!” 47. Toronto __ Library 50. Jazz trumpeter Mr. Jones (b.1923 d.1986) 53. Therefore 55. Springs 56. Where ‘the neon lights are bright’ in song: 2 wds. 57. Lake: French 58. “I __ Ya Papi” by Jennifer Lopez 61. Veer sharply 63. Mil. food-inpackets 64. 1980 spoof movie for Canadian star Leslie Nielsen! 65. Supplier to Wile E. Coyote 66. Sergeant, e.g. 67. Nova Scotia port town 72. Canadian comedian Mr. Cullen 74. Encroachment 76. Curry powder ingredient 78. Alyssa of “Charmed” 79. Bright lizards 80. “Escape (The Pina __ Song)” 81. Excepting...: 2 wds. 83. “__ __ be true?” (Is that possible?) 85. Pinker at the steakhouse 87. “__ Way You Want It” by Journey 89. Morse Code bits 90. Clamours 91. __ Wyck (1941 memoir by Canadian painter Emily Carr) 92. Lump of chewed gum 93. Self-pride