COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

BY KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

ACROSS

1 Yukon airfield village in WWII near the Alaska Highway

5 Canada's Logan, et

al.

8 Russia/China

border river

12 Wolf pack's lowest

ranked member

17 Ingredient in Hawaiian root dish Poi

18 Certain shoe width

19 Belonging to me

20 Canadian singer

Serena

21 Earth epoch

example

23 Ms. Swenson of 1979 to 1986 sitcom “Benson”

24 Brooded

25 Refuge Cabin for mountaineers since 1922 perched on the Alberta/ British Columbia border and it's also located right on #22-Down's answer: 3 wds.

27 Starting before the

time slotted

28 Doesn't budge on

demands

29 `Affirm' add-on

(Giving assent)

31 Prepared-one's

comment: 2 wds.

34 Sticks/puck

professional org.

35 `Harry Potter' books character, __ Malfoy

36 At-the-helm rank

[abbr.]

39 Vancouver Island ecotourism village, also the name of the Inlet there

41 Went “Woow!”

43 Concern/matter

45 American Samoa,

IOC-style

46 Oslo's li'l land

48 CBC Radio __

49 Lynn __ (Fashion Expert on Canadian lifestyles show “Cityline”)

50 Sleep

52 Scottish-born

Canadian singer

Johnny, and surnamesakes

54 Uprising

unravellings

55 Grandmas

56 Honest __ (Toronto store of yore)

57 Ms. Dunne of “I Remember Mama” (1948)

59 Modify

61 Head-__-__

63 Stratagems

66 Hour to rise and

shine, e.g.: 2 wds.

68 Meadowlands

mammal

69 Mr. Best (Original

Beatles drummer)

70 “And __ Was” by

Talking Heads

71 __-oo! (Bye-bye!)

72 Office printer

supply

74 Magazine

professional

76 SIN-like ID in The

States

77 Faired finely: 2

wds.

79 Fam. tree member

81 Arise/follow

82 WWII-era model such as Betty Grable

83 Moose __ (Denizens of Moose Jaw)

85 Stand-up comic

Mr. Smirnoff

88 Royal Canadian Mint keepsake: 3 wds.

92 Video gaming

legend

93 Medical suffix

94 Posh porridge,

__-__ oats

96 Telegraphed the

telegram

97 Home amongst

the branches

98 Show appreciation as a restaurant patron

99 Spider-spotting

squeals!

100 Footrace distance unit in ancient Greece

101 Ritzy rebukes!

102 Arrange

103 Point in the

procedure

DOWN

1 `The Racer's Edge' brand famously at the auto track

2 Queen lioness in “The Lion King” (1994)

3 Shakespeare: “Then join you with them, like _ __ of steel, to make strength stronger ...” - Lady Percy in Henry IV, Part 2

4 Newfoundland

... Irving Oil Big Stop Restaurant town on the TransCanada Highway with a nearby Moose statue named Morris

5 Convenes to

compete

6 __ bowling

7 Go to the movies or the theatre: 3 wds.

8 Haywire

9 Ho Chi __ City,

Vietnam

10 Canada/United States divider, __ border

11 Buick coupe car

once

12 Canadian Honours System awards hierarchy: 3 wds.

13 Frank Sinatra's signature song associated with Paul Anka: 2 wds.

14 Broadway star Linda of Jekyll & Hyde

15 `Quarks' Nobel winner for Physics, Murray __-Mann (b.1929 - d.2019)

16 Creatively showy

22 Drainage basin running through the Canadian Rockies, __ __ of the Americas

26 Battle site in Normandy in '44 called `Capital of the Ruins'

30 Wood sorrels

31 “Count __ __ a

blessing.”

32 Military movieturned-sitcom 33 `Where the West Is Sill Wild' town of Saskatchewan near the Montana border

35 Randy & The Rainbows title song lady in 1963

36 Birch bark boat-ers

37 Ancient Scot

38 `Three' in Spain

40 Non-real-milk milk

42 CBC music variety series of 1956 to 1965, “Country __”

44 Mock maneuver

47 Period of inactivity

51 Recorded

52 Captured back the

fort

53 Locale

58 Grade/value

59 Following morn'

times

60 God: Spanish

62 Northern Giant Pacific __ (Underwater creatures off the British Columbia coast)

64 Cabbage: French

65 Bone dry

67 Chow __ (Takeout dish)

69 High-ranking officials at universities

73 Web-based pub.

75 Footwear

accessories

78 Science/industry

giant

80 Comedy legend Mr. Berle a.k.a. Uncle __

82 Really studied, __

over

83 Jokes

84 Skillful

85 Goes off course

86 Going __ __

(Fighting)

87 Supergirl aka __

Zor-El

89 Classic board game to take a chance on

90 “Law & Order:

SVU” star, __-_

91 Microwave the

meal

95 Orange Pekoe's wee stirrer