Toronto Star

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- BY KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

ACROSS

1. “__ Home” by Bryan Adams

7. Australian boots

11. Visa or MasterCard transactio­n [abbr.]

14. Do movies or theatre

17. Portage __ (Winnipeg thoroughfa­re)

18. __ bass (Bassist's bass-playing technique)

19. Us President Truman, for short

20. The common people, __ polloi

21. Departing together command: 2 wds.

22. Pelletier's figure skating partner

23. Uranium-235, for one

25. British Columbia ... Castle in Victoria with beautiful stained glass windows

28. Heartened/ uplifted

29. Document of ownership

30. Fill-up station in Canada

31. Spinning stat.

32. Earliest stage

35. Throaaat testing sound ...

37. Quickly passes by as a speed skater or downhill skier

42. Winery containers

43. Company's leadership [abbr.]

44. Jetta ___ (Volkswagen model)

45. Charles Gounod opera of 1859

46. __ _ formality (Perfunctor­ily)

47. __ de vivre (Exuberance)

48. Leiber & Stoller musical revue, Smokey __ Cafe

49. Debit card motion when the tap isn't working

50. Newfoundla­nd community near Quebec's border: 2 wds.

53. “__ Place” (1960s primetime soap)

54. Antonyms of Aren'ts

55. Soul: French

56. Economize

57. Unspecifie­d

60. 1972 Canada versus Russia: 2 wds.

65. “__ __ by land, and two...” - Longfellow

66. Teensy

67. Visible

68. Universal principle

69. Tom Hanks sitcom, “__ Buddies”

70. Scot's refusal

71. Fat-sucking oper. in plastic surgery

72. Diana __ & The Supremes

73. Toronto intersecti­on, Queen Street West and __

75. Trunk's padlock fastener

76. Boxed lunch of Japanese cuisine

77. Bear, in Spain

78. “_ __ (So Far Away)” by A Flock of Seagulls

80. 7th Greek alphabet letters

82. “Voila!”

85. Free-standing tourist attraction in urban Alberta: 2 wds.

90. Blooper scene cut from the flick

92. “__ do.” (That shall suffice)

93. British Columbia/ Washington State... __ Sea (Collective name of the Strait of Georgia, Juan de Fuca Strait and Puget Sound)

94. __. of Gibraltar

95. Eliminate

96. Three-__ sloth

97. Must repay that loan: 2 wds.

98. __ Guess Who

99. Cap-__-Rosiers, Quebec

100. Ms. Seton (Author of 1941 novel My Theodosia)

101. The __ (Family of Neil Young's sometimes bandmate Graham)

DOWN

1. Advanced math course, in brief

2. “Roger, __ and out.”

3. Prefix to `morphosis' (Transforma­tion)

4. Guts/gizzards

5. Prized lump of gold

6. Crystal-lined rock

7. “Back in the _._._._.” (The White Album song)

8. Give a stern look in that direction: 2 wds.

9. Shoe covering on slushy Winter days

10. Fun-style eyewear

11. Energy

12. Board games maker

13. Canada's famous landscape painters: 3 wds.

14. At sea call!

15. Manage

16. Linked

24. “A modern-day warrior / Mean mean stride...” is the opening of what Rush song?: 2 wds.

26. Leisurely music tempos

27. Town in western Newfoundla­nd on Route 401

32. __ Office, in The White House

33. Rocketship­s letters

34. Wild guess

36. The `A' of USA [abbr.]

38. “Killing Me Softly with __ Song” by Roberta Flack

39. `Eight' in Entrelacs

40. Hockey Hall of Famer Phil, familiarly

41. British WWII submachine gun

43. Internet access device

44. “Yep! Received those pkgs. thanks!”: 2 wds.

47. Product by Canadian food company Kozlik's: 3 wds.

48. Cape Breton musician Mr. Rankin

51. `The Voice of Canada': Profession of Peter Gzowski (b.1934 d.2002): 2 wds.

52. “Rebel Without a __” (1955)

53. Promenade

56. Celtic music dancer

57. Ritzy lifestyles magazine, __ Report

58. Old World buffalo

59. Tweeter's retreat

60. Clingy clothes causer

61. Ancient Egyptian goddess

62. Led Zeppelin track: “Bring __ __ Home”

63. The __ Coast

64. Ho-hum

66. __ and outs

71. British Columbia city near Surrey

72. Changes the shoe bottoms

74. “The __” (Current police series starring Edmonton-born actor Nathan Fillion)

75. The Town of __ Hills, in Ontario

76. Historic shoe factory town in Ontario west of Belleville near the Trent River

79. Seasoned yogurt side dish of India

81. Canadian folk singers Ian or Sylvia

82. Canada __ (Crown corporatio­n for mail)

83. Old Testament book

84. Raison d'__

86. Alan of “The Four Seasons” (1981)

87. Hope or dream ...or both!

88. Punta del __ (Resort in Uruguay)

89. 17th Greek alphabet letters

91. Newsroom bigwigs, e.g.

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