COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1. 2023 World__ Ice Hockey Championships (May 28th to June 4th in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan)5. 0 Meridian letters 8. Not kosher 12. Carangid fish 16. Canada __ (Famous ginger ales) 17. Pacific sailing boat 18. Roof part 19. Five-star 20. The Group of Seven adventure to creatively render Canada's beautiful landscapes: 2 wds. 24. Hollywood star in Shania Twain's hit “That Don't Impress Me Much”: 2 wds. 25. John Paul __ (Julian's portrayer on Canadian comedy “Trailer Park Boys”) 26. __-Rivieres, Quebec 27. Religious faction 29. CFL trophy, __ Cup 30. Canadian dessert classic, McCain __'_ Delicious Cake31. Tiny, to Scottish poet Robert Burns 32. “__ Smile” by Hall & Oates 34. NYC-bound plane's landing site, an alternative to JFK 37. Los Angeles Angels' city39. Canadian singer of 1983 dance music hit “So Many Men, So Little Time”: 2 wds. 43. Assemblage 44. Beak 46. Zap the leftovers 47. __ and aahed 48. __ Falls (Jasper National Park attraction in Alberta) 51. It's an American upscale department store, commonly 53. __ solution (Contact lenses rinse) 56. __ __ is human... 58. Prefix that means `Tin' 59. Sign with the play's lines: 2 wds. 61. Used as a source: 2 wds. 63. Anne Murray's “You Needed Me” hit bit: “I cried _ __, you wiped it dry...” 64. Medieval chest 66. `Court' completer (Good manners) 67. Caesar's 402 71. Hangout on Canadian classic “The Beachcombers” where locals would have a coffee, chat and a snack: 2 wds. 74. Reverences 76. Broadcasted safety message [acronym] 77. Bygone Ford cars 78. Throughout, in verse 80. Belgian artist James of 1890 painting The Intrigue 81. Sonic sound! 83. Scottish hats 85. `B' of NKOTB 86. Historic mining town in Quebec now knownas Valdes-Sources 90. Fetch as a `Golden' dog 92. 19 __ __ (Apt address of Toronto attraction Allan Gardens Conservatory) 96. Revise 97. “Right back __ __!” (Same to you, funstyle) 98. Sport-__ (Versatile vehicles) 99. They're written and inserted into envelopes, for short 100. “I Try” by __ Gray 101. Publ. speaking skill 102. Born, in the social pages 103. SINs equivalents in The States
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1. Local law enforcement hdqrs. 2. __ of the Covenant 3. Montreal smoked meat sandwich need: 2 wds.4. DRAO = Dominion Radio __ Observatory (World-class celestial research facility in Kaleden, British Columbia) 5. Hold 6. Belief of oneness 7. Professional wrestling partnership: 2 wds. 8. __-Mex cuisine 9. Bewitched10. New Brunswick's provincial tree the Balsam Fir is one 11. Like the politics on Parliament Hill 12. Watched idly: 2 wds. 13. Helix 14. Old World buffalo 15. Contradict 17. High level degs. 21. Michael of “The Cider House Rules” (1999) 22. Endless list stopper [abbr.] 23. 1980 George Harrison autobiography, _ __ Mine 26. __ _'clock in the morning28. Drafting tool, _-__ 30. Smidgen 31. Duck variety 33. Great __ (North Atlantic extinct flightless seabird) 34. Lindsay of “Mean Girls” (2004) 35. Edmund of “The Trouble with Harry” (1955) 36. __ __ it goes (There you have it!) 38. __ tube (Cottage lake float) 40. Debit card service in Canada 41. Arrigo __ (b.1842 - d.1918 ...Librettist for Verdi's 1893 opera Falstaff) 42. Releases from founded-in-Winnipeg-in1949 publisher Harlequin: 2 wds. 45. Baseball __ 49. Having a single component 50. Modern radiostyle program 52. Annual athletics awards since 1993 53. Rapscallion 54. Cars, for short55. Character voiced by Katey Sagal on sci-fi cartoon “Futurama” 57. 1836: Monogram of the American essayist of Nature 60. `City of Lakes' in Nova Scotia62. __-friendly 65. Wine selection 68. Top of Everest back to base camp journeys 69. “__ _ _.” (Things are fine with me) 70. Tel Aviv, __.72. Grooved-tracks toy racer: 2 wds. 73. Toronto .... Rogers Centre crowd pleaser: 2 wds. 75. Sitcoms can be watched on one, for short79. Millionaire's manor milieu 81. Cake mix brand, __ Crocker 82. “The Six Million Dollar Man” agcy.84. Indonesia's __ Islands 85. Partiality 86. “Cough...” 87. 1984: “Go for __” by Kim Mitchell 88. __-a-brac 89. Leonard __ aka `King of the Cowboys 'Roy Rogers 91. US Marine who became an actor, _. __ Ermey (b.1944 d.2018) 93. Inky arm pic 94. Vase 95. -ette like ending