COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “__ Congeniality” (2000)
5 Prime Minister __ _. Pearson (b.1897 - d.1972)
12 John of “Full House”
18 Centimetre's American friend
19 Air Canada professional
20 __ boosters (They lift spirits)
21 Travelling music gig
22 Canada Geese: 2 wds.
24 “La Bittt a __” by Canadian singer Raoul Duguay
25 Performed
26 Something to go fly?: 2 wds.
27 `Violin' suffix
28 Abruptly shut the door
29 Depend upon
30 __-savvy
31 Saxophone sort
32 “Growing __” (1985 to 1992 sitcom starring Canada's Alan Thicke)
34 Poetic nightfalls
35 Tissue type, 2-__
36 Langley or Edwards, in The US
39 Industrial lettered material
40 `Antiquity' in times of antiquity
41 Demons
44 __ __ for music
46 Tea type, __ Grey
48 __ Nuna (Inuit name for #34-Down meaning `Land of Muskoxen')
50 Cod au __ (Traditional Newfoundland dish)
52 Game cube
53 Sort of songbird
54 `Pepper' suffix (Pizza topping)
55 CTV's filmed in Nova Scotia original drama series based on the books of American author Robyn Carr: 2 wds.
59 Celebrated tomb King, familiarly
60 Hoax
61 Gladiator's 1002
62 “And Then __ Maude” (1970s sitcom theme song)
64 Canadian producer Daniel Lanois' British co-producer when producing the albums of Irish band U2: 2 wds.
66 Classic toy, __ A Sketch
68 Southwestern Ontario gorge village
69 Not switched off: 2 wds.
70 Attempt
71 NBA's Magic team, on scoreboards
73 “C'__ la vie!”
74 T-thru-X alphabet trio
75 “What's Hecuba to him __ __ to Hecuba...” Hamlet
77 Ruffle
79 Mil. ranks
81 Fictional frugivores
82 Regina, __.
83 Killer Whale flick
87 Somehow flawed as a product [abbr.]
88 Pre-AD time example, __ _ _
89 `Three' in Turin
90 Close
91 Current 2024 exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, `__ __ and Henry Moore: Giants of Modern Art'
95 `Great' dog
96 Made amends
97 Spill the entire story in a book: 2 wds.
98 Norse deity
99 Variantly-spelled Pharaoh of Egypt
100 Southwestern Ont. home of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame: 2 wds.
101 To-the-Moon 1969 org.
DOWN
1 Glove-wear on the diamond
2 The way canned sardines are often packed: 2 wds.
3 __ diving
4 The Spot Prawn in British Columbia, for example
5 Getaway
6 Material collected on CBC's “Murdoch Mysteries”
7 Seals
8 Late
9 7th Greek letter
10 Went around
11 Canadian band, __
Social Scene
12 Patty who sings the 1984 hit “The Warrior”
13 Steppenwolf's “Born __ __ Wild”
14 Tycoon Mr. `O'
15 Star of 1953 filmed-in-Canada movie “Niagara”: 2 wds.
16 Historic part of Winnipeg, __ __. Boniface
17 `Sixth' in Rome
23 The Cars guitarist Mr. Ocasek, and namesakes
29 Fraser or St. Lawrence, for short
31 Shake _ __ (Hurry)
33 Snippet of “The Twelfth of Never” by Johnny Mathis: “Hold me close, melt my heart like __ __...”
34 Large island off of Greenland which is part of Nunavut
35 Painting by the artist who is the answer to #91-Across, __ __ with Seaweed
36 Mr. Lee, “Hulk” (2003) director
37 “Absolutely!”: 2 wds.
38 Ottawa... Nickname of The Library of Parliament, `Canada's Most __ __'
40 “__ Brockovich” (2000)
41 Toronto skyscraper, __ Canadian Place
42 Hazards
43 Slalom
45 Nfld.'s Ocean
47 Canadian actor
Mr. Ruggiero
48 Gaspe Peninsula municipality in Quebec, Saint-__
49 Psychedelic suit jacket worn by The Beatles
51 Clairol __'_ Easy
(Hair dye brand)
56 Delivery truck
57 Victoria or Calgary
or Moncton
58 `Nathan' suffix (19th-century American author Mr. Hawthorne)
59 Important piece in a dinette set, for short
63 Used the chair
65 Rugged off-road rides, commonly
67 British Columbia community sharing the name of an equine insect
70 Dense growth of bushes
72 Legendary Toronto-born musician Mr. Emmett
75 Olive genus
76 Man-made replacements of man
77 “Star Wars” (1977) opening... “A long time ago in a galaxy __, __ away .... ”
78 The `Forest City' in Ontario
79 Prop for legendary stand-up comedian George Burns
80 __-_-porter
81 National Velvet novelist Ms. Bagnold, and namesakes
82 Inscribed ancient pillar
84 Experience literature, __ _ book
85 `Dog' in Latin
86 Sphere
88 S-shaped moulding
92 Hosp. professionals
93 Popular tree variety
94 Chicago trains