COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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1 Ms. Simpson, CBC News Senior Reporter 6 Got-a-glimpse, to Tweety Bird 9 Bears: Spanish 13 Away
16 1961 Patsy Cline chart-topper:
“_ __ to Pieces” 17 Singer Ms. Grant of 1956 tune “The Wayward Wind” 18 Receipt, in Rimouski 19 Spiritual ideal 20 Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque and Tim Horton 22 Custard-filled dessert
23 Poetic contraction 24 Adjust 25 Tic-Tac-Toe winner 26 Advanced gradually 28 Shop assistant 30 One tops Montreal’s Mount Royal 32 South Seas story by Herman Melville 33 Paddle 34 SteinbachManitoba-born author of 2004 Governor General’s Award winning novel A Complicated Kindness: 2 wds. 38 Jester’s sceptre topped with a carved head 42 Wizard __ __ (Comic strip) 43 Chocolate __ Candies (Canadian confectioner since 2003) 44 Westerns star Mr. Gulager 45 Swedish car 46 Dwindle
47 It means ‘Bones’ 48 __-toity 50 George Gershwin’s brother 51 Canadian music legends Ian or Sylvia 53 “Hockey Night in Canada” innovation in 1955: 2 wds. 56 Cosmetic surgery operation, e.g. 58 Sundial number 59 The ‘T’ in TV 60 Florida promontory from whence the historic space event at #17-Down took place in 1972: 2 wds. 65 Queen’s __ Council for Canada 69 Cellular letters 70 Matrikin 71 In-small-crates li’l citrus fruits 73 Gladiator’s 54 74 Stars sci.
76 Dr. __
(Rap music icon) 77 Edible seaweed 78 Jazz legend
Ms. Fitzgerald 79 ‘The __ to the West’ (Winnipeg) 81 What ‘they called her’ in the Gordon Lightfoot tune: 2 wds. 83 Bambi’s aunt 84 Mo’__ (French Polynesia island) 86 Olympics great Ms. Korbut, and namesakes 87 __-Tracy
(City in Quebec) 89 Write poetry 91 Word’s li’l meaning 92 Whopper 95 Harvest goddess of Roman myth 96 Timber wolf 98 Saskatchewan town east of Prince Albert 101 God willing, __ volente
102 Put __ __ writing (Have a contract) 103 Linguist
Mr. Chomsky 104 Completed 105 __-Margret 106 Memo 107 Clothe
108 “I’m __” by Bryan Adams
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1 “The __ in the Hall” (Canada’s legendary sketch comedy series) 2 For _ __ (Money will make it happen) 3 William H. __ (1909 to 1913 US President) 4 ‘Tact’ suffix 5 Alberta village southeast of Red Deer 6 Canadian comic Mr. Green 7 American writer James __ (b.1909 - d.1955), posthumous Pulitzer-winner in 1958 for A Death in the Family 8 Microsoft’s famous operating system 9 1762-premiering Gluck opera,
__ ed Euridice 10 Uniquely-named Fogo Island community in Newfoundland that’s ‘Rarely-Small Rarely’? 11 Wood sorrel 12 Canadian energy company headquartered in Calgary
13 Sort of canoe paddle shape: 2 wds. 14 Impartial 15 Music for #51-Across
17 As per #60-Across... Canadian satellite Anik A1 was launched via a Delta rocket into a what above the Earth?: 2 wds. 21 Ernie of iconic Canadian show “Mr. Dressup” 27 Sports team bosses, in brief 29 Thailand neighbour 30 “El __” (1961) 31 Danish philosopher Mr. Kierkegaard 34 __ & Chandon Champagne 35 “Two __ __ Sea” (1996)
36 BBQ orders 37 Wearing, like wind and waves 39 Other: French 40 Canadian singer/ songwriter
Ms. MacLean 41 Online auctioneer 44 Bamboozle 47 Where skater’s skate basically: 2 wds. 48 Barbershop request 49 Puppy’s sounds! 52 Grand __ Opry 54 Neckwear
55 ‘P’ of WPM 57 Zoo’s bamboo-eater 60 Jagged cliff 61 Looped vase handle
62 For Better or For Worse comic strip family surname 63 Corroded 64 “We’re __ __ Blame” by Canadian band Sum 41 66 Latin pronoun 67 Foul 68 Hockey Hall of Famer
Mr. Cournoyer 72 Business news headline 75 Movie star
Ms. Russo
77 Cap __ (Chateau Frontenac sits atop it in Quebec City) 78 Busy hosp. areas 80 Pamela of the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame 81 “Halo” singer, to fans 82 Movie’s lighting electrician 85 Winery river valley in France 87 Pop
88 Frank
90 Fun suffix to ‘Switch’
92 Lake near Erickson, Manitoba 93 __ _’Orleans, Quebec 94 Guitar legend Duane
97 It means ‘Ear’ 99 Suitcase 100 Suffix to ‘Serpent’