Waterloo Region Record

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- ACROSS BY KELLY ANN BUCHANAN

1. (As originally written) 4. Concerning [abbr.]

7. “Oh Happy Day” by The __ Hawkins Singers

12. Alberta village southeast of Edmonton

17. Result of bias in the courts, __-__ justice system

19. ‘The Flying Finn’ Olympic runner Mr. Nurmi

20. Shakespear­ean spirit

21. March is named after Mars who was the ancient what?: 4 wds.

23. Rock star Mr. Kravitz

24. Li’l bit of knowledge

25. From-the-lab letters in a lunch

26. 1975 book by Canadian writer Mordecai Richler, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded __

27. ‘World’ in Italy

28. Everything from _ __ Z

29. Canadian cheese giant founded in 1954

31. Mariah Carey hit in 1993

33. Marci __ (Member of Parliament who worked as a broadcaste­r)

34. Setting on “The Roy Rogers Show”, Double _ __ Ranch

36. “Try” by Canadian band Blue __

38. Soap-on-_-__

40. Vivid

43. Fran __ (Fran Drescher’s character on “The Nanny”)

44. Mining company, __ Canada Ltd.

45. Crumble

46. Toronto-born concert pianist Glenn

48. Stored farming fodders

51. ‘Green’ adventure vacays, __-__

53. Vehicle variety

55. Rio’s country, to the IOC

56. Rugged rides, e.g.

57. Currency in Chile

59. Brand of soap

60. Meadows modulation­s

61. __ Bo (Fitness system)

62. Cache

64. Brand of mini chocolate cakes in a box by Canadian baker Vachon: 2 wds.

66. Writer Mr. Hemingway’s

69. __ Fraser University, in British Columbia

71. Small scale weight

72. Jane Austen novel

73. The __ _ (1976 Summer Games stadium, to Montrealer­s)

74. The ones of schemers are often hidden

76. Disney’s ‘Herbie’, e.g., _ _ __

77. Deepa __, Canadian filmmaker

79. Thunderbir­ds org. in The States

80. Dets. like TV’s ‘Magnum’

81. Prefix meaning ‘To the left’

83. Navy titles, e.g.: 2 wds.

85. Quebec ‘lake’

88. Brought one’s script to life

90. “Yahoo!” in ancient times

92. Hosp. brain scan

93. Playwright Mr. Cruz

94. Paris street, __ __ Rivoli

95. __ __ Award (Canadian outfielder Larry Walker won it in 1999 when playing for the Colorado Rockies)

98. Where delighted dancers dance: 2 wds.

99. Ontario’s Point __ National Park

100.Flavour of Canadian potato chips

101.Puts cargo on board, olde-style

102.Manager-to-staff speech opener: “__ __ of you are aware by now...”

103.NNW u-turn

104.Audi’s lettered coupes

DOWN

1. Glacier-gouged groove

2. “_ __ Back Down” by Tom Petty

3. Newfoundla­nd town, __ __-__

4. ‘Ascert’ add-on (Determine)

5. ‘__ Banquet’: 1968 Rolling Stones album

6. Defeat by a large score

7. Banned sports performanc­e enhancer, e.g.

8. March’s flowers

9. Canada Goose monument site in northern Ontario

10. Vancouver-based mining company sharing the name of Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 Saxon knight novel

11. Oslo’s country, to its citizens

12. King Charles’ digs in the Scottish Highlands

13. Prefix that means ‘Mars’

14. Any one touches down at the James Armstrong Richardson Internatio­nal Airport: 3 wds.

15. Person getting a loan

16. __ __ the wall (Hypothetic­al observer)

18. Spiritual ideal

22. Sullen

29. Big name in electronic­s

30. Vegan’s ‘meat’

32. Toronto’s valleys

35. They are kept by Ringo Starr?

37. Finished

39. Rock-__ (Classic jukebox)

40. Conceptual­ize

41. Fruit juice

42. White-plumed herons

47. Mount __, in Greece

48. British Columbia community on Kamloops Lake

49. 1805: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, commonly

50. Born-in-England Canadian singer Ms. Jordan, and namesakes

52. Grab all the limelight in the theatre

54. Martial Arts training centre

58. Mr. Davis of “I’m Not Rappaport” (1996)

60. Canadian actress Ms. Traore

63. Lethbridge landmark over the Oldman River, __ __ Bridge

65. Windblown silt deposit

67. Pol. building in Ottawa

68. Vancouver-born star Cobie of 2005 to 2014 sitcom “How I Met Your Mother”

70. Glam rock group, __ the Hoople

73. “Plan 9 from Outer Space” (1957) and “The Blob” (1958) are examples of _-__

75. Bubbling water sounds

76. Llama-like woolly animal

78. Keener

80. By word of mouth, as per law

82. Italian motor scooters company

84. Office work stations

86. Language of Alaska

87. Apple __ (The Beatles’ multimedia business)

89. Ms. Falco of “The Sopranos”

91. Stewpot

93. ‘National Geographic Channel’, in brief

96. Moray __

97. German singer Ms. Lemper

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