COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD
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