PuzPuz Times BIG Canadian Crossword
Splitting the Atom ACROSS
1 Kamloops’s country 7 Professional cooks 12 Convertible pieces
of furniture
20 Loved to pieces
21 St. ___ (Derek Walcott’s home country)
22 Maximum cost
23 *Utensil for
crushing spuds
25 Period for leisure
activities
26 Motorized twowheeler
27 “The Four Seasons”
composer Vivaldi 29 Put on, as a play
30 Group of tennis
games
31 Road trip vehicle
33 Was in charge of
34 Rotini, e.g.
37 Edinburgh cathedral where John Knox preached
39 *World capital on the Arabian Peninsula
44 Feature of
some skirts
47 Just slightly
48 Rope for catching
animals
49 Gradually eat
away at
50 Tax filing period 51 ___ and vigor
52 Playfully shy
53 Shape like ( or )
55 Something to
decipher
56 *Countries belonging to an alliance founded in 1949
59 Church meeting
61 Colour that titles a
Taylor Swift album 62 Undergarment
also called a shift 63 Try to pass
again, as a test
65 Cure
67 “___ questions?”
68 Rapper Mac ___
69 YouTube upload,
for short
70 Kimono sash
71 Crop up
74 “My bad!”
76 Joining together
80 “Help!!!”
81 Peer in a courtroom 83 *”My Cousin
Vinny” star
85 Heavy criticism
87 Number for a
golfer to shoot for 88 Exceptionally
long time
89 Like some martinis 90 Performed
using pipes
91 Basic skateboard
trick
93 Contacting via
AOL, perhaps
95 Apple virtual
assistant
96 Finishes, as a cake 97 *Ovoid item
used in sauces
99 Large vultures
101 Cream of the crop 102 Feeling :( 103 de Armas who appeared in the trailer for “Yesterday,” but not the actual movie 104 Silicon Valley exec 107 Driver’s licence,
for one
111 Band that follows
the opener
114 Casaba, e.g.
116 Sauce served
with spaghetti
119 *Dot indicating that a note should be detached
121 Excess amounts 122 Cocoon critters 123 Unable to be heard, in a
Zoom call
124 Unsanctioned current eventsrelated release
125 Don’t save
126 Reject verbally
DOWN
1 Superhero
garments
2 Acrobat company
3 Tag shout
4 Anise-based drink
of the Middle East
5 Pick up
6 “Much ___ About
Nothing”
7 Scottish family
8 Didn’t dawdle
9 Canyon sound
effects
10 Demon
11 Draped clothing
item from India
12 Abbreviation on a
sunscreen bottle 13 NHL legend Bobby 14 Spanish party
15 Clear plastic sheet 16 Not-yet-final
software version
17 Vape
18 Title for Judi Dench 19 Drove over the limit 24 Descriptor for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island
Part of a composer’s oeuvre 32 Sweetener derived
from a succulent
35 Performed a
chemical test on
36 Contempt
37 “Papaoutai” singer 38 Little sheep
39 Mother’s Day
month
40 “Lord of the
Rings” baddie
41 “Fahrenheit 9/11”
director Michael
42 Included in the mix 43 Requiring a lot
of attention
44 Coordinate
45 Jacob’s first wife,
in the Bible
46 “No food for
me, thanks”
48 Needing directions 52 Move slowly
and carefully
54 Ceremony in
a monarchy
57 “Super Bass”
musician Nicki
58 Cause of a
computer problem 59 Person going
downhill fast
60 Credit alternative
64 For the birds?
66 Part of the cell cycle 68 Person who capitulates easily, metaphorically
71 “Now, when it
comes to...” 28
Splitting the Atom
Chicken, in Spanish
Biblical song
Visibility reducer in the city
76 Information
collected by apps
77 Apple desktop
computer
78 Hawaiian goose
79 Bookings for bands 95 Pop container
82 “The Evil Dead” 98 “Ripe” time of life
director Sam 72 73 75 84 “You lose!” 86 Maker of the Forte 88 Ambient music 92 94 99 pioneer Brian
Everlasting
Something in a shopping cart
Cocktail party bite 100 “Pest” in a Beverly
Cleary book
102 Exercise that
works the abs
104 Santa’s last name 105 Mexican sandwich 106 Not sharp or flat 107 “That’s my cue!” 108 “2001: A Space
Odyssey” astronaut 109 Workers on a ship 110 Pretentious
people put them on 112 Egyptian serpents 113 Included in an
email thread
115 Primetime
___ Awards
117 Mens ___ (concept
in criminal law)
118 Don’t just assume 120 Huge amount