COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

1. Ms. Lee, CBC News Network business news reporter 8. Anonymous [abbr.]

11. Brother of classic comedy’s Groucho and Chico

16. Metro station or Avenue in Montreal

17. No, casual-style

18. Put in _ __ word for (Recommend)

19. King Charles, __ of Canada

20. Mont d’__ ...also known as Mount Caubvick (High peak on the Quebec/ Labrador border)

22. People being scammed

23. Shoelace shapes

25. French-Canadian __ soup

26. Cool J of rap music and Bean of clothing catalogues

27. Theologian’s subj.

28. ‘Arbor’ suffix (Trees-related)

30. San Joaquin Valley wine region in California

32. Boardroom bosses, briefly

33. Winnipeg-born rocker Randy Bachman’s electric instrument

35. Ontario community sharing the name of a Scottish river

36. British Columbia’s capital city

38. Mr. Rubik of the colourful 1980s cubes craze

39. Cousin on “The Addams Family”

41. ‘Purch’ add-on (Buy)

43. Dull impact sound effect

44. Take away weapons

46. Biblical water-to-wine miracle site

48. Niners - Eighters = ?

51. Fettuccine __ (Rich pasta dish)

54. Popular ’80s sitcom set in a Boston bar

56. Dundee’s reptile in movies, cute-style

57. Kind of reindeer in the Canadian Arctic, __-__ __

60. “Dedicated to the __ _ Love” by The Shirelles

61. Rids

62. “Hockey Night in Canada” sort of sportscaster

63. Does a gardener’s task

65. Equivalent

66. Up to a certain time

67. Enthusiasm

69. Medical pro 70. __ culpa! I’m sorry!

71. Name of Quint’s boat in “Jaws” (1975)

75. “The Good in __” by Canadian band Sloan

78. __ Miserables (Victor Hugo story)

80. Sea nymph in ancient Greek mythology

82. ‘Part’ add-ons (Collaborators)

83. Do this before a workout: 2 wds.

85. Sports Illustrated, e.g.

86. “Jeff __.” (Canadian sitcom)

87. “__ sure be nice if...”

88. Beak: French

89. Over

91. Haida __ (Archipelago off British Columbia’s coast)

93. __ Building (Toronto’s triangular 1892 flatiron building landmark)

96. Honours in a way

98. “Count __ __.” (I don’t want to participate)

99. Sphere

100. Expungings 101.Richly-decorated wall hanging

102.The __ (Sault Ste. Marie’s nickname)

103.Hockey Hall of Famer b.1915 d.1998: 2 wds. 1. Decathlete’s spear

2. Duelling weapon

3. __-__ rescue (Mission for the Canadian Coast Guard)

4. Navigator’s direction, e.g.

5. Sam of “Jurassic Park” (1993)

6. Plotter in William Shakespeare’s Othello

7. Civil well-being because of a system of good laws

8. Les Etats-__ _’Amerique (Country bordering Quebec, en Francais)

9. Apprehend

10. Scarab-headed god of ancient Egyptian mythology

11. Traditional Jewish folk song: “__ Nagila”

12. ‘Adjusted Gross Income’, in brief

13. Contact sport on skates played on an oval track: 2 wds.

14. Hoi __ (Common people)

15. Village in Saskatchewan sharing the name of a Ukraine port city

16. Phony person

19. Home office item in which to plug electronics, __ protector

21. Respond to an occurrence

24. The __ __: “Rise Up” band from Toronto, 2023 inductees into Canada’s Walk of Fame

29. Daughter of King Minos in ancient Greek mythology

31. Balanced

32. Toronto City Hall professional

DOWN

34. Backstage lists-of-demands for rock stars: 2 wds.

35. 24-hr. banker

37. However, informally

40. “Wild Thing”: 1966 hit for British band The __

42. Camille Saint-__ (b.1835 - d.1921 ...French composer of “Danse Macabre”)

45. Born, in social pages announcements

47. Esoteric

49. Aussie hoppers

50. Rabbit’s tail

51. “Take _ __” by Madonna

52. “Superman” (1978) character Lois

53. One opens one in the kitchen to access the ice cubes tray: 2 wds.

54. Fashion publ. for Helen Gurley Brown famously

55. Band that performed “Soul Sacrifice” at Woodstock

58. Indigo Canada customer

59. Bollywood movies star Aishwarya

64. Articulate

66. Friends to Hmms in a speech

68. Upper Canada and __ Canada

72. Empathizes

73. St. John’s and Waterloo

74. Capital of Ethiopia, __ Ababa

75. Conundrum

76. Naysayer

77. Gooey cheese snacks

79. Lyric poems

81. Breakfast serving item in which to hold something that gets cracked: 2 wds.

84. “Dancing with the Stars” dance style

85. Olympian’s prize

88. Reckons

90. Really

92. __ speed, as on “Star Trek”

94. British singer, __ Lipa

95. Orinoco tributary

97. Patience __ _ virtue