COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

1. “__ it goin’, eh?” (What Bob & Doug McKenzie might ask)

5. “Beth” ballad band

9. Singing cowboy Mr. Autry

13. Persia now

17. Wing-shaped

18. ‘Ici __ __’ (‘Here and there’, in Montreal)

19. Apple tablet

20. Pizza __ (Canadian franchise restaurant chain since 1963)

21. Elton’s “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” duettist

22. Sitcoms producer Norman

23. Doug __ (Premier of Ontario)

24. Ms. Spelling

25. Three-lettered supermarket

26. __ Mountains National Park, ‘Place of Spirits’ in Newfoundland & Labrador

28. Saskatchewan hamlet

30. “Papa-Oom-__-__” by The Rivingtons

32. Highway’s coat

33. “__ __ is human ...”

34. River of Florence

36. Robertson __ (Canadian invention in a tool kit)

38. WWI: Canadian battleground in Belgium

42. Song by Canadian band 54-40: 2 wds.

45. Subway’s pass-swiping gateway

46. Correspond

47. “Walk Like _ __” by The Four Seasons

48. Unflappable

50. Wilted

52. “__ __ Land” (2016) starring Canadian actor Ryan Gosling

53. “Isn’t __ _ bit ...” - The Beatles, “Nowhere Man”

54. Web address ending often

56. Caesar’s 155

57. “__ __ __ __ About Glenn Gould” (1993 biopic about the legendary Canadian concert pianist)

64. Rival of a Rep. in US politics

65. Monday’s wee follower

66. Winged ancient Greek goddess

67. Bible boat bigwig

68. __ des Neiges (Snowy Owl, in Quebec)

72. Lion’s coat colour characteristic

74. Aria in Verdi’s opera Rigoletto: “__ Nome”

75. Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics silver medallist figure skater Brian

76. Set-in-California reality series for Lisa Rinna and Kathy Hilton [acronym]

78. Condense, literature-style

81. __-Canada (Famous gas station)

82. Colony of ancient Greece

83. 1977 sci-fi movie Princess

84. Wedding wears

86. Lefts opp.

88. Music producer Lou, and surnamesakes

92. Viscous substance found in the oil sands of Alberta

95. L’ile-du-Prince-__ (PEI, en francais)

97. Creative creation

98. “Hmmm, it seems that one of __ __ missing ...” (Observation after a head count when all heads haven’t been counted)

99. Skin doctor, cute-style

101.Mayor of Hamilton, Mr. Eisenberger

102.“__ _ miracle!!!”

103.DIY home project

104.‘70s music genre, __ Rock

105.“Able was _ __...” (Famous palindrome

starter)

106.__-Iles, Quebec

107.Former Canadian PM Mr. Chretien

108.Mr.Yost (Canadian movies lover, b.1925

- d.2011)

109.Trudged

110.Grande-__ (New Brunswick village)

DOWN

1. __ Optical (Canadian eyewear chain)

2. ‘Few’-meaning prefix

3. Saskatchewan town south of Prince Albert

4. __ Lanka

5. Okanagan Valley city in British Columbia

6. Roman road

7. Angle

8. Bermuda Triangle body of water, __ Sea

9. One is decoratively concealed with wrapping paper

10. Prefix to ‘pee’ (Epically grand poem)

11. Became constricted

12. Toronto Maple Leafs great Mr. Shack (b.1937 - d.2020)

13. Alberta-Saskatchewan ... Cypress Hills __ Park

14. Tooth-to-gums attachment

15. Historic Canadian-developed aircraft, __ Arrow

16. Town in Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador

26. Pressure unit

27. The ‘Skua’ is a predatory what?: 2 wds.

29. Something to ‘Never’ do as per Canadian author Farley Mowat’s 1963 book: 2 wds.

31. Trumpeter (b.1928 - d.2006) who is a Canadian jazz music legend: 2 wds.

33. __ Aviv, Israel

35. Commencement...

37. Tokyo-headquartered maker of office equipment

39. Split in the fabric

40. Season before ‘Automne’

41. But, Latin-style

42. Edgar Allan Poe died in this Maryland city in 1849 [abbr.]

43. Nursemaid

44. “__ Hai”: “South Pacific” (1958) song

49. “I __ I taw a puddy tat!” - Tweety Bird

51. Purchaser’s proofs-of-purchases, puny-ly

53. Song for #95-Across: “The Island __”

55. Faucets company

58. Victoria, ‘The __ Capital of British Columbia’

59. Go __ __ a limb

60. ‘R’ of HRH

61. Top-__ washer

62. Ms. Helgenberger of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”

63. Bata __ Museum, in Toronto

68. Lightly jump

69. “We __ the Champions” by Queen

70. Q-thru-U connection

71. Sylvia __ Territorial Park, in Nunavut

73. “Yeah, so?”: 3 wds.

77. Laughs heard in the North Pole!

79. __ Seals (Pinnipeds found in northern Canada)

80. John __ (Lorna Doone’s literature beloved)

85. One causes division within a family

87. Less uncertain

89. Devoured

90. Cdn. financial investments for the future

91. Express

92. __ Khalifa (World’s tallest building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

93. “Suddenly _ __” by KT Tunstall

94. Daughter of Frank Sinatra

95. Television award

96. Prefix with ‘nautic’ or ‘drome’

100.Uncooked

102.Old Testament book before Jeremiah

[abbr.]