The Hamilton Spectator

COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

- By Kelly Ann Buchanan

ACROSS

1 “__ (2000) Congeniali­ty”

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 filmedin-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

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