COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. “It has really __ _ lot, thanks.”

7. Botanist Mr. Gray

10. Winter hrs. in Alberta

13. Ontario... Muskokas community known for its annual cranberry festival

17. Classify

18. Channel

16 _ _ _ (Marine radio frequency)

19. USN rank

20. Surprised cries!

21. British Columbia’s provincial mammal also known as the Kermode: 2 wds.

23. Art of placement in home decor: 2 wds. 25. __ Regency (Vancouver hotel)

26. Queen E.’s youngest son

27. __ Lake (Northern Ontario city)

28. Velocity event of July 15th to July 17th, 2022 at Exhibition Place: 3 wds.

34. Queen Elizabeth’s headdresses

37. Baby bug 38. ‘No’ in Munich

39. Ready for eating, as produce

40. ‘The Heart of the Beaver Valley’ village in British Columbia

46. Political party in Canada, __ Quebecois 47. Puppy barks!

48. 1953 Pulitzer-winning playwright William for ‘Picnic’

49. Canadian Olympic gold medal champion Andre in the 200 metres: 2 wds.

51. WWW memo

53. Costumed metal band

54. ‘Dream’-meaning prefix

55. Lefts opp.

56. “Alice” star Linda

58. Brief beginning, briefly

59. US intelligence org.

62. Some wading birds

64. Mr. Morales of “NYPD Blue”

65. Below-the-street place

67. Keep for later: 2 wds.

69. “Just _ __ Bit”: 2005 hit for 50 Cent

70. Canadian science fiction writer, A.E. van __ (b.1912 d.2000)

71. Combed stuff

72. Latin for ‘on equal footing’: 2 wds.

75. Chemical suffixes

76. Not worth _ __ (Without value)

77. Persona __ grata

78. Sovereignly supreme

80. Canadian women’s rights activist (b.1849 - d.1931) who is one of ‘The Famous Five’: 2 wds.

87. Cliff nests of hawks

88. Brim’s locale

89. “_ __ Explain” by The Who

93. __ Gold Rush (Yukon’s famous riches event)

96. The way Montreal-style bagels, for instance, can be ordered: 3 wds.

98. Mr. Jordan, Canadian singer/songwriter 99. Round shape [abbr.] 100. Qty.

101. Open up the windows to let the freshness in: 2 wds.

102. Canadian star Mr. Rogen of comedies 103. Initials-sharers of the director of “Jaws” (1975)

104. ‘A’ of Q&A [abbr.]

105. Moviedom’s Mr. Mcqueen’s

DOWN

1. 1970 Donald Sutherland movie

2. Behold

3. __-Pacific (Region of the World)

4. The __ Territories

5. Newfoundland town sharing the name of Neptune’s largest moon

6. ‘Affixed’, for short

7. Beauty products brand

8. Quebec hometown of former Prime Minister Jean Chretien

9. Namibia’s continent [abbr.]

10. Michael J. Fox’s “Back to the Future” (1985) role, Marty __

11. Wheat variety

12. Clown in 1892 opera Pagliacci

13. British Columbia town which calls to mind what ‘Cheers’ is from television: 2 wds.

14. Relieved utterance

15. Mr. Costello (Bud Abbott’s comedy partner) 16. “__ _ recall...”

22. Sleep Country Canada product

24. “__ blimey!” (Egads!)

27. Matthew Mcconaughey’s satirical 1999 movie

29. Bouncy cheque acronym

30. Saltpetre, Us-style

31. Canadian actor known for the several Hallmark movies he has appeared in: 2 wds. 32. Uncles: Spanish

33. Formerly

34. Jon of “Pretty in Pink” (1986)

35. Cheerful

36. Leader of the __ (Parliament Hill job)

41. Collection of ancient Sanskrit hymns

42. None the smarter

43. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s 1821 elegy for poet John Keats

44. Saskatchewan exports

45. Thermal spas city in Hungary

50. Rivers: Spanish

52. “__ Coming” by Three Dog Night

57. Have _ __ (Tiny-ly take in the tea)

58. “The __ __”: Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote the lyrics for this song about her home province

60. Jason of “How I Met Your Mother”

61. __-fartsy

63. __ _ __ National Historic Site of Canada (Authentic cowboy tourist attraction in Alberta)

64. 19th-century American poet, _._. __

66. 2 to 2 in hockey, for instance: 2 wds.

67. Historic ruler of Iran

68. Convenience

73. __ __ little time (Quickest way)

74. Kyiv’s land [abbr.]

79. “That was my work!”: 3 wds.

81. Roadside mil. hazard

82. Mr. Clapton’s

83. Beach party torches

84. Golfers, when at the pegs

85. Lamp’s power units

86. Tennis player, e.g.

90. Sea of __ (Eastern Europe body of water) 91. Manhattan art museum, __ Galerie

92. Ka-boom-ers!

93. Metric measures like Miles, mini-ly

94. Papua New Guinea seaport

95. Food scrap 96. Lamb’s call!

97. ‘_’ __ in Edmonton