COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Celine Dion vocally stretches through these in power ballads

8. Beliefs

12. Bit of “Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green: “...whether times are good __ __, happy...”

17. Made the point over again

19. Vegas nightlife brightener

20. “__ Porridge Hot” (Oldetime nursery rhyme)

21. Classic Canadian name on hockey trading cards, _-__-__

22. Rossini comic opera, La Scala di __

23. One who urges someone on

24. British Columbia region where the Similkameen Valley is located: 2 wds.

27. Popular cheese-topped snacks

30. ‘Concept’ completer (Abstract)

31. Callum Keith __ of Canadian series “Due South”

32. Hollywood’s Ms. Barkin

33. Canada __ (Glacial meltwater flow-er in Antarctica)

35. Sinew

38. Old†testament fellow

39. “The __ _ Feel” by the late great Gordon Lightfoot

40. “__ __ on the Line” by Triumph

42. Classical music gr. in Quebec’s largest city

43. Mr. Orbison

44. Minerals in multivitamins

45. Burden

46. Collaborative website name’s prefix

47. Language that King Charles can speak

48. Psyche

49. __ in comparison (Doesn’t stand up to the competition)

50. Name by which June is known in Gilead on “The Handmaid’s Tale”

53. “Gotta run, see ya!”: 2 wds.

55. “Wow!” in Australia

56. Ancient Greece city-state

57. Earth sci.

58. “Give it _ __!” (Try!)

60. Building doorway sign

61. Elevator

62. Gladiator’s 654

63. Napoleonic†wars marshal

66. Rule [abbr.]

67. Willem of “To Live and Die in L.A.” (1985)

68. Relating to the ear

69. Clown of classic TV

70. B Flat equivalent in music: letter + word

72. Went by plane from Calgary to Edmonton: 2 wds.

74. Asgard’s assemblage

75. Cape Breton Island’s ‘Cabot’ and Prince Edward Island’s ‘Confederation’

77. US Pres. Ford’s Vice President

78. __ Territorial Park (Protected area near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut)

79. What ‘DH’ stands for in baseball: 2 wds.

83. 1998 Shakira album: ‘Donde __ los Ladrones?’

84. Half of Mork from Ork’s greeting

85. Meeting attendees write on these

89. 1983: “Two Hearts Beat __ __” by U2

90. ‘_’ __ Antigonish

91. Explosive wartime ‘pineapples’

92. Drink from the bowl as a cat: 2 wds.

93. “Don’t mind __ __ do!” (That’d be great for us, thank you!)

94. Bricklaying tools

DOWN

1. __-Medonte (Ontario township)

2. ‘Penny Bun’ mushroom’s other name

3. Literary monogram

4. Had the humans, as a Zombie: 2 wds.

5. Canadian pastry brand which makes Ah Caramel!

6. Cultural standards

7. Feel

8. Dr. Scholl’s accessory

9. Envisioned

10. TMMC = Toyota __ __ Canada

11. Cobra or Python

12. The late game tactic of pulling a hockey goalie results in a what?: 2 wds.

13. Get back, as trust or the lead

14. It might be available in a Canadian grocer’s dairy section: 2 wds.

15. Sailing

16. Laura of “Jurassic Park” (1993)

18. Ottawa... Professional in the Prime Minister’s Office: 4 wds.

25. Beautiful draped garments

26. The ‘nay’ sides of debates

27. By

28. Montreal-born rocker Mr. Nova

29. Potter’s purchase

33. Lacking

34. Standoffish

36. Hamilton Tiger-cats games chant, “__ Wee Wee!”

37. Rackety

39. Untamed

41. Montreal airport code

44. Zeds, States-style

46. Hold off

47. Legal document kind

48. Roman mythology sun god

49. PEI or NFLD.

50. COC = Canadian __ Company

51. Red __ (Prince Edward Island mammals)

52. The iconic Canada Geese art installation soaring across the skylight roof galleria of the Toronto Eaton Centre: 2 wds.

54. Road trip lodging

55. 1979: “Good Times” by __

57. Techie picture file type

59. “__ Slidin’ Away” by Paul Simon

61. Rabbit: French

62. “__ __ Diddy Diddy” by Manfred Mann

63. Busybody-ish

64. Mr. Pinza (Italian opera singer b.1892 - d.1957)

65. Fairmont Royal __ Hotel, in Toronto

67. 1987 movie in which Dan Aykroyd starred as Sergeant Joe Friday

69. The __ Formation (Where the rare organic gemstone Ammolite is mined in southern Alberta)

71. Singer Ms. Grande

73. Prevail

74. Big skincare brand

76. Hawaiian veranda

78. Beaver lookalike

79. Give out the casino cards

80. Township in Ontario west of Barrie

81. Sufficient or plenty, to William Shakespeare

82. Wrongdoing, in law

86. Juicy drink

87. “Runaway” singer Mr. Shannon

88. The ‘Minnow’ of “Gilligan’s Island”, et al.