Across

1 Guesstimate words 5 Storage discs, abbr. 8 Hit on the head

11 Greek letter

14 Scottish lake

18 Thor Heyerdahl craft 21 Laid up

24 Person, place or thing 25 What you sit on

26 Viva ___

27 Mount Olympus dwellers

29 Transition

30 Walmart's club

31 Cap site

32 Harry Potter star, first name

33 Punjabi royal 34 Nabokov heroine and others

35 "City of New Orleans" singer Guthrie

36 1996 Madonna musical

37 Island where Napoleon was exiled 38 "Yipes!"

39 Mudbath locale 40 Bottom-of-letter abbr. 41 Twiggy digs

42 Keyword improvements for a website (abbr.)

43 "When hell freezes over!"

44 Former

Jordanian queen

45 60s apartments 46 Saskatchewan

Lt. Governor,

Vaughn ____ 50 Designer of the Canadian national flag

54 Alberta Lt.

Governor, Lois ____ 56 Neck of the woods 57 "My word!" 59 Nanki-___ of

"The Mikado" 60 "Comprende?" 61 Peppery threesome? 62 Rink material

63 Provide with a medal, US spelling

65 Start of many addresses 67 Unruly head of hair 68 Baby monitor

72 Sound of disapproval 73 Shiny on top?

74 Arles assent 75 Snowbirds'

Dec. home

78 Ridicule

80 Diving bird

81 The "L" of L.A. 82 CEO's deg., perhaps 85 Marie Claire competitor

86 Gadget, e.g. (abbr.) 87 Pioneering Dadaist 89 Strap

90 Dull

91 Extra screw, e.g.

94 Car sales company 97 Change little by little 100 Massenet opera 102 Revolutions

103 Hook shape

104 Copycat

106 Gym unit

107 Revenue org., down south

108 Leaks

109 Not forthcoming 110 Canadian PM who was born in England 114 Canadian PM when the Bank of Canada and CBC were established 119 A Canadian PM's first name

121 Defoe character 123 Acclaim

124 Alley prowlers

125 Riviera city

126 More sufficient 132 Hyperbolic tangent in math

133 Behind

134 Rushing sound 135 Soaking site

136 Sage

137 Became shallow 141 Personal statement intro 144 Liquorice flavored liquor

147 Geometric planes 148 E-address ending 149 Oodles

151 Macleans workers, abbr.

154 Ready for action! 155 Sponge

156 Eavesdropped, in a way 161 They're boring

164 Sculptor Maya

165 Disney destination 167 Aussie fashion actress, Ward 172 Shakespearean weaver 173 Fake

174 Optician's measurement 177 Website symbol

178 80s car with De 179 Geo-political org.

180 Chose a team

182 Carol contraction

183 More pungent

186 Corridor

188 Friend in Montreal 189 Indian princesses 192 Internet addresses 193 Entanglement

195 Medical care grp. down south

196 Canadian city named after an English Queen 202 The only Canadian city to have hosted a summer Olympics 204 Canadian hero

205 This city is the capital of a Canadian province 210 Calm in a difficult time 211 Benefits

212 Regional animals

217 City east of

Santa Barbara

221 Turn on a pivot

222 One who's "out"

223 Puts in

224 Most brusque

225 Corroded

226 Lampoons

228 Ideologies

231 Tough

233 Robin Williams movie about a shock-jock

235 Hot spot for hops 239 Canada's motto, goes with 292 across 240 Supporting

241 "___ the ramparts ..." 242 Hosp. section 243 Umpire's cry

244 Marker in many a Stephen King novel 247 Botch

249 Credit

252 Town near

New Glasgow

259 Fails

260 Grunge or gunk

261 It means nothing in Quebec

263 ___ Harbour, Fla.

264 Vectra maker

265 Grps.

266 "The Big Easy" of the P.G.A.

267 Smoking bi-product 268 Imagining that .....

269 Fake

272 Fabric-store meas. 274 T follower

275 Mrs. Dithers

276 Special perception 277 Google earth pix 280 Cuckoo

281 Fish-feeding eagle 283 Excelled

285 Taking after

286 Tattle

287 Pay dirt

288 Chess pieces: abbr. 289 Clean out

291 Gp. with Indonesia and Algeria as members

292 See 239 across

294 Canadian city named after an English Queen 299 Canadian city founded as a Temperance colony 304 "Star Trek" speed 305 City-run, as a bus system

306 Breath control in yoga 307 Play-___

308 Deep voice

310 Way to go

311 Spanish for two

313 Selling condition

314 Wheat husk

315 Man of many words? 316 Give off

318 "Step ___!"

319 Marvin of Motown 320 Italian lake

321 "Game of Thrones" character

322 Uncle Ben's 323 Harden

324 Marsh growth 325 Nervously irritable 326 In excess of 327 Request

328 Sidekick 329 Superlative suffix 330 Regards

331 Doubtful points

332 ___ Antonio Spurs 333 Simpson neighbour Flanders 334 Annapolis,

MD. campus Down 1 Those referred to 2 Frolics

3 Shrub

4 _____ high (elated) 5 Brain enclosures 6 Charleston or two-step 7 Single shot

8 Spanish grocery

9 "The Plough and the Stars" playwright

10 Basil sauce

11 Golf tour

12 Shoot-'em-up

13 Wastes time 14 Something reducing differences

15 Molding

16 Pretty sweet?

17 Try, as a case

18 Came from behind 19 Ranges

20 Knighted Newton 21 Take a breath

22 Court figure Ivan 23 Durocher and Tolstoy 25 Favour

26 Panel truck

28 Chimney black stuff 29 "Keystone

Kops" producer

30 Sailors

31 Russian coin

47 "Water Music" composer

48 Spanish gold

49 Bit of Morse code 51 Tachometer stat

52 Thug

53 Diagonal

55 Showed contempt 58 Letters on the beach 61 A man walks into a bar joke 63 In good shape 64 Paella pot

65 Shhh!

66 First Nations' lodging (var)

68 Spoon bender

69 "___ forgiven" 70 In order (to)

71 Cry at fireworks 72 Piles of rocks on the top of a hill 73 Garden part

74 First sign

76 Some brews

77 Airport sign abbr. 79 Electrifying swimmer

81 Oversight

82 ___ Hari (spy)

83 Act the blowhard 84 John Grisham character, abbr. 86 Samuel

Johnson tragedy 88 Young fish

90 Cartoon fourth-grader

91 Lush

92 Do the best you can 93 Iron pumper's pride 95 Sound in a cave 96 Bamboo connoisseur

98 Monies owed

99 Certain violin stroke 101 Musical winners 102 Jesus's nativity scene item

105 Largest city on the Illinois

110 2007 Ellen

Page film 111 Workplace safety org.

112 Hung. neighbor 113 Regret bitterly 115 Whiny music genre 116 Officer, abbr. 117 Rocket boys

118 Prefix with graphic 119 Chicken ___

120 Picnic hamperer 121 Euro divs.

122 Fan sound 125 Abbr. in many org. names

127 Stir-fry additive 128 Carolina's ___

Dee River

129 K-O connection

130 Lunch

131 E.R. personnel

135 Kidney, e.g.

136 Light bulb unit

138 Reveal a secret

139 Dutch cheese

140 Exact repro.

142 Prius' plus?

143 "Take me ___ am"

145 Coves

146 Asimov, Heinlein works 147 Chisels and hammers 149 "Project Runway" host Klum

150 It may be jagged

151 French president's palace 152 It's barely passing

153 Orch. section with cellos 155 Deep-six

156 Ring org.

157 Apple's mobile/tablet devices run on it 158 Directions detail: abbr. 159 Expected time to be here 160 ____ donna

162 Getty Center architect Richard

163 "Oh yeah? ___ who?" 166 Kind of platter

167 "Taras Bulba" author 168 "Heir" homophone 169 Another kitten sound 170 Meadow bleat

171 Before thing or one 175 Flower garland

176 MSN, for one

178 Buddhist priest

180 Flying jib, e.g.

181 Sci-fi figures

182 Blowup causes

184 Trading vehicle, abbr. 185 Kia model

187 "Put a lid on it!"

190 No ifs, ___ or buts

191 Less at risk

194 Strikingly unusual

196 Letters on a brandy bottle 197 "___ be my pleasure!" 198 Newfoundland fish 199 "Edward Scissorhands" director, first name 200 New Zealand yam 201 South African currency

202 _____ Butterfly

203 Fat

206 "Help ___ the way!"

207 Thrash

208 Simpleton

209 Marks

213 Admiral's org. 214 Matrix character 215 Org.

216 Channel

218 "Passion of the Christ" role

219 Word to a doctor 220 Resident's suffix 223 In the company of 224 Poi root

225 Far ____

226 Head bone

227 Falafel bread

229 More frequently, old-style

230 Rum drink

231 Major auto part 232 Negligible amount 234 Its logo is a fivepronged crown 235 Check out

236 Asian salt lake 237 Pronounces

238 Tubes

240 Lightweight fare 245 Erodes

246 Lose it

247 Soft white cheese 248 Move forward

249 ___ Lingus

(Irish airlines) 250 Burglar

251 At ___ : cornered 253 Divided

254 Blade sport 255 Excessively embellished

256 1982 Disney sci-fi flick

257 Nasty sort

258 Org. that specializes in cryptography 260 Evidence collectors 262 The "I" of T.G.I.F. 268 __ that glitters 269 Tell

270 Buy in

271 It's just one thing after another 273 Mermaid's home 276 Go by 277 Demonstrate

278 Pal of Jerry Seinfeld 279 Complainers

282 Real estate ad abbr.

283 James of

"Boston Legal" 284 Worked (up) 285 Skateboard trick done in half pipes 286 Trouble

289 Burundi neighbour

290 Banner 291 Green-lighted 292 Daughter of Barack and Michelle

293 Shaded colour 294 Longtime friend 295 De facto Netherland's capital, with The 296 Baltic Sea feeder 297 "As the World Turns" actress 298 Wind instruments 300 Vacuum tube filler

301 Wine made from the Garganega grape 302 Frankincense and myrrh, but not gold

303 ``___ is an island...''

304 Bee's cousin 306 ___-dieu

309 Pig's digs

312 Bean used to make miso

317 CFL scores

320 PC's brain