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It's that time of year! The Globe and Mail published its huge annual holiday crossword, written by Fraser Simpson, in Saturday's newspaper. You can pick up a copy of the paper for the big version, or download the grid and read the clues below.
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Good luck! The answers will be published Dec. 31.
Across:
1 Glittery tree decoration (6)
4 City west of Regina (5, 3)
15 Lobbyist's role (8)
19 He and his band recorded All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth in 1948 (5, 5)
25 Barbecue meat (6,4)
30 New Zealand's largest city (8)
36 Yuppie's top (4, 5)
38 U-shaped river bend (5)
40 Chutney fruit (5)
41 Daughter of Nicholas II (9)
42 Bert's Muppet buddy (5)
43 Toronto baseballer (4, 3)
44 1960 John Updike novel (6, 3)
45 Anglers' hopes (5)
46 Rear-view mirror danglers (5,4)
47 Signs of sorrow (9)
48 Fruit tree grouping (7)
49 Rushing (8)
50 Ghostly apparition (6)
51 Suspend parliament (8)
52 Create (4)
53 Like a 170-degree angle (6)
54 Movin' Out choreographer (5, 5)
55 More than fat (5)
57 Wrinkly fruit (4)
58 Bell invention (9)
62 Thin biscuit (5)
64 Like Harvey in the 1950 film (9)
66 Wheel shaft (4)
67 Kitty teaser (6)
68 Kind of panel or eclipse (5)
70 Literally, "within walls" (10)
72 Talk about in detail (8)
75 1970s dance craze (6)
77 Prying tool (7)
82 Follow too closely (8)
83 Fabled Roman fiddler (4)
85 Moby-Dick ship (6)
86 Shakespearean fairy king (6)
88 299-Across plus ministers (7)
90 Desert stopover (5)
92 Language source of 518-Down (6)
93 Largest continent (4)
96 Letter after gamma (5)
97 Canada's first prime minister (9)
100 What colour "jonquil" is (6)
102 Twist in pain (6)
103 Hand kept by the Addams family (5)
104 Chewy teddy-shaped candy morsel (5, 4)
106 Soothing balm (8)
107 The Velvet Fog (3, 5)
109 Binge at the mall (8, 5)
115 Foundation trilogy writer (5, 6)
120 Crete-born artist (2, 5)
121 Opinion survey (4)
123 Dessert invented by Escoffier (5, 5)
127 Egyptian fertility goddess (4)
132 Whodunit (7, 5)
133 Slaughterhouse (8)
135 Hot Saharan wind (7)
137 Fancy necktie (5)
138 Understand (5)
140 Genie's home (4)
141 Fab Four member (5)
142 Having defects (6)
143 Be a bad winner (5)
144 Uther ______ (King Arthur's dad) (9)
145 Fergie's ex (6)
147 Cook's wear (5)
149 Doughnut-eating cops, e.g. (10)
150 Montreal-based grocery chain (5)
151 Marsh (8)
152 Guinevere's lover (8)
154 Sprinter's goal (4)
156 Explosive type of cocktail (7)
158 Aquarium (4, 4)
159 Big mess (5)
161 Banjo sound (5)
163 Forest's upper layer (6)
165 Hooch (7)
167 War of 1812 president (7)
170 Alternative to a signature (8)
171 Trample, for example (5)
172 People-moving railway (5, 7)
175 The "E" of PETA (7)
177 Cartel leader (7)
180 Traditional honeymoon locale (7, 5)
181 Run in neutral (4)
182 Grown-ups (6)
183 Five-alarm dish (5)
184 Iliad setting (4)
185 _____ Bridge (Detroit-Windsor link) (10)
186 Long-necked beast (7)
187 Soft mineral (4)
189 Preparatory research (7)
192 Siren on the Rhine (7)
194 Cartoon-show mouse on The Simpsons (5)
196 Archery need (6)
197 Ancient Mariner's bird (9)
198 Domelike structures (7)
200 Rock bottom (5)
201 TV watcher (5, 6)
204 Comic DeGeneres (5)
205 Minute Waltz composer (6)
206 Kick out (5)
207 Gerber product (4, 4)
209 Small salamander (4)
210 Cyclist's protection (6)
211 Halloween sales (8)
213 Up (3, 2, 3)
215 Solidify (7)
216 Lefties (9)
218 Swiss peaks (4)
219 Oahu beach (7)
222 Canada's oldest provincial park (9)
223 ______ for the Top (teen game show) (5)
224 Fork feature (5)
226 Windshield clearers (6)
229 This type (7)
230 Embroidery, e.g. (10)
231 Cat fearer (11)
232 "And there you have it!" (5)
233 Attach, as a label (5)
235 Personify (6)
237 Sailor's greeting (4)
240 UV radiation blocker (5,5)
244 Calgary's mayor (6,6)
246 Prime minister of 1984 (4, 6)
251 Son of Willy Loman (4)
254 One with a lot to offer (10)
259 One-dish meal (4)
262 2009 Peace Nobelist (6, 5)
265 Director Polanski (5)
266 Yoga posture (8, 3)
269 Wonderfully foreign (6)
270 Point in the right direction (6)
271 Tugs (5)
272 Step in a washer sequence (4, 5)
273 ______ mignon (5)
274 Fuming (7)
275 Bring out, as a response (6)
277 November birthstone (5)
278 Battery part (9)
279 New York-based news agency (7)
280 Nun's headdress (6)
283 Unwanted e-mail (4)
287 Ornamental shrub (8)
288 Jeans material (5)
289 Tot transporter (8)
290 To the point (5)
292 Personal bugbear (3, 5)
293 Creative spark (4)
295 Belgian seaport (7)
296 Chuck Yeager, for one (4, 5)
299 Canada's 22nd prime minister (7, 6)
301 Blunt rejections (7)
303 Warship fleets (7)
305 Danish electromagnetism pioneer (7)
307 Shrivel up (5)
309 Formally accuse (6)
311 Horrified (6)
313 Oxford scholarship founder (6)
315 Voice box (6)
317 Permits (6)
318 "I'm not kidding!" (6)
320 Send, as payment (5)
322 Painter A. Y. ______ (7)
324 You might have trouble refolding it (4, 3)
326 Progress (7)
328 The Bald Soprano playwright (6, 7)
329 Came to one's senses (3, 6)
331 Blast furnace output (3, 4)
333 Computer command (4)
335 Hodgepodge (8)
337 ______ sprawl (5)
339 Travel document (8)
341 Cupid's missile (5)
343 Keep in mind (8)
346 The Lion King villain (4)
349 Weekend ______ (SNL segment) (6)
351 Disastrous hurricane of 2005 (7)
353 Christmas story destination (9)
354 More than just moist (5)
355 Ask to a party (6)
356 Che Guevara's real first name (7)
357 Homeric war tale (5)
358 Language since 1887 (9)
359 Space and aliens genre (3-2)
361 Site of Gorky Park (6)
363 Llama relative (6)
365 Storage for sheets and pillowcases (5, 6)
366 Dramatist Chekhov (5)
367 Novel featuring Shangri-la (4, 7)
369 359-Across saucers (4)
372 Fortress of Louisbourg's island (4, 6)
377 Vincent Van Gogh's brother (4)
380 Waterproof raincoat (10)
384 Daimler division (8-4)
386 Tribal carvings (5, 5)
391 Dance at a luau (4)
393 Stampede (6)
395 Two-faced god of doorways (5)
396 Swiss mathematician (5)
397 Italian car maker (11)
399 Chad Kroeger's band (10)
400 Selected passage (7)
401 Third-party account (6)
403 Captain Picard's second-in-command (5)
404 Transmitted via telephone line (5)
405 ______ Easter eggs (pysanky) (9)
408 Antarctic bird (7)
410 50 per cent (4)
412 Defeats using cunning (9)
413 Old English poem (7)
414 Valuable beryls (8)
415 Faithful follower (8)
417 Hospital trainee (6)
419 Little pie (4)
420 "Jumbo shrimp", e.g. (8)
421 Nightmare, perhaps (5)
423 Nary a soul (6)
424 One way to play piano (2, 3)
426 F, to M (8, 3)
429 Draws in (5)
431 They make calls from home (7)
433 Set up (9)
435 ______ times width (area calculation) (6)
436 Ryan or Tatum (5)
437 Moriarty, to Holmes (7)
439 Brandy glass (7)
440 357-Across, e.g. (4)
441 65-Down tyrant (7)
442 Helpful volume for monoglots (6, 4)
445 Mother, in Paris (4)
446 Postgame summary (5)
448 Hang around (6)
449 Mythical Himalayan (4)
450 Both-ways batter (6, 6)
454 Capital of ancient Syria (7)
456 Citizen soldiers (7)
459 Walt Disney World theme park (5, 7)
461 Unassisted (5)
462 Hairstylist (8)
463 School for Torah study (7)
464 Single, double or triple (4, 3)
465 Watermelon-shaped (6)
466 Butter maker (5)
468 Tantalize (5)
470 Symbol of the United States (5, 3)
472 Bran muffin addition (7)
475 Spoiled kid (4)
476 Very fast cats (8)
477 Disparage (3-5)
478 Our national tree (5)
480 Scrooge quality (10)
484 Stared in wonder (5)
487 Small stone (6)
490 Disguised (9)
491 Hunter's gun (5)
492 Timorous (6)
493 Blue Grotto locale (5)
495 Wide smile (4)
496 Mischievous fairy (5)
497 Sixth-day Christmas gift (5)
498 Ninja, e.g. (7)
499 Ratatouille ingredient (8)
500 Ready-to-cook pies (6, 6)
502 Cappuccino feature (4)
504 Witty comments (10)
508 Second Beatles film (4)
509 Horseman? (7)
512 The Wedding Singer star (4, 7)
518 Continually changing, like an optical toy (13)
526 "So?" (3, 5)
527 Visit regularly (8)
528 Pot grippers (4, 5)
530 Pantry platform (5)
532 Make hard to read (6)
534 Kissy-kiss (6)
536 Anti-multiculturalism type (9)
537 Space Oddity singer (5)
538 Second World War alliance (4)
539 Trucking group (6)
540 Blacksmith's block (5)
541 Throat soother (7)
542 Elliptical paths (6)
543 Gunpowder Plot target (5, 1)
544 Nothing, in Nantes (4)
545 Author Richler (8)
550 Well-bred (7)
551 Elk's weapon (6)
554 Pilot's specialty (8)
555 Sauce thickener (10)
558 Newsboy's cry (5)
559 Kawasaki watercraft (3, 3)
561 Sitcom set in Korea (4)
563 He sang Billionaire with Travie McCoy (5, 4)
564 Memory slip (5)
568 As a rule (2, 7)
571 Hotel room feature (4)
573 Full of sass (5)
575 Regardless of what happens (2, 3, 5)
577 Zydeco players (6)
579 Avon river bird (4)
581 Legendary city of gold (2, 6)
582 Small sofa (6)
583 Scottish longsword (8)
587 Like-minded (7)
588 Italian leader in Second World War (9)
590 Opinion of the masses (3,6)
591 Spring flower in an Ottawa festival (5)
592 Bargain-basement (4, 5)
593 Israeli metropolis (3, 4)
594 Persian faith (5)
595 Beach recreation vehicle (4, 5)
596 Not working (5)
597 Not as good (5)
598 General Hospital, e.g. (4, 5)
599 129-Down roomie (8)
600 & & & & & (10)
601 Quick attempt at 364-Down (5, 5)
602 Vegetable sometimes served with cheese sauce (8)
603 Drink (8)
604 Like Christmas (6)
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Down:
1 Hiawatha's weapon (8)
2 It won't give you a dividend (9)
3 Strong glue (5)
5 Milky stone (4)
6 Ravi Shankar, notably (8)
7 His latest album is Under the Mistletoe (6, 6)
8 Fury (5)
9 Pounced (6)
10 Genie container (8, 4)
11 Chaperone (6)
12 1960s sitcom set in Fort Courage (1, 5)
13 Drink with miniature marshmallows (3, 9)
14 In flames (6)
15 Dumbfounded (4)
16 Edgar Bergen's skill (12)
17 "Grapes" of hockey (6)
18 Downhill racer (8)
20 Sleepover (6, 5)
21 575-Down boat (5)
22 Peers with a decision to make (4)
23 Honcho (5)
24 Response creators (7)
25 Aggravating confluence, as in a 2000 film (7, 5)
26 Chain unit (4)
27 Macaroni shape (5)
28 Kneecap (7)
29 Turns back to zero (6)
31 Open, as a windbreaker (5)
32 Part of a piano or computer (8)
33 Short-story author Munro (5)
34 Big rig fuel (6)
35 Losing consciousness (8)
37 Loafer liner (6)
39 Soup-serving dish (6)
46 In ______ Fields (8)
56 2009 blockbuster starring Sam Worthington (6)
59 Wall-to-wall installation (6)
60 Sophocles play (7)
61 Humbert Humbert's creator (7)
63 Play by 328-Across (10)
65 Second book of the Bible (6)
68 Karate instructor (6)
69 Protocol (6)
71 Porcine : pig :: _______ : bear (6)
73 Wizard of Oz character (9)
74 Otto's job, on The Simpsons (3, 6)
75 Shout into a canyon (5)
76 Dud of a car (5)
77 Hymn singers (5)
78 Aussie parakeet (6)
79 10 raised to the 100th power (6)
80 The "A" of CIA (6)
81 Portuguese navigator (8)
84 Poker "bullets" (4)
87 Disney deer (5)
89 Prohibition agent Eliot (4)
91 Mawashi wearer's sport (4)
94 Olivetti product of 1908 (10)
95 Kind of heel (8)
98 Taj Mahal site (4)
99 Poem part (6)
101 Canada's highest peak (5)
105 Not gregarious (7)
108 Glen Abbey, for one (4, 6)
110 Hockey coup (3, 5)
111 Snapshot (5)
112 Christian tunes (6, 5)
113 Ambulance rider (9)
114 Neighbour of 459-Across (5)
116 Element whose symbol is Sb (8)
117 Computer procedure (9)
118 "Terrible" czar (4)
119 Celebrity (4)
121 Dwarf planet (5)
122 Border on (4)
123 Walt Kelly's possum (4)
124 Do away with (7)
125 Come out of one's shell? (5)
126 "The Venice of the East" (7)
128 Letter between rho and tau (5)
129 Johnny Cash concert site, 1969 (3, 7)
130 It can wake you in the a.m. with AM (5, 5)
131 Boss (8)
134 Poker player's best hand (5, 5)
136 129-Down resident (8)
139 Eulogizes (7)
144 Janis Joplin's nickname (5)
145 A child's might be five minutes (9, 4)
146 Counterpart of Artemis (5)
148 Five-pointed star (9)
153 Pac-12 school (4)
155 Office fastener (5, 4)
157 Swiss Guard locale (7, 4)
160 Pleasure dome site of poetry (6)
162 Mary Pickford's real name (6)
164 Leisure suit fabric (9)
165 Wing it (2, 3)
166 Light gas (8)
168 Transformers actor (4, 7)
169 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do singer (4, 6)
173 Stand up for (6)
174 Socialize with a purpose (7)
176 Caesar toppers (8)
178 Relating to the lungs (9)
179 Chicken ______ (ham-stuffed dish) (6, 4)
186 Ninotchka actress (5, 5)
188 Ancient Italian (8)
190 Word said by 254-Across (5)
191 Collective community in Israel (7)
192 Keanu Reeves's country of birth (7)
193 Jeff Bridges remake of a John Wayne film (4, 4)
195 Stetson (6, 3)
196 National sport of South Korea (9)
199 Saying (7)
201 Jacques Cousteau's ship (7)
202 Arrogance (7)
203 One of the deadly sins (7)
205 Have a jones for (5)
208 Untamed (5)
212 Battleship blast (5)
214 Milk dispenser (5)
215 Arctic fish (4)
216 Movie music (5)
217 They're abuzz with activity (5)
220 Tale about David Balfour (9)
221 Plant with fronds (4)
225 The B.C. Lions won it in 2011 (4, 3)
227 Biblical first name (7)
228 Biz bigwig (4)
234 Like a cozy cabin in winter (7)
236 "Age before ______!" (6)
238 Yuriy Sedykh's Olympic event (6, 5)
239 China's longest river (7)
240 Felix and Oscar, notably (3, 6)
241 Henrietta Muir ______ (Famous Five member) (7)
242 All Out of Love band (3, 6)
243 Munster kid (5)
245 Ink for temporary tattoos (5)
246 Beyoncé's man (3-1)
247 Kind of mustache (9)
248 Opera about an opera singer (5)
249 Dwells (7)
250 Asmara is its capital (7)
252 Like Machu Picchu (5)
253 Grand Lodge members (10)
254 Gets older (4)
255 High school eating area (9)
256 White house? (5)
257 Irked (7)
258 Target of tweezers (7)
260 Woods with woods (5)
261 Midweek periods (10)
263 12 semitones (6)
264 University professor (8)
267 Yuletide door decor (6)
268 Microscopic creatures (8)
276 Turkish flag feature (8)
280 Roulette spinner (5)
281 Punk rock hairstyle (6)
282 Forest wildcat (4)
284 Eye opening (5)
285 Robin Hood's gang (5, 3)
286 Plot revealers (8)
291 Congratulatory cry (5, 3)
294 Turn-of-the-century designs (3, 7)
297 The Waldorf-Astoria, e.g. (6, 5)
298 Sports contest (10)
300 Meeting schedule (6)
302 Laura Sabia, notably (8)
304 Show to be untrustworthy (9)
306 Rocky Horror dance (4, 4)
308 "Land of Enchantment" state (3, 6)
310 Church doctrine (5)
312 Supermarket section (5)
314 Rover's school subject (9)
316 Cuts off (9)
319 Thin curl of smoke (4)
321 Bubble tea ingredient (7)
322 ______ rice (Thai grain) (7)
323 Jackal-headed god (6)
325 Ferocious Amazon fish (7)
326 Backyard nap locale (7)
327 Breakfast pastry (6)
330 Coquilles St. Jacques morsel (7)
332 Biblical giant (7)
334 Self-appointed punisher (9)
336 Ottawa newspaper (7)
338 Numbers game (5)
340 Earlier conviction (5)
342 Indian money (5)
344 Perry _____ (Burr portrayal) (5)
345 Third-largest island of Japan (6)
347 Piece of garlic (5)
348 Palindromic vehicle (4, 3)
350 Arithmetic-problem number (7)
351 Pottery oven (4)
352 Ballroom dance (5)
354 Sound of relief (4)
360 Et cetera (3, 2, 5)
362 Henry ______ Longfellow (9)
364 Game-ending announcement (9)
368 Prince of India (4)
370 Kind of marker (4, 3)
371 Rugby formation (5)
372 Guilty party (7)
373 Gasoline dispensers (5)
374 Shouldered stereo (7)
375 Chinese restaurant appetizers (3, 5)
376 Sombre notices (10)
378 Rubber discs (6, 5)
379 Synonym of 473-Down (4-3)
380 "Oops! I goofed!" (2, 3)
381 Designer Chanel (4)
382 Hotel waiters? (8)
383 Use a broom (5)
385 No-strikes policy (4, 9)
386 Petty argument (4)
387 Free of duties (3-6)
388 Dial-up device (5)
389 Bodies of work (7)
390 Gofer's tasks (7)
392 Snowbird singer (4, 6)
393 Manhattan Project physicist (11)
394 Like Bigfoot (5)
398 Netherlands sight (8)
402 Fly catcher (6, 3)
406 All thumbs (5)
407 Kind of call (8)
409 Potato dumplings (7)
411 PM Mackenzie (9)
416 Get hold of (6)
418 Funambulist's wire (9)
422 Attention-getting campaign (5, 5)
425 Horoscope dozen (6)
427 Winding (10)
428 Hand in (6)
430 Pilferer (5, 5)
432 Confident of one's own worth (4-7)
434 Like krypton and xenon (5)
438 Deficiency (8)
441 Chinese restaurant dish (6, 4)
442 Trailblazers (8)
443 1950s school dance (4, 3)
444 Not seen by TV viewers (3, 6)
447 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. (5, 4)
451 Scorsese movie of 2011 (4)
452 Hitchhike (5)
453 Searched (through) (8)
455 Famous escapologist (7)
456 Aggressively virile (5)
457 Rush-hour problem (7)
458 China's largest city (8)
460 Society led by women (10)
467 Fonteyn partner, in ballet (7)
469 Muslim holy city (5)
471 9 + 4 = 12, for example (5)
473 Like a picnic (8)
474 Sell illegally, as tickets (5)
478 British stables (4)
479 Skier's jacket (5)
481 Tropical lizard (5)
482 Dirty dishes locale (4)
483 Thrifty (10)
484 Pre-Christmas purchase (4, 4)
485 Peter and the Wolf composer (9)
486 Record spinner (6)
487 Topping on many 500-Across (9)
488 Action figure Lightyear of Toy Story (4)
489 Reason to cram (4)
494 Madrid museum (5)
501 Dry gulch (6)
503 Sacred song (5)
504 Narrow-waisted stinger (4)
505 Walk nonchalantly (6)
506 Site of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (9, 4)
507 Loud horn (6)
510 Water colour (4)
511 Paradise (6)
512 Olympian, e.g. (7)
513 Beatles label (5, 7)
514 Mideast canal (4)
515 Subtlety (6)
516 Lynn of country music (7)
517 Fish that might cling to a shark (6)
518 The "K" in K-8 (12)
519 Boutonniere site (5)
520 Monopoly token (4)
521 Neptune's realm (5)
522 Early street pavement (12)
523 Strength (5)
524 Childlike angel (6)
525 Oscar winner for Spartacus and Topkapi (5, 7)
529 Famous tap dancer (2, 9)
531 Set of stairs (6)
533 Slavonic Dances composer (6)
535 Evil hypnotist of fiction (8)
546 Shows (8)
547 Unprepared (9)
548 Period of increased births (4, 4)
549 Parachutist (8)
552 Remembrance Day month (8)
553 Column support (8)
556 Wilbur's brother (7)
557 Takes by force (7)
560 Noon (6)
562 Yalta's peninsula (6)
565 Language family that includes Polish (6)
566 Vegas strategy (6)
567 One of the United Nations' six official languages (6)
568 Pay no heed to (6)
569 Buff of the buff? (6)
570 Portugal's capital (6)
572 Viral song with the lyric "Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal" (6)
574 Screen dot (5)
575 Northern people (5)
576 Neck areas (5)
578 Dorothy, to Em (5)
580 "Let me demonstrate ..." (5)
582 Flip of a hit single (4, 1)
584 Gold rush site (5)
585 Genesis garden (4)
586 Tater (4)
587 Fuzzy fruit (4)
589 Eagerly excited (4)