Think Canadian! Crosswords - Barbara Olson - Bog

Millions of Canadians crave a good mental challenge, and in order to feed their hunger many turn to the daily crossword puzzle in their local newspaper. Often, however, before they even get to 1-Across, they must stop thinking "in Canadian" and shift cultural gears. It is a sad reality that Canada just doesn''t figure highly in what is undoubtedly one of our favourite pastimes: solving the daily crossword.The crosswords in this book contain plenty of references to thiscountry: its heroes and rogues, its geography, sports, history,arts, - its "Canadian-ness." Here the solver might discover aKnowlton, a Gzowski, an Iqaluit, or maybe even a Come ByChance. Our Canadian spelling is recognised as well, in wordssuch as "colour" and "centre", and there is also a sprinkling ofFrench, in keeping with the bilingual nature of this land.These puzzles appeal to a broad range of solvers, from the dabbler