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The 18th instalment of this popular series features several wordplay puzzles--including \"Rank and Guile,\" \"Sounds Fishy to Me\" and \"Forecast: Fun!\"--as well as a suitcase full of Canadiana like \"Quotable Notables,\" \"Witty Women,\" \"Au Naturel\" and \"Great Scotts!\" Along the way, you'll stop off in Hamilton and Quebec, disembark at Rio to relive Canada's Olympic achievements and detour to Sweden to celebrate hockey stars who lit up the NHL.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifteen puzzles veer off the beaten track, including four circle-in-the-square offerings, and three with hidden shapes or phrases embedded in the grids. For an extra cerebral challenge, five puzzles have no fill-in-the-blank clues. 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As always, author Gwen Sjogren digs deep into the Canadian landscape with geography themes like \"Water Marks,\" \"Destination: Fredericton\" and \"Go West, Young Scot,\" and taps famous Canadians in \"Great Ones of the NHL,\" \"Broadway Lights\" and \"Money Men.\" She mines new Canadiana with markets, national honours and biographies. In a similar vein, this collection features fifty \"Canada Cornucopia\" entries which provide as much CanCon as Sjogren can pack in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneric-themed crosswords including \"Cleanup on Aisle Pun,\" \"Hat Tricks\" and \"The Gods Must Be Crazy\" drill down into wordplay. 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