| SANDDUNES | Athabasca ___ ___ (It's not the Sahara but rather a Provincial Park in remote northwest Saskatchewan) |
| DINOSAUR | This site is a provincial park in the badlands of southeastern Alberta that is known for its extensive fossil beds. It shares its name with the ancient reptiles whose remains have been found there. It |
| CARER | Not really a "minder", but rather a helper (5) |
| INDEEDITIS | "____ no planless fantasizing, but rather a search for the logically simplest possibilities and their consequences." (Einstein on relativity theories) |
| SAND | Athabasca _Dunes Provincial Park |
| ESTUARY | English royal family's clipped semivowel ___ it's not the Queen's English! (7) |
| WELLMEET | After war's start, get El Alamein in struggle ___ it's not the end (4,4,5) |
| BUFFALONARROWS | Recreational community of northwest Saskatchewan between Churchill Lake and Little Peter Pond Lake: 2 wds. |
| TAR | Athabasca ___ Sands |
| BACKDOWN | Acknowledge defeat ___ it's not the redbreast (4,4) |
| NARROWS | Buffalo ___ (Northwest Saskatchewan village) |
| CAMPSITE | Pitching-a-tent part of a provincial park |
| SECONDSEX | With "The," source of the quote "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman"' |
| WOODBUFFALO | This site spans northern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories between Athabasca and Great Slave lakes. It was established in 1922 as a refuge to protect the few remaining bison herds in northern |
| POWELL | Author of A Dance to the Music of Time whose wife Violet wrote A Jane Austen Compendium and The Life of a Provincial Lady (6) |
| MILKSOP | The ___, 1885 Anton Chekhov short story about a secretary on a provincial newspaper called The Goose Gazette |
| TURKEYPOINT | Provincial Park in Ontario sharing the name of the lake erie village where it is situated: 2 wds. |
| BUTTERPOT | Provincial Park in Newfoundland with a name like a breakfast spread crock: 2 wds. |
| ATHABASCA | Lake ?, body of water in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta, Canada (9) |
| CANE | Stem of a Rubus plant such as the raspberry, blackberry or loganberry; or, a provincial term for a female weasel (4) |
