Freestyle 880 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 881 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Watchable ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ contest │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 7. "Things ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ are... fine" │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Where to ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ find some │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ boxers ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "This is │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ the deal, ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ pal..." │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. Went ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┤ through │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ puberty, say ├36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┤ 18. Not the │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ deepest ├───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┤ consideration │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 19. Things to ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┤ put your │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ glasses under ├46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Rival of │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Rafa and Roger ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Like the │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ horizon, ├55─┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ quaintly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 23. Don't go ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ steady │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 24. Be bound to ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25. It gives │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ you └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ opportunities
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Freestyle 882 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
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Freestyle 883 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Product to ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ be wary of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 5. Where Tetris ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ started │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Chem class ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ that has a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ brutally hard ├───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ reputation │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 13. See 2-Down ├22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ 14. Add energy │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ to ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Like the │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ cutting edge, ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ optimally │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Get along ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ nicely │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. "In ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┤ hindsight... │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ yikes" ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. MFer │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 21. Candies ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼55─┤ owned by │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Hershey in the ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ US and Nestlé │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ everywhere else ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. It's for │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ keeping a close ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ eye on you, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ briefly └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 25. Most
efficient way, often accidentally-striped 29. "_____ makes dull 27. Excitement that's cats despite its acute men witty, but it keeps almost an antelope? sense of smell them poor" (statement 31. Doctor antagonist of 62. Half of an elaborate attributed to Queen Sonic the Hedgehog show? Elizabeth I) 34. 2003 Monica hit 30. You've gotta have whose title follows the DOWN 'em lyric "You make me feel, 32. Mystical belief I'm..." 1. Wave (at) 33. "The unproduced 36. Source of an oil 2. With 13-Across, producer of all that is" with a very high smoke dangerous line 34. Part of a point 3. Plot characteristic conversation recounting, 37. Horniness 4. Becomes flowable maybe 38. Some carriers, 5. They lay claim to the 35. "When the balls informally Four Corners area as whistle free / _____ the 39. Like some vibrant their ancestral home bright blue sea" hair 6. "No issues yet" ("H.M.S. Pinafore") 40. "I thought you were 7. Vehicle similar to a 37. "That's a new fact
my friend!", basically snowbike for me!", in online 41. Political parties 8. Relating to a certain shorthand often blame them on filter 39. Old level style rival parties 9. "Enough outta you, 41. "Oh... my turn now?" 42. College classes: bub" 44. Wasn't out there Abbr. 10. Good name for a 45. Pretty basic to do 43. City for which wetland scientist? 47. Benefited from range trains going to it are 11. It gets passed from work? supplied with oxygen conception 48. Drive all over town, masks 12. First to get called say 46. Certain "artículo up 49. Long a different definido" 14. Outfits with horns way? 49. "Seriously with that 17. Inspiration for the 50. Safari code again?!" US Marine Corps War 51. One side of an ice 56. "That was quick" Memorial, for short axe 57. Spots where forces 18. City in which the 52. Potter's products don't act, briefly golden age of kabuki 53. "Where's my sense of 58. Fare l'_____ (make thrived adventure... what the out, in Italian) 22. Like the home crowd hell" 59. It features the Star after a terrible call 54. Biblical figure
of David on its tails 23. Can't not want whose pull-out game, to 60. B or C in chem 24. Pipe hanger, often God's dismay, was on- class, say 26. Dude, in Spanish point 61. Character that, for slang 55. How some fights get some reason, is 28. One making
attracted to deliveries to Heathrow

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Meal that's ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ fluffy, │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ optimally ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Seeks │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ knowledge, in a ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ way │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 10. Noted Civil ├24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ War/Reconstruct │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ ion-era ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼34─┤ lampoonist │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 14. Opposite ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ end of the │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sequence from ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 59-Across │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Bit of ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ gamesmanship │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Health and ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ beauty brand │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ that removed ├───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the first two │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ words from its ├52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┤ name in 2000 │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 17. Handout at ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ a restaurant │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Tube-shaped ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ instrument │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ tilted to make ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ its gentle │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ sound └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Not at all
grand, in Aberdeen 63. Made a calf strain? of the Bahá'í Faith 21. Tongue clicking in a 64. Onetime sister store 30. Spousal assurance stressful situation, of Lord & Taylor that's often, let's be e.g. 65. _____ Pictures honest, a bald-faced lie 23. Melt part Studios, where "Wheel of 31. Cubs' manager, 24. On the beat? Fortune" is staged perhaps 26. Common name becoming 66. Some links' hazards 33. With 36-Down, get another name when an A exhausted
or E is added to it DOWN 34. Not just delayed by 27. Not out of rain: Abbr. 28. Dominate with one's 1. Attempt to explain 36. See 33-Down arm physics to a mass 37. British band with 32. Material often found audience, say, the hit 1986 album
on scaffolding informally "Skylarking" 35. "Variety is the 2. 1968 top-ten hit that 38. El _____ de mañana spice of life" was its band's follow-up (in the future, in 38. It needs to be American single to Spanish) stopped before it "Gimme Some Lovin'" 39. They replace lame continues too long 3. Cheesecake pinups, in ducks 41. Fictitious action slang 40. Looked good on the that supposedly opposes 4. A golden one is great surface acceleration, in physics 5. Language whence the 45. Seriously demean, in 42. Bobbing, say word "checkmate" slang 43. Makeshift stepstool 6. Treat with orange- 46. Passed, in hoops 44. They're often colored filling lingo backlit, for short 7. Hang up emphatically 47. What people make at 48. So-so, in slang 8. It comes in "Showa" some bars 50. Mesopotamia-based and "Kohaku" breeds 49. Kind of letter sent empire 9. Get meshing to a debtor 52. It covers rules of 10. "Almost" 51. Part of a book for a separation 11. Get out of the good package 55. You can learn a lot graces of, to say the 52. Passive-aggressive from it, briefly least sounding letters? 56. One sometimes uses 12. Anatomical parts 53. Style whose name
an open palm for it: that sound like another appears in the Bhagavad Abbr. entry in this grid Gita 57. One may make you 13. Two-year-old, say 54. They may be making leave the theater in 19. Melodic syllable out publicly, briefly tears that sounds like a ruler 55. Lead-in to a secret? 59. Opposite end of the 22. Like some private 58. "Per someone with sequence from 14-Across positions? whom all of us are VERY 61. Name that sounds 25. They might stop familiar..." like extreme Internet snapping 60. Highly preferred violence? 29. Mediterranean alternative to going on 62. "Ubi caritas et metropolis that's home the Tube? _____, Deus ibi est" to the spiritual center

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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Apple ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ headset runner │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Bit of trash ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ talk │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 13. "See ya ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ soon" │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Fictional ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ land in which │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Katniss ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┤ Everdeen lives │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. Occasion to ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ take a few │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ rips, casually ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. One keeping │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ the roast ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ cooking, maybe │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Container ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┼49─┤ equivalent to 4 │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ hogsheads ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. _____ Low, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ notorious 1700s ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┼───┼59─┼───┼───┤ pirate │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 20. Delights ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. With a │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ different ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ perspective, │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ maybe ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 24. "Haven't │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ committed to it └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ yet"
26. Poor things? personnel: Abbr. 27. They may be 1. Most national parks 34. 100% separated centrifugally are full of them 35. Certain multi-engine 28. Bring around 2. Protected with shots, airplane, informally repeatedly? maybe 36. You might have to 30. Leisurely natural 3. How one should have break down walls for it, setting gotten somewhere, maybe? casually 31. Kings have four of 4. Lead alternative 37. Portmanteau-named them 5. Many see one in 1960s vehicle make that 33. Chinese river also dreams drove on land and in known as the Yellow 6. Where many people water 35. "You pretty much got yell about bears, 38. About 6% of Egypt
it right" briefly 39. _____ Blancos (Real 40. About 23% of Qataris 7. Had to thank Madrid nickname) 41. Tons 8. Carrier whose plane 44. Abbr. 42. Big trouble in a crashed with no stereotypically little body fatalities in the 1991 associated with crystal 43. Goes easy "Miracle at Gottröra" balls 46. Read on the screen, 9. _____ Crucis, 45. City about 40 miles informally Southern Cross star southeast of the 50. Drink found in that's the closest red Tigris/Euphrates Argentine history giant to Earth confluence 52. How much there is 10. Like many serving 47. Artist with the top- 53. Beach soundscape chaplains five 2004 rap album "The feature 11. Stout shower, maybe New Danger" 54. Equivalents of jacks 12. Many a modern 48. 1907 introduction of
in tarot decks appointment reminder the Ever Ready Company 56. Where the hard drive 14. "Got me?" 49. Not for the was first developed 15. Plant that was squeamish 59. Tech. partner foundational for modern 51. Language family that 60. Certain fan-edited genetics includes Greenlandic movie 21. One of its buildings 55. Attention position: 61. They go their own stands at the former Abbr. way site of the Triangle 57. TV role parodied by 64. Having called in, Shirtwaist Factory the "Avenue Q" character say 23. Chucked stuff Rod 65. One going off on a 25. Books that detail 58. 2009 Grammy Award- fire call what Catholic priests winning band for a remix 66. New York or Kansas say of "Electric Feel" City, e.g. 28. Model behavior, 62. One with "leaf- 67. Like healthy-enough briefly shaped ears" per Tolkien pilots 29. Subj. that might be 63. Type of system whose
"applied" letters refer to DOWN 32. It has sub-training antigens

--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +21°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 1. "There'll be ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ trouble for me │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ otherwise" ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┤ 9. Repeater in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ a cage ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Bum │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Currency ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┤ whose name │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ comes from the ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┤ Spanish for an │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ animal ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Many, many, │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ many ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Feature of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ many an ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Internet meme │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. Org. that ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┤ launched │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Operation ├44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ Snowcap in 1987 │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 20. Those apt ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ to work │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ remotely, ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly? │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 21. You'd best ├───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ do what he says │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 22. Preparing a ├───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ private meal? │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 24. A mouse may └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ need it to run,
briefly 58. Have a say? 26. Common bruschetta 27. Small South American 59. Lens protector topper rodent once served to 60. IN home 29. Puts out with a Queen Elizabeth II 61. Descend into chaos, needle 28. "Whatever, don't maybe 30. 1978 literary hero worry" whose initials don't 30. One in charge of DOWN stand for anything in balance: Abbr. his own name 32. Place where you hope 1. "Yeah... that is a 31. Fires back in there's sound mixing? bad habit for me..." Microsoft Word? 33. Extra innings, in 2. 6/10, say 34. Take off the board slang 3. Accompanies to a meal 35. City about 40 miles 36. "Unless the 4. Leading period northwest of Umm Qasr unexpected happens..." 5. With 6-Down, method 36. Some acrobatic 38. Celebrity in a for diagnosing dancers forum, maybe tuberculosis 37. Port on the back of 39. Half of a border- 6. See 5-Down some TVs straddling food 7. Matchmaker for Jason 42. They've usually manufacturer's name and Medea descended 40. Had a hand in the 8. One answering to a 43. Mechanical model creation of challenge with the Sun at its 41. Snack item coming in 9. _____ SuperDraft center
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Freestyle 887 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Monitored ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ things at work? │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 4. Complete ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ idiot, from │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Yiddish ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. It may be │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ in the middle ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┤ of "une │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ cuisine" ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Feeling │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ nice ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┤ 17. Kind of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ criminal ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ screen, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ informally ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┤ 18. Showers │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ from above ├45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Old pirate │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ raiding ships ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ at war with │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ France ├───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Something │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ to unsubscribe ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┤ from │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 22. Alternate ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ moniker │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 23. Evaluations ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ of case │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ studies, └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ briefly
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in my day" type 34. Fish that's a male 30. TV character whose DOWN nickname when pronounced two brothers' names each differently rhyme with his 1. Natural vertical 37. Cary's costar in 31. Stud that moves if shaft "Mr. Blandings Builds you squint 2. Actor who cofounded His Dream House", 1948 35. Offerer of biting the Casamigos tequila 38. Historical figure commentary, briefly company whom modern scientists 36. Power with many 3. What a girl or a guy have determined most stars traditionally does likely actually had 38. They're not good 4. Start to clean, in a Guillain-Barré syndrome, when they hit posts: way for short Abbr. 5. Spot to grab bags 39. Inappropriate for 41. Bombing candidate 6. Who picks up where kids, in a way 45. There's no decision someone leaves things 40. It's called a spear
in one off? when it grows no arms 47. Good place to search 7. Occupy 42. "OK, so this is good for a patchwork 8. Two-turn form to know..." 48. Either of two 9. Like some body 43. People stand against combined to make the doubles them Bluetooth symbol 10. Quaintly funny 44. Jerry, Elaine, and 49. Threw stuff all over 11. Rather unpolished Kramer on "Seinfeld", the place, say 12. Erstwhile ruler also e.g. 51. Chris who hosted "To known as King Abdulaziz 46. Visited Catch a Predator" 13. Stopped the bleeding 50. Special place? 53. Ancient 14. He's come in a box 51. Combatted Mediterranean language since 1961 52. Total jerk, in slang 55. Honorable title 20. Unlikely soup 54. Trendy thing to cut translating to "great kitchen volunteers 55. First name of the spirit" 24. One to operate on, mustachioed model in 56. Subject of much for short Duchamp's "L.H.O.O.Q." important advice 26. Didn't let go, with 56. Razor alternative 59. One on a perch "on" 57. "I'm your coworker, 60. Part of a "sterile 27. Source of an oil not your urologist" area" used in skin lotions 58. Bad ear material? 61. "...but maybe it's 28. Cute little number
coming" 29. First for service

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Freestyle 888 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. Liquidates? ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Venusian │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sunrise setting ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Flap │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ without a stop ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Relating to │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ classical ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Hinduism │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Very ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼32─┤ vibrant shades │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. Big name at ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the 1976 Summer │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Olympics ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "This is │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ definitely what ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I heard..." │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. "I swear, I ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ don't know how │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ it got there" ├───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ spots, for │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ short ├52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ 19. Big self- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ checkout ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ station maker │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Went ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "hmmm", say │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 22. It's ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ difficult to │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ respond to a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ quick one
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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Foul-mouthed ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ cartoon friend │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ of 16-Across ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. One might │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ read your mail, ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for short │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Goddess ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ whose name │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ becomes a god ├───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┤ of a different │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ mythology when ├30─┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┤ two letters are │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ added to its ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ beginning │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Wooden folk ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ art │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 14. Skipper's ├───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ choice │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. "Shop like ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┤ a billionaire" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ app ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Foul- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ mouthed cartoon ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ friend of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1-Across ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Choice for │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ a player on a ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ fantasy sports │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ team, └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ informally
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to a grasshopper then..." method 42. Amino acid that's 7. Get rid of some dust, 46. Helen Keller is the namesake of a maybe credited with familiar "rewarding" 8. Record rate introducing it to neurotransmitter 9. "I don't know how America from a 1938 trip 43. Adverb whose first anyone can stand that to Japan two words are redundant wait!" 48. "Not this again..." 45. Greek goddess whose 10. Checking line 49. Boatload of money, name is on a Warner 11. Gave a wink face, in a Grammy-winning 2008 classical music label say Lil Wayne hit 47. One may invite you 12. Goes for some color 50. Unknown opening,
to a restaurant 14. LifeLock's cofounder maybe 51. "It'd be kinda posted his on billboards 51. Triangles may be hypocritical to complain and in TV ads (and it formed in it now, huh?" went about as well for 52. Slick stuff 56. "This is a nice him as you'd expect): 53. Ad _____ (Latin pen"? Abbr. "universally") 57. Down for the count, 20. Bit of horse 54-Down 54. See 24-Down maybe 21. Causing some 55. Like some balls? 58. Bad way for things stomach-related regret,
to turn informally

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. One may ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ carry a single │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ dose ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. They │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ represent ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ underground │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ communities ├───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. _____ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Marriage Cases ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┤ (influential │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 2008 California ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ ruling) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. One keeping ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ thoughts in, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ supposedly ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Direct │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ debit payments, ├41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ e.g., for short │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. "That's ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ right!" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 18. They may ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┤ get into you │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ while you're ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ out, briefly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. "I don't ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ want anyone │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ else to see ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ this thread" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 20. "Cool └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Runnings"
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up and down bénéfices"

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to "Did you have fun?" equine with a 43. Formulate 42. One may help start a portmanteau name 44. Itinerant ethnic bank 7. "Comically" large group of Bizet's 43. "Jacques _____ et sandwich operatic heroine Carmen ses chansons" (1954 8. "More 45. Add to the picture debut album) specifically...?" 47. Child star who said 46. Not ignoring 9. What "un fleuve" the movie line, "I made building standards leads to my family disappear!" 48. Not on the computer, 10. You'd be hard- 52. Elementary subj. briefly pressed to walk away 54. Sports group behind 49. Hot things that from one: Abbr. the much-derided 2014 drag? 11. One at the top level film "United Passions" 50. "The one thing that of service, briefly? 57. Transportation org. money can't buy", per 12. Not cool enough after which the the Beatles' "She's 13. Set next to "Saturday in the Park" Leaving Home" 15. "Don't spoil the band was once named 51. "Full House" aunt surprise" 58. One who doesn't give 53. _____ Classics 23. Started doing 59. Email chain (Warner Music Group business, briefly alternative division) 24. Home to the world's 60. Print seeker, maybe: 54. It can end fork or busiest airport by Abbr.

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Freestyle 893 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 894 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 895 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 896 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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25. Part of many old 63. Big "Mac" style? 30. Argentina's _____ de German duchy names, 64. One fired on a los Estados referring to the people feeling? 33. Go poorly for who once lived there investors 26. Comedic movie DOWN 34. Like one's child, character who asked, maybe? "What hump?" 1. Way back 35. Genre interrelated 29. Place where 2. Group that may with glam rock thickness is important include deserters, for 36. Name often seen in 31. Some of them are short graduation orchestra curbed: Abbr. 3. Pass fails, briefly pits 32. Like some ailments 4. Some jet engines and 38. Modern update, at you can't get a ranges the start prescription for 5. Turkish sultan who 39. A hidden one is 37. "10 Things I Hate founded a major empire always worth finding About You", vis-à-vis 6. Matzoh may be made 41. Its name in "The Taming of the from it Afrikaans is Shrew" 7. Cheap sauce "skaapkameel", meaning 40. Less-than- 8. Region including "sheep camel" enthusiastic concurrence Namibia, Rwanda, 42. Frame protecting the 41. I can't take it! Tanzania, and Ghana, front of a car, in 43. Gives a boost, with among others: Abbr. Aussie lingo "up" 9. Health "leader" 46. One may be in a big 44. Bit part? 10. Plants often called boy bed 45. Somewhere you don't "lilies" that aren't 48. Kiddies, to gramps know true lilies and granny 47. Like a sorority 11. Thick-skulled 49. Out line party, compared to a 12. Objection to a 50. Complete a point-of- wine-and-cheese cutter sale transaction, in a reception 13. Things not meant for way 51. Adopted a stance? fellow characters 52. Hollow out in the 53. They're definitely 15. Good there's some sticks not prosaic bad to 54. Quick-scroll key 54. Its members 21. "Please say that's 55. Some masculine- definitely don't need right about me...?" appearing lesbians bumpers 23. Asked to walk, maybe 56. It shows you're part 57. Places to sleep, 24. Plants used in of the deal often making both shillelaghs 58. Ensure (that) 59. Showing no sign of and alcoholic drinks 60. Subj. of the 2014 slowing down 26. Bloc holding, nonfiction Glenn 61. Lighter target informally Greenwood book "No Place 62. Swimmer's training 27. _____-blocking to Hide" wear 28. 1960s charter

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Freestyle 897 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. Big fans of ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ the dark, maybe │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 5. Big step in ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ transportation │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ of goods ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 11. Mine │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ alternative? ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "Fat │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ chance!" ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Contributor │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ to agitation? ├27─┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┤ 17. Itty-bitty │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ garnishes for ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ soups │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Part of ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ their land is │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ in Great Sand ├───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Dunes National │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Park ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ 19. Ancient │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ official who ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ purportedly │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ used "wicker ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ men" for animal │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ (including ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ human) │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sacrifice ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Wedding │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ _____ └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Fruit tree
in the rose family 51. It's often need- tropical fruit 22. The first vehicle based 15. You might work to considered a "luxury 52. "Hey, bud!" improve its tone, SUV" was one 54. Drive stopper, for casually 23. Gouvernement short 21. Wheelless vehicles 24. County on the 55. "Shallow" picture that require boosters to English Channel 56. Race for a race operate? 25. XXX heart 57. "I know... you don't 23. Hunt for the 26. "Guilty" need to tell me again" "impossible"? 27. Takes care of 58. Ending for many a 24. Namesake of "mardi", business "pluriel" "mercredi", or "jeudi", 31. "Hamilton", e.g. e.g. 32. In the form of small DOWN 27. Guantánamo is on it: droplets Abbr. 34. "Nothing else is 1. One dropping techno 28. Box at a casual get- required" beats, maybe together, say 37. Name on Nike's 2. Rippled wedding gown 29. Where people can get Witness 7 shoes pattern information on various 38. "...it's still a 3. "Just as you say items? possibility though" that..." 30. Stranded? 39. They may pick up 4. Get rid of the duds 32. Apartheid-era leader stock 5. Trunk attachment of South Africa 40. For whom every class 6. Marked up beyond 33. One may fix a
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Freestyle 898 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Serial ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ introducer │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 6. Dodos ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Used for │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ dinner ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ 16. Request to │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ be picked up, ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ perhaps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ 17. Business ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┤ letters, maybe? │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. Like ├───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ molecules of │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ water or carbon ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ dioxide, to a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ chemist ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Redundant │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ descriptor for ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ "experience" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 20. In ├───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ "Seinfeld", │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Kramer and ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Newman use one │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ of their trucks ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for a Michigan │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ bottle return ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ scheme that │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ goes horribly ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ wrong: Abbr. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Some block └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ bounds: Abbr.
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II soldier communication painter, 1903-07 pliability 56. Achieved a deep 25. Turns into a steer

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ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Like switch ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Meet the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ frame ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ energetically │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Be ├───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ apathetic, in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ texts ├22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 13. Reaction to │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ something rich ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┤ 14. Native name │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ for what was ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ once called │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ "Hibernia" ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼34─┤ 15. Water : │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ check valve :: ├───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┼39─┼40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ electricity : │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ _____ ├43─┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Documents │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ written from ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ outgoing │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ employees to ├48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ their │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ replacements ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┤ 18. Changes in │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ the bedroom, ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ say, casually │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. One not ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ working for a │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ long time └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. They try to
make it rain 61. Compresses with the short 22. Attempt to influence hand, in a way 22. Sideline support
an outcome by making the 62. Flying hazards, for 23. French subject of opposite prediction some much protest 26. Stand for the woods 24. Euphemistic culinary 27. Not close DOWN term for offal 28. Standing out, 25. One opening a cavity perhaps 1. A jack isn't one 30. "That so, huh?" 29. Like a flimsy excuse 2. Reason to see an ENT 33. Sign that one's down 31. Move to prevent 3. Skipjack alternative, 34. Incurs a fan's sticking, maybe on some menus wrath, in a way 32. One thing "you've 4. Blotted, maybe 36. Complete without got to be taught to" do, 5. "By all appearances" exception
in a classic show tune 6. Aquatic snails that 37. 1960s event to which 35. Surprising event sound like they don't many doves flocked? 43. Possible safety move too well 38. Is practically goal, briefly 7. Unlikely to be exhausted 45. Former supergiant interested in 39. They start being 46. Line near the top of relationships, briefly tied, briefly some kids' drawings 8. City or its namesake 40. Did dirty 47. Fighters with small strait between Sicily 41. Edible brand that's arms? and mainland Italy over 80% chalk 48. Methods of financial 9. Could no longer be 42. "From all that..." security used 43. Most fliers to and 50. Publishing magnate 10. Passed without from the airport with who once owned Vanity realizing full potential the code BSR Fair and Vogue magazines 11. Opposite of 44. It's what's in you 51. Word reclaimed in a "infamous" 49. Rhinos and big way by activists of 12. Opened oneself up to elephants, rarely the late 1980s punishment, maybe, with 53. Org. concerned with 52. Member of a fierce "up" stream integrity army force of Ancient 15. Philadelphia school 54. Reaction to a chasm Rome whose athletic teams are 55. One arranged in a 57. Venting one's spleen the Dragons chest 58. Post-recorded view 17. Right to 56. Up-and-down movement 59. A little hurt? commendation
60. Spike lead-ins 21. Also inside, for

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ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Like switch ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Meet the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ frame ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ energetically │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Be ├───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ apathetic, in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ texts ├22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 13. Reaction to │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ something rich ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┤ 14. Native name │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ for what was ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ once called │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ "Hibernia" ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼34─┤ 15. Water : │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ check valve :: ├───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┼39─┼40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ electricity : │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ _____ ├43─┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Documents │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ written from ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ outgoing │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ employees to ├48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ their │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ replacements ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┤ 18. Changes in │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ the bedroom, ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ say, casually │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. One not ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ working for a │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ long time └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. They try to
make it rain 61. Compresses with the short 22. Attempt to influence hand, in a way 22. Sideline support
an outcome by making the 62. Flying hazards, for 23. French subject of opposite prediction some much protest 26. Stand for the woods 24. Euphemistic culinary 27. Not close DOWN term for offal 28. Standing out, 25. One opening a cavity perhaps 1. A jack isn't one 30. "That so, huh?" 29. Like a flimsy excuse 2. Reason to see an ENT 33. Sign that one's down 31. Move to prevent 3. Skipjack alternative, 34. Incurs a fan's sticking, maybe on some menus wrath, in a way 32. One thing "you've 4. Blotted, maybe 36. Complete without got to be taught to" do, 5. "By all appearances" exception
in a classic show tune 6. Aquatic snails that 37. 1960s event to which 35. Surprising event sound like they don't many doves flocked? 43. Possible safety move too well 38. Is practically goal, briefly 7. Unlikely to be exhausted 45. Former supergiant interested in 39. They start being 46. Line near the top of relationships, briefly tied, briefly some kids' drawings 8. City or its namesake 40. Did dirty 47. Fighters with small strait between Sicily 41. Edible brand that's arms? and mainland Italy over 80% chalk 48. Methods of financial 9. Could no longer be 42. "From all that..." security used 43. Most fliers to and 50. Publishing magnate 10. Passed without from the airport with who once owned Vanity realizing full potential the code BSR Fair and Vogue magazines 11. Opposite of 44. It's what's in you 51. Word reclaimed in a "infamous" 49. Rhinos and big way by activists of 12. Opened oneself up to elephants, rarely the late 1980s punishment, maybe, with 53. Org. concerned with 52. Member of a fierce "up" stream integrity army force of Ancient 15. Philadelphia school 54. Reaction to a chasm Rome whose athletic teams are 55. One arranged in a 57. Venting one's spleen the Dragons chest 58. Post-recorded view 17. Right to 56. Up-and-down movement 59. A little hurt? commendation
60. Spike lead-ins 21. Also inside, for

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ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Parts ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ involved in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ many noncontact ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sports │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ injuries, for ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ short │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 5. Box for ├───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ plays │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 9. American ├22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ equivalent of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ the British ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┤ "Last Post" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 13. Chinese ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ dynasty, or │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Chinese leader ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┤ not in that │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ dynasty ├41─┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Inaugurations ├───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ may start them │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Certain ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┤ "carne" serving │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. One taking ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stock in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ secretive ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ places │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. Hardly a ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ steady type │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 20. "You aren't └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ alone"
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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. "Oh, yuck!" ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Sensational │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ newspaper ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ article title │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. See ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 28-Across │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. Easily ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ cross │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 17. _____ ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ généraux │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ (onetime ├29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼35─┤ advisory body │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ to the French ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ king) │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Inability ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to remain calm, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ in slang ├───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ 19. Pub for │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ fans ├45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┤ 20. Took a │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ makeup exam ├51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. So much │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ that you're ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ used to it │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 22. "The ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ importance of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ this is...?" ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. "Sure... │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ another └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ perfectly good
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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. The "you" in ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the classic │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ song lyric "I'm ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ coming home to │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ you" ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 8. Moves to │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ plan B ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. One living │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ upstairs from ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ you, say │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. Beverage ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from the French │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ for "little ├───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ blackbird", due │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ to its color ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Design that │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ may become ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ visible when │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ dancing at a ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ nightclub │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 18. What a ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ neutral fan │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ might ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ facetiously say │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ they'll root ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for when two │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ undesirable ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ teams play in a │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ big game └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 19. Instrument
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heart emoji alternative 60. Portmanteau for a 22. Add to one's stock 25. Reasons that one useful tool also 23. Assessed shouldn't designed to be 27. Eponym of Earth's 26. Having little to no aesthetically appealing southernmost sea depth perception 61. First Latina to win 28. Left in place 29. "Rock hard" group an Academy Award (Best 29. Hardly seeing things 32. Splitter, maybe Supporting Actress, the same way 33. Getting in a scrap 1962) 30. Vanity case? 34. Part in which one 62. Pictures preserve 31. Under cover, say can see a drawn them 33. Not constrained reclining nude figure on 36. Stuff left over the cover of "The Great DOWN 37. Couldn't do Gatsby" something without 35. Athlete sometimes 1. Superior toucher: 41. Kid's demand in a wearing a "Space City" Abbr. candy store uniform 2. "Heavenly Music 43. The "Teardrop of 38. Enticing deal, for Corporation 1" composer India", formerly short 3. High point in Israeli 44. "You're crazy to 39. Is no longer of geography think that!" service 4. What gets wiped with 45. Org. that might not 40. Dumbfound a sweater? be happy if you got into 42. Abbr. seen 5. Less comfortable, as a quagmire? infrequently on C-SPAN some clothes 46. One may go against 43. Roughly triangular 6. "Crazy" Spanish-named the grain item on an hors cocktail 49. It may define a d'oeuvres plate 7. Maple syrup generation 46. Confirmation of a gatherers' conduits 50. Slang for pot heard locked door, maybe 8. Leave in the lurch in Snoop Dogg's "Gin and 47. Latter half of a 9. Get out of a tie Juice" Kraft Heinz-owned food 10. They show agreement 51. Not the most brand 11. Old demand to pay comforting look 48. Earth is part of it attention 52. Uncontrolled video 49. Incident that may 12. Character in the game figure, for short result from airplane parody YouTube series 53. Opposite of "around" pilots' forgetting (yes, "Lasagna Cat" 56. Org. after which it's happened) to put 13. Pads, helmets, and Lin-Manuel's "In the the gear down such Heights" character was 54. Like some series 15. Org. giving out named before game three important numbers 57. Settle on a bum 55. Apply 20. It may be described 58. Fuller heart? 59. Regretted having as "junk": Abbr.
thirds of, say 21. "Me too"

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Freestyle 907 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. It has a ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "point" │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 4. Asks to put ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a plate down, │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ maybe ├20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Have without │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ using ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Representation ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┤ of 100 in Greek │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ numerals ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┤ 15. It takes an │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ in-depth look ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┤ at genetics, │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ informally ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Cultural │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ introduction? ├41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Part of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 23-Across: ├───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ Abbr. │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ 18. Unearned, ├46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┤ maybe │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Versatile ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┤ seaweed used in │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Japanese ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┤ cooking │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 20. Wacky ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┤ German-invented │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ "sport" in └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ which people,
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to achieve one 59. Chippendales 30. Word for the spikes 26. Take a big step for dancers, e.g. on a stegosaur's tail
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48. Great answer to 24. Novelty hit whose

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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 908 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Trashes ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. "Do you │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ really think ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ I'm gonna go │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ through 'War ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and Peace' just │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ to get my ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┤ answer?!" │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. "Drop ├30─┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ everything │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ else!" ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Motor named │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ for the shape ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of its │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ combustion ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ chamber │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "Can't stay ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┤ long... really │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ busy" ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ 18. "They're │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ gonna need some ├───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ good PR to get │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ outta that one" ├59─┼60─┼61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Anchors for │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ scalers ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. They may be │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ measured down ├67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to the second │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 22. See 38-Down └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23.
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an opinion minus its middle letter and Heder's skating 49. Lead-in to a polite 10. Seminal punk band rival in "Blades of (...or maybe not so whose 1973 album "Raw Glory" polite) restaurant Power" was produced by 48. "America's Got request David Bowie Talent" goals 51. Cause of some 11. Company that founded 50. Dog shelter? collapses the fundraising campaign 52. Feature of most 53. Preposition with National Denim Day carrots several English 12. They're always 55. Look or sound homophones private on social media, 57. "Marching _____ 54. Herbie Hancock briefly Georgia" (Civil War-era quintet whose name came 13. "Good Girl Gone Bad" song) from a liquor bottle album artist, to fans 58. Activity around a 56. Daedalus was 15. Klingon promoted to chair lift, maybe banished from it for captain in the last 59. The FDA-approved throwing Talos off a season of "Picard" golden rice, e.g. cliff, in myth 21. Walker's avoidance, 60. One advancing a 59. "I am awesome!" maybe craft 62. They work best when 24. Win over with love 61. A head might be at given signals 25. Babe the top of one 65. Manual log splitter 27. Classic literary 63. Unlikely setting for 66. Measure of how many stock character with a a gritty crime drama photos you don't toss malformation 64. IV starter, maybe from your roll of film 28. India's eponymous

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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 909 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 912 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. You might ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ get one from │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ the heat ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Matter of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ matter ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Trade │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ activity that ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ doesn't involve │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the consumer, ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ briefly │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. "Gotta at ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ least try" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Many ├34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ late-60s income │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sources ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Series of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ dramatic events ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼42─┤ 18. Vibrator │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ with a hook ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Not with a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ lead, say? ├47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Memory │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ preserver, ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Like ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Harvard, to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ many Bostonians ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Harmon-ic │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ TV franchise? └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. Subject of
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 913 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Line from ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the House of │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Sabah ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Score to │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ break the tie, ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┤ say │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 14. What an ├───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ outfit might be │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ in ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ 15. Quality │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ control ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ consideration │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Wizards' ├35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ milieu │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. "Ugh, don't ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┤ even get me │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ started on ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ that" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 18. Back-of- ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ the-plane │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ seats, in slang ├50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┤ 20. Unusual │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ source of ├57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ arousal, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ informally ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Leslie │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Nielsen's ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Naked Gun 33 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1/3" character └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ and others:
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 914 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬───┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 915 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. One getting ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hurt may be │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ taken off one ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. Gift for │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ making ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ disappearances? │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 15. Get fired ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ up │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. "...but ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe I'm the │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ one?" ├28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Portrayer │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ of 11-Down in a ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼35─┤ 1961 epic film │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. "Well, no ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ one's stopping │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ you...!" ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ 19. In which │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ the coast is ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ clear? │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 20. Play with a ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stable setting │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Certain ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ service grp. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 22. Buddies, ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 23. Part of an ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ NTSB report │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 24. "Roseate" └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ bird
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Freestyle 916 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Hack in ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ modern times │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. Extract from ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a pine, maybe │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. Salt ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ storage place? │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 16. What may be ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┤ fatal to break │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 17. Shout after ├───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ an unexpected │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ animation ├───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Drive by │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. "...we must ├───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ away, _____ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ break of day, ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to seek our │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ pale enchanted ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┤ gold" ("The │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ Hobbit") ├45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┤ 20. "Any of you │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ got anything to ├───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ contribute?" │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 22. Wish-Bone ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ competitor │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 23. Teen-led ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ risk prevention │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ org. ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25. Here since, │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ for short └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 27. There are
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dismissive character Oswald, e.g.

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Freestyle 917 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. "Tag my name ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ on the socials" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 5. Prominent ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┤ feature of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Gothic churches ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. "Cats" made │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ use of it in ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 2019 │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 12. SUV that's ├24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┤ rebadged and │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ sold as the GMC ├───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Yukon │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Annoying ├31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ things brought │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ home from ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ trails │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Nickname ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼41─┤ for the 2008 │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Olympic gold ├───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ medal-winning │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ American men's ├45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ basketball │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ squad ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "It goes on │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ more" ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. It messes │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ with your eyes ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Land │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ movement due to └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ the Sun's and
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in a bronze jar for 13 10. One whose senior _____ Bryan months days have come and gone 46. Issue side 44. Big helper 11. Kokomo, in the 47. See 23-Across 45. Mexican guerrilla eponymous Beach Boys 48. Some keyboard keys: fighter for the hit, e.g. Abbr. Liberation Army of the 13. "...but give it 51. "The low'ring South time" element scowls _____ the 48. Chest pain med 14. One who may cuff darken'd landscape" 49. Not taking things someone, briefly ("Paradise Lost") out of place 15. Promises to wed

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Freestyle 918 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Not an ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ exception │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 5. Movement ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ around a │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ volcano, ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ perhaps │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 9. Point at ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┤ which one can │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ be bribed ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ 14. Where the │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ old man lives, ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ in the Jax hit │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ "Victoria's ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Secret" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Knowing, ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ unlike most │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ others ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ 16. On the │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ fringes ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Some game │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ show ├───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ contestants │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ match them ├55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Device in a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ pinball machine ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Make turn │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ red ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. It might │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ turn red └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. "Curious"
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in strategy whose name becomes deep sigh 61. What was once big on another Midwestern 53. Company that sounds "Soul Train"? people when its first like what 57-Downs do 62. Cab, say letter is changed to L 55. Confidence game 63. Many diaper changers 27. Singer and wife of loser 64. Very avid Bob Marley 56. Home to part of Potterhead, e.g. 28. City associated with Hells Canyon Wilderness: 65. He had lots of Paris Abbr. answers to be questioned 31. Like an updated 57. See 53-Down
on TV version 58. Way away, long ago

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Freestyle 919 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. "Color me ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ surprised!" │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 6. Toy steered ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from afar │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 11. What ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ involves a test │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ tube, for ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ short? │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. A size or ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ two too big │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Reaction to ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ getting soaked │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. One alone ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ on the range │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Refocus ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Larva │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ predecessors ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┤ 20. Committed │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 21. They have ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it in passing │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 22. Geographic ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ region in which │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ Ben-Gurion ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ University is │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ found ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25. Leader │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ chronicled in ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the Pushkin │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ poem "The └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Bronze
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in Sophocles' "Antigone" 8. Be good enough have it down 41. Stop going up and 9. Part of a vacuum tube 44. What you're in no down 10. Infamous patricide rush to achieve, for 45. Class for most med committer of sci-fi short? school students 11. "Y'hear me?" 46. Athena sends one out 48. Didn't leave an 12. Make like heat to Odysseus as a sign in organizer hanging 13. Lead alternatives the Iliad 49. Troll's taunt to a 16. Parts of some escape 47. "To be or not to ranting Web forum poster routes be...", e.g. 52. It may work better 23. Like monitor 49. Chain that helps when it's cupped displays that have no with your makeup 53. Sight to marvel at? black border 50. One species of them 54. Having a sizable 24. Setting for the 2022 had the scientific name span Noah Kahan hit song "Dinornis 57. Spaces between hotel "Stick Season" novaezealandiae" rooms, maybe 25. Thing with two 51. Old symbol theorized 59. Sleep with colors, but many tones to have represented a 60. Frame builders, 26. Like punk concerts, sandal strap informally vis-à-vis smooth jazz 55. Social media tags, 61. Something tapped out concerts informally
on a break 28. Cole of "Angie 56. One concerned with 62. Changes bangs Tribeca" and "Black-ish" gag reflexes, briefly 63. For reals 30. Raw roll option 57. Something to brush
31. _____ o menos up on? DOWN (Spanish 58. Not-bad connection

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Freestyle 920 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Like Rio's ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ Christ the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Redeemer statue ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Green │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ substitute ├───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. It's said │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ that they're ├───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hard to find │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ when it's ├24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ raining │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Word with ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ call or touch │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 15. Link up ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ remotely? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Actress ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ whose surname │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ is Latin for ├───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "white" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Something ├───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to hold onto │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ when thrusting ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┤ 18. Cowgirl, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ say ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┤ 20. Sarcastic │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ reply to a ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ crude comment │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 22. Opera forms ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ more melodic │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ than └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ recitatives
23. Looks at fondly, to 57. Edging the other backup for Jamiroquai in say the least side its early days 24. Like Catholic 58. _____ engine (Rolls- 24. Turn down to zero devotions relating to Royce or Pratt & Whitney 25. "That's the mother of Jesus product) disappointing..." 26. The historic Old 59. "Donkey Kong 27. Contribution to a Cataract Hotel is on it Country" platform, for meeting 28. Big chain where one short 29. Look that sounds can purchase primer 60. It may be stuffed like an animal sound 29. Expectation for with crawfish 30. What a local paper someone who did an easy 61. Org. studying plane covers, often task, sarcastically crashes 31. Kin of "in re" 30. "The nerve!" 32. Put into 33. "Nope", quaintly DOWN compartments, say 36. Language spoken on 34. They played their the forest moon of Endor 1. "You didn't know?!" home football games in 38. "My pal", in Puebla 2. Sweeter than sweet the Superdome for 40 39. Fictional lieutenant 3. Wrestling hold so seasons whose name was named because the 35. Polishes originally supposed to opponent is grasped near 37. Controversial
be "Sulu" (they reused the neck skating runner-up to that name for another 4. 43-Down, by birth Baiul at the 1994 Winter role, obviously) 5. Fastens, as buttons Olympics 41. James who "Rocks the 6. Sates 40. One demanding an House" in a 1963 live 7. Veggie variety that accelerated schedule album was grown (and eaten) on 43. Comic who made a 42. Word often appearing the International Space memorable appearance on two words before Station in 2013 "The Office" as the "flowers" 8. Rebel in a cooler, "Finger Lakes guy" 43. One coming as a and others 44. You uses it, but I stick or at the end of a 9. Determiner of crime doesn't stick and punishment 45. "Come on" lead-in 45. The first US 10. Siblings' earnest 46. Look at the climax President born west of plea 47. Some joint bank the Mississippi was one 11. Where a host may sit account holders 48. Pie chain in many 12. Certain street 49. Stop for gas? airport terminals dancers 50. Targets of the 50. "No need for me to 13. They're easily morality police move" parted from their money 51. 1970s employer of 53. Cracks 19. 1976 compilation Woodward and Bernstein, 54. Word with cash or album featuring "Evil informally screen Woman" and "Can't Get It 52. It's "cold as hell" 56. Keep from slipping Out of My Head" in an Elton John hit off, in a way 21. Pop singer who sang 55. Wrap around a runway

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Freestyle 921 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Time for "le ├13─┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ derby du │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Kentucky" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Text │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ recipients, ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ 9. Something to ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┤ use a blow-out │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ kit on ├───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. "It's not │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ worth ├───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ responding" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Man's name ├───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ that spells │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ another man's ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ name backwards │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. Something ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for the kitty │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Reader of ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼48─┼49─┤ eclectic │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ articles? ├───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Subject of │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ some major ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ splits in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ science history ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Taking │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ longer to ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ return to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ normal └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ activity, say
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Is Right" prize supporting a futon 58. Logistical concern: 61. Something held on a 25. Spread with many Abbr.

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Anagram Crossword 14 (***see notepad***) - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +7°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 922 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. First all- ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ female rock │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ band to have a ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Billboard #1 │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ album ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. You might │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ get odd looks ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ if you shout │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ "Jackpot!!" at ├24─┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ it │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 9. Mike ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ Bloomberg and │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ George W. Bush ├34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ have them │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Like first- ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ grade class │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ material, to ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ typical high- │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ schoolers ├───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┤ 14. Cue │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. Send to ├48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ settle │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ something ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Bulb plant │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ also known as a ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ramp │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Spare tire ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ adjustments? │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Music └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ group, say
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +8°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 923 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +10°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 924 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 925 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 926 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 927 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 928 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 929 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 930 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. Popular ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ Indian marinade │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 6. Being ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ fought, maybe │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 11. Style in ├───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┤ Rancid's "Time │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Bomb" ├───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Senators │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ often vote on ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 15. Boeing or ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Airbus, e.g. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Not be 100% ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ right │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Lottery ├───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ winnings, in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ slang ├───┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. One way to │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ beat the goalie ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┤ with a shot, in │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ hockey ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. One struck │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ with applause ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┤ 22. ...but she │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ was born... ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Brief │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ response to a ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ verbose post │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 24. Carraway └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ _____, title
character of an A.A. it can also be low if 21. "Dragon Ball Z" hero Milne play you need it to be known by an (ironically) 25. Wants to have been 55. Way, way in the "evil" nickname negated minority 24. Arachnid's 27. Marvel Comics 56. Name that's an appendage, from the character with a very anagram of 55-Across Latin for "feel" limited vocabulary 57. Wicked sweet 26. Flat-out 28. Marcel Duchamp and 58. What denotes a 27. Soapbox, e.g. others moment in time 28. Officials publicly 30. People with tickets, 59. Impressive selection elected in 47 U.S. e.g. states 31. "So much rides on DOWN 29. Start of an this" identification question 33. Dramatic song about 1. It debuted 100 years 30. Real-life figure
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Freestyle 931 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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or in crisp dangerous wall 54. Middle of a "wheel 50. It may end with a 15. Separators of the straight" suspended sentence heart's ventricles and 55. One with a pom-pom 55. Exercise regimen atria on top

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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 932 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Where one ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ might be asked │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ if it's okay to ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ go over │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 5. Set on stage ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. In an │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ uncontrolled ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ way │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Bartender's ├───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ crusher │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. ├───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ Unthreatening │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ things for ├37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ pilots to fly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ through ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Hardly a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ flexible ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ warning? │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Explorer ├───┼───┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┼49─┤ memorialized │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ with a statue ├50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ on the coast of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Newfoundland's ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Bonavista │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Peninsula ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Historical │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ date? ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Need for │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ the question └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ "How do I
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you say, man" actress/singer whom

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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 933 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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61. Convenient post whether you switch the

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Freestyle 934 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Slopping ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ over the sides │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 6. Something ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ that's hand- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ delivered, ├───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Welsh : ├21─┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 56-Across :: │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ German : _____ ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┤ 13. Embrace an │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ experience ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ wholeheartedly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Eponym of ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an annual award │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ that's been ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ given to Pat │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Summitt, Bill ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ Russell, and │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Pat Tillman ├48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Experienced │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ drastic ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ consequences │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. "Twister" ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┤ setting: Abbr. │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Embarrassingly │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ bad ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ performance, in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ slang └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Report from
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57. "Geez, stop 11. Devil worshiper's

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Freestyle 935 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Question at ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the end of some │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ essay test ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ prompts │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. Not like it ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ used to be │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Good ├21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┤ occasion for │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ parents to make ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┤ out, maybe │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 15. One ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bringing you │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ the high ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ points? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Pin, say ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Components │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. "What ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ you're reading │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ here is...", on ├───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ Reddit │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. Closer to ├───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ special? │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 20. One giving ├59─┼60─┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ a hat tip │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Raised to ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ be driven │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 23. What the ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ equator and │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ prime meridian └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ run through:
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is 26. Cut lip? 57. Anti-short feature 62. Denounce as 27. City or oblast in 59. With 48-Across, time ridiculous extreme western Russia to improv with the band 64. Has a parasocial 29. Multiplayer video 60. It might cause a relationship with, say game feature crowd to murmur 65. Plea for candy, 30. Needs for some pot 61. Reply to a childish maybe sellers attack online 66. Do stuff 32. Bent on carrying 63. Onetime largest 67. Cover for a cap out, as an idea telephone company in the
34. N.G.O. founded by US

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Freestyle 936 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Accounting ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ acronym that's │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ one letter off ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from a major │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sports org. ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 5. Chaotic │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ event that ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ debuted at the │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 2024 Paris ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ Olympics │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. In first ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ place in, as │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ the standings ├37─┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "That's an │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ ideal scenario" ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ 17. Tease at │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ work, say ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Where a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ zebra named ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Blue Jay was │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ born in 1977 ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Request for │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ a slip, maybe ├60─┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Entertainment ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ group that goes │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ to theaters, ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 22. It's seen └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ after rice.
23. Pre-birth period 56. Freebie at Disney's since 1770 24. One might down an Polynesian Village 14. Where Florence apple Resort Griffith Joyner won 25. It's struck to 57. Heel's opposite three Olympic golds and strike 58. Onetime owner of a silver 26. Like the first Wonderbra and Playtex 20. Tan field? syllable in "amazing" or 60. Reply of mock 27. Sheepskin "exciting", disappointment preposition linguistically 63. US Naval Academy 28. Prenatal assessment, 28. Needing serious trainees, informally informally guidance 64. The Atomic Era 29. Opening remark 30. Sticks _____ Hick directly followed it 32. Experiencing some Pix (famous 1935 65. Playing for more strong emotions "Variety" magazine than pride 34. Clicked with a headline) 66. Strongly demanded mouse, maybe 31. "Adventures of the 67. Protection on some 35. "Whoa, whoa, whoa... _____ Bears" (1980s factory workers what?" Disney animated TV 36. Sticking litmus series) DOWN strips in beakers, e.g. 33. Director honored 38. Making one go with his own day, 1. Things to pass in "hmm...", informally February 2, by the city 2. Like the bass lines 40. "When u comin by?"
of Chicago of many pop songs 43. Trader Vic's kept 37. When kids might have 3. Scantily-clad their original recipe later bedtimes combatant in a ring secret for decades 39. Prepare for 4. True or false, e.g. 45. Tech company that shepherd's pie, in a way 5. Picks called "tsume" shares its name with the 41. Potted plant? are typically used with maple tree genus 42. Clear centrifuged one 48. Makeup-obsessed component 6. Like seven op-eds to "Miss" in "Pee-wee's 44. "Soul _____" (hit date in the New York Playhouse" from the "Love & Times' history, briefly 50. Find any available Basketball" movie 7. Informal lead-in to space for soundtrack) "kiddin'" 51. Step in clogs, say 46. One may be "paterno" 8. Sound concern 52. Host of the short-
or "materno" 9. Where you can find, lived TLC talk show 47. Notify or inform, interestingly enough, "Late Night Joy" e.g. both the Republican 53. At any point after 49. Drag away from a River and a city named 58. Staple of New conversation, maybe Liberal Guinean cuisine 51. 1990s Winter 10. Landmark visible 59. "Hoy" minus one day Olympics carrier from many seats at 61. Honey _____ (Post 54. Place with a very Rogers Centre cereal) bright reputation, 11. Letter that starts a 62. High-flying informally US state 1940s-1970s U.S. mil. 55. Longtime friend of 12. Obviously showed group Arp 13. Fine china brand

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Freestyle 937 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Thing to be ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ appreciative of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 5. He lost out ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ on Achilles' │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ shield to ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Odysseus │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Reggie ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Jackson has his │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ number retired ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼31─┤ by them │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 14. Right turn ├───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ follower, │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sometimes ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. You might │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ see a bowl ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ under it │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Prepare for ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┤ play, as a new │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ baseball ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ 17. Some prep │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ school ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ buildings │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Ancient ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ site that │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ becomes an ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ ancient │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Mediterranean ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ city when an N │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ is placed after └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ its first
letter informally 29. One whose job often 20. Was as tall as 57. Common thing in a depends on avoiding 21. They're hardly ever dorm water at all costs stressed 58. Good way to get 30. John, to some Brits 22. Org. in which something at the store 31. Some use a brush for "tweeners" are splashy 59. Deli creation, it moves casually 33. 1990s-2000s HBO 23. You don't start them 60. Reaction to a twist series featuring many with an edge, for short 61. Get through, as a cameos from pro athletes 24. What often has a stream 34. Fusions premium option 35. Goes after, as 25. It's almost home DOWN damages 27. A bit over four 36. Go-go quality times around the Milky 1. Animal named for its 37. It's more defined Way for our Solar System short tail the closer you get, for 28. Site of the World 2. Sworn to tell the short War II-era Naval Base truth 42. Joining force Upolu 3. Apollo, e.g. 43. Became ineffective 32. What a "black" order 4. Site of an infamous 45. Home of airports lacks 1929 crash, for short with codes PSA and TRN 36. Not a good place to 5. Add to a house 46. Common sources of work on your chops? 6. Some cutoffs attar for perfumers 38. "That's definitely a 7. What might help win 47. Peak known for its strong resemblance!" an argument infamous climbing route 39. Prepared for a meal 8. Indicates consent, in called "The Nose", 40. Name that's also a a way popularly state abbreviation 9. Evidence of previous 49. In 2022, Peyton 41. City that sounds presence Manning was the first intimate? 10. Stephen Fry's non-singer to host them, 44. One may elicit a partner in a 1980s-90s for short drawn-out "Ooooh!" comedy duo 50. Five-time 49-Down 46. Judge of whether 11. High-tech host, popularly things are good alternative to a guitar 51. "The man" in the 48. _____ volta (Italian pick line "It is not good "formerly") 12. Idol surrounder that the man should be 49. Beads might be used 13. People often soak in alone"
in them them 52. Some 52. Vacation one takes 18. Intestinal parts biopharmaceuticals 54. They might be mixed 21. Parfait, say 53. Thing to make up for sculptors 24. Tribune choices after 55. Adapts for a new TV 26. Gore and bush might 55. Windshield wiper, audience, in a way be seen in one maybe 56. Low minors tier, 27. Breeze to pass

--- Binbrook, ON: Mist +11°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 938 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Title ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ subject of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ operas by ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Rimsky-Korsakov │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ and Glinka ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┤ 5. "Give me │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ another word, I ├───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ don't know", on │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ the game show ├───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┤ "Password" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. It's landed ├31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "Everything │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ comes down to ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ this" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Annoyed ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ response to a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ kibitzer ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Title from │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the Italian for ├───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┤ "brother" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 19. Pearls, ├47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┤ e.g. │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 20. Method of ├54─┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ controlling a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ spread, ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Titular ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ areas │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 23. "Jersey └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Shore" routine,
initially row 33. Look up 25. Convenient format to 2. Keeps from sticking, 34. In 2022, Jennifer follow... oh, say, Club in a way Hudson became the 72, to throw out a 3. Elementary youngest woman to random example 4. Derek _____, TV achieve one 26. Mark Twain Prize soccer commentator 36. Things to sweep recipient 5. Like animals 37. It has a similar 31. 2012 first-person 6. Name associated with meaning to "-ette" shooter game popular in the Palace of Versailles 41. Fish whose name esports competition, for 7. "Maybe I shouldn't comes from the Spanish short have" action for "cute" or "pretty" 34. Needing no 8. School that sounds 42. North African tree explanation, one would like it's at dinner? that's the source of a hope 9. Had a lunch date, common oil in cosmetics 35. Comedic line e.g. 44. Common Irish surname following a lot of 10. Online anonymity aid derived from a complimentary words 11. Useless thinkers? nationality 38. Unappealing food 12. What a cheapskate 45. Old network whose with a portmanteau name uses to make it rain? mascot was Michigan J. fed to American 13. A demo is often Frog prisoners as punishment necessary for one, 46. Capital that, 39. Letters that had a informally according to tradition, "chickenfoot" variant 15. Longtime New York was founded by Noah's 40. Small stools named City film critic Jeffrey son Shem for the 51-Downs they 16. Word becoming its 47. It might be drawn resemble counterpart when its with candles 41. Love in the 2010s middle letter changes to 48. Thing that makes you 43. Time management, 'er' go "Ohhh..." briefly 22. Metal implement that 49. No-_____ (some trans 44. Is victorious over might be used as a people) 47. Mariner's aid makeshift crowbar 50. One who must drink 49. "Well, 23. Redeem a ticket for from the Zamzam Well fiddlesticks!" 24. Musical groups 51. Something to do a 52. Movie villain 26. (For) the hell of it roll on 54. It often goes 27. Org. created by 53. One of about 25,800 through peer review Congress with the between the Sun and the 58. "Absolutely National Security Act of center of the Milky Way: impossible!" 1947 Abbr. 59. Like good stuffing 28. "oopsie" 55. Artifact of a flash 60. "I'm not mincing 29. 4-to-2 game photograph words here...", briefly 30. Aids for long shots 56. "I can see Russia 61. Mountain tower 31. [There's still more from my house!" speaker
of this]: Abbr. 57. Sans dire un _____ DOWN 32. Arctic bird that (silently, in French)
often steals food from
1. One might turn into a other seabirds

--- Binbrook, ON: Mist +15°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 939 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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