Freestyle 798 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ M │ S │ G │▐█▌│ C │ L │ I │ P │▐█▌│ S │ N │ A │ F │ U │ S │ 1. Tomatoes are ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ good sources of │ A │ W │ E │▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ H │▐█▌│ P │ I │ C │ A │ S │ A │ it ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Highlight, │ S │ E │ T │▐█▌│ U │ S │ D │ A │▐█▌│ O │ C │ A │ S │ E │ Y │ maybe ├20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Seriously │ A │ D │ O │ R │ B │ S │▐█▌│ R │ B │ I │ H │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ botched ├24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┤ scenarios │ D │ E │ L │ I │ S │▐█▌│ S │ M │ O │ L │ T │▐█▌│ B │ M │ P │ 14. Reaction to ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ a sweeping │ A │ N │ D │ S │ O │▐█▌│ O │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ U │ I │ T │ scene ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Queen who │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ F │ F │ I │ C │ E │ B │ L │ O │ C │ K │ S │ was Sleeping ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Beauty's │ I │ T │ O │ T │ A │ L │ L │ Y │ B │ L │ A │ N │ K │ E │ D │ mother, in the ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Disney movie │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ U │ M │ S │ I │ T │ U │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Old online ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ image organizer │ C │ A │ T │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ G │ L │ I │ D │ E │ superseded by ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Google Photos │ H │ I │ P │▐█▌│ S │ O │ P │ H │ S │▐█▌│ H │ U │ M │ O │ R │ 17. Ready to ├───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ walk on │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ E │ S │ S │ O │▐█▌│ A │ L │ S │ A │ C │ E │ 18. Org. that ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ runs a Sheep │ M │ O │ S │ A │ I │ C │▐█▌│ O │ R │ C │ A │▐█▌│ F │ I │ C │ Experiment ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┤ Station in │ P │ A │ T │ I │ N │ A │▐█▌│ L │ O │ L │ S │▐█▌│ A │ L │ T │ Idaho ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ 19. Playwright │ S │ K │ A │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│ S │ M │ U │ T │▐█▌│ N │ E │ S │ who wrote the └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 1920s "Dublin
trilogy" from exposure 21. End of some stirring 20. So heckin' charming 59. Finds 49-Across in experiences you can't even stand it something, online 23. Business ends of 22. Scoring double, 60. Burner account, some powerful drills maybe maybe 25. Charts useful for 24. Places where 61. Any player except a building foundation thickness is important goalie, in ice hockey engineers 25. Young silver salmon parlance 27. It's often tapped to 26. Alternative to .gif 62. Dirt you shouldn't test 29. "With all that encourage kids to touch 28. EMTs and police may said..." 63. One before 64, for be at high risk of it 30. What's operated by short 31. Confound one with a stern look? 33. Cause of some major 31. About half of "le DOWN congestion monde" is in it at any 34. One may hold the time 1. UNESCO World Heritage mayo 32. Firm structures? Site on a rocky plateau 35. Get the ultimate 36. "Oh man... what IS in Israel revenge the answer...?" 2. Whence Absolut vodka 36. Reaction to a bite, 39. "Yes, in so many 3. Lose one's luster, perhaps words" maybe 37. Like pad see ew 40. Frequent advocate 4. Heavily upholstered 38. Whole wheat option for the destruction of pieces of furniture for aglio e olio Carthage 5. See 12-Down 43. "Your stuff is 41. It's not to be 6. Old Apple platform really cool" believed for embedded banners 44. Doing what one is 42. Move without a step within apps told 46. Dancing swinger? 7. Settings where 45. Gives structure to 47. Starters that have interactions are 47. John and Yoko were gone to the next level, examined "honeymooning down by" informally? 8. Make not want to see, it, per the Beatles' 49. See 59-Across in a way "The Ballad of John and 50. Swedish DJ with the 9. "Absolut _____!" Yoko" 2014 #1 dance hit (firm denial, in 48. Word with night or "Heroes (We Could Be)" Frankfurt) bait 52. Region where the 10. One source of hearts 51. _____ de poule departments Bas-Rhin and of palm (eggnog, in French) Haut-Rhin are found 11. Result of a quick 52. Opposer of the 53. Common feature of flip Communications Decency Islamic architecture 12. With 5-Down, Act of 1996 55. _____ Card, apt conserve 53. Commons people, in animal-named card system 13. Last word, following the UK
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Freestyle 799 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ N │ O │ T │ T │ H │ I │ S │▐█▌│ C │ O │ W │ B │ O │ S │ S │ 1. "Ugh, here ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ we go again..." │ I │ D │ O │ C │ A │ R │ E │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ U │ P │ O │ N │ 8. One in ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ charge of a │ C │ O │ P │ U │ L │ A │ E │▐█▌│ O │ K │ A │ Y │ P │ A │ L │ ranch ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 15. Empathetic │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│ S │ T │ I │ L │ L │ E │ R │▐█▌│ O │ R │ C │ affirmation ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 16. Leading, │ C │ A │ P │ S │▐█▌│ E │ N │ E │ M │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ S │ A │ but just so ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Verbs that │ A │ M │ I │ I │ T │▐█▌│ G │ T │ A │▐█▌│ A │ B │ E │ T │ S │ both link and ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ equate subjects │ R │ A │ N │ T │ A │ T │▐█▌│ O │ N │ T │ H │ E │ D │ O │ T │ with their ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ predicates, in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ K │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ grammar ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ 18. "Uh-huh, │ H │ O │ C │ K │ E │ Y │ I │ Q │▐█▌│ K │ I │ D │ S │ I │ S │ whatever you ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ say" │ D │ R │ A │ I │ N │▐█▌│ M │ U │ Y │▐█▌│ R │ E │ T │ C │ H │ 19. Where ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ people go for │ M │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ R │ I │ E │ S │▐█▌│ D │ E │ E │ R │ little breaks, ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ briefly │ I │ M │ O │▐█▌│ M │ A │ I │ N │ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ A │ L │ I │ 20. Actor who ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ delivered the │ O │ I │ L │ R │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ B │ E │ E │ R │ R │ U │ N │ repeated sitcom ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ line "Serenity │ U │ N │ E │ A │ R │ T │ H │▐█▌│ I │ N │ R │ A │ N │ G │ E │ now!" ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Word that │ T │ E │ R │ M │ O │ U │ T │▐█▌│ G │ E │ N │ E │ S │ E │ S │ likely derives └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ from the
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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +4°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 800 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│ E │ N │ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ A │ H │ A │▐█▌│ S │ P │ U │ D │ 1. Put in ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ effect │ I │ N │ O │ P │ P │ O │ R │ T │ U │ N │ E │ T │ I │ M │ E │ 6. "The truth!" ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Target of │ L │ A │ B │ O │ R │ A │ T │ O │ R │ Y │ M │ O │ U │ S │ E │ peeling ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. A bad break │ O │ M │ A │ R │▐█▌│ D │ E │ L │ T │▐█▌│ E │ P │ S │ O │ M │ may arrive at ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ one │ S │ E │ C │ T │▐█▌│ D │ S │ L │▐█▌│ A │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Drug tester ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┤ 17. Rudberg of │ E │ L │ K │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ I │▐█▌│ C │ O │ B │ "Young Royals" ├───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Body part │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ P │ A │ C │ E │ P │ L │ A │ T │ F │ O │ R │ M │ named for its ├35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shape, │ T │ H │ I │ S │ I │ S │ W │ H │ O │ I │ A │ M │ N │ O │ W │ informally ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. _____ Downs │ A │ M │ E │ A │ L │ I │ N │ I │ T │ S │ E │ L │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Racecourse, ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼42─┤ horse racing │ P │ O │ S │▐█▌│ E │ N │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ O │ P │ venue since ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ 1661 │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ B │ E │ G │▐█▌│ M │ U │ L │ E │ 20. Broken-off ├48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ piece │ T │ A │ B │ O │ O │▐█▌│ M │ A │ L │ E │▐█▌│ E │ N │ D │ S │ 21. Provider of ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ networking │ A │ S │ I │ U │ N │ D │ E │ R │ S │ T │ A │ N │ D │ I │ T │ opportunities? ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. "Edges" of │ N │ I │ E │ L │ S │ E │ N │ F │ A │ M │ I │ L │ I │ E │ S │ radar ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Black _____ │ S │ A │ N │ D │▐█▌│ B │ U │ S │▐█▌│ E │ G │ O │ T │ S │▐█▌│ Peak (South └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Dakota's
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 801 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ C │ L │ O │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ F │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ M │ E │ W │ 1. What a hoe ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ may bust │ H │ I │ F │ I │▐█▌│ P │ O │ R │ K │▐█▌│ M │ O │ O │ L │ A │ 5. "You can ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ open this │ O │ N │ E │ T │ E │ R │ M │ E │ R │▐█▌│ O │ L │ D │ E │ R │ wherever you ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ are" │ W │ O │ R │ K │ S │ O │ U │ T │ P │ E │ R │ F │ E │ C │ T │ 8. Bird that's ├───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an animal sound │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ C │ D │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ when its first ├22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ letter is │ S │ I │ C │▐█▌│ A │ S │ H │ L │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ T │ I │ S │ removed ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ 12. Good │ U │ N │ H │ I │ P │▐█▌│ T │ O │ N │ Y │▐█▌│ D │ O │ D │ O │ reproductive ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ technique │ I │ L │ I │ K │ E │ T │ H │ A │ T │ A │ N │ S │ W │ E │ R │ 13. "Bridge to ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ nowhere" │ T │ E │ L │ E │▐█▌│ R │ I │ T │ E │▐█▌│ U │ L │ N │ A │ R │ project, e.g. ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ 14. Certain │ S │ T │ L │▐█▌│ B │ U │ S │ H │ R │ A │ T │▐█▌│ S │ L │ Y │ game show ├───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ prize, in slang │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ T │ O │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ L │ O │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Minimally ├49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼55─┤ successful │ T │ O │ X │ I │ C │ P │ O │ S │ I │ T │ I │ V │ I │ T │ Y │ campaigner ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. What │ I │ N │ I │ N │ K │▐█▌│ M │ O │ N │ O │ L │ O │ G │ U │ E │ everyone who's ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ solving this │ D │ E │ N │ T │ S │▐█▌│ A │ R │ T │ S │▐█▌│ K │ O │ N │ A │ grid is getting ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "Couldn't │ E │ G │ G │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ R │ A │ S │ have planned it └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ any better!"
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Freestyle 802 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ H │ I │ N │ D │▐█▌│ O │ D │ E │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ S │ P │ Y │ 1. _____ wing ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ (part of some │ O │ C │ E │ A │ N │ R │ E │ A │ L │ M │▐█▌│ N │ O │ R │ A │ insects) ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Old poetry │ R │ E │ A │ D │ Y │ S │ E │ T │ G │ O │▐█▌│ E │ L │ I │ S │ performance ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ venues │ S │ A │ T │ A │ T │ O │ P │▐█▌│ E │ I │ D │▐█▌│ I │ C │ U │ 9. Activity ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┤ that you're │▐█▌│ L │ B │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ R │▐█▌│ E │ I │ D │ E │ R │ looking out for ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. It's seen │ P │ G │ A │▐█▌│ S │ K │ I │ D │▐█▌│ U │ N │ M │ A │ D │ E │ throughout most ├32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of "Finding │ C │ A │ L │ L │ I │ N │ G │ I │ T │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Nemo" ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ 16. Chandler's │ T │ E │ L │ L │ M │ E │ H │ O │ W │ I │ T │ E │ N │ D │ S │ mom on ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Friends" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ L │ S │ T │ A │ T │ E │ T │ E │ A │ M │ 17. Prompt for ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ the start │ S │ L │ U │ M │ I │ T │▐█▌│ I │ D │ E │ D │▐█▌│ A │ R │ S │ 18. They might ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ eat with │ P │ I │ L │ A │ F │▐█▌│ L │ C │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ L │▐█▌│ townies at ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┤ Frank Pepe's or │ O │ A │ T │▐█▌│ E │ C │ O │▐█▌│ L │ A │ M │ I │ S │ I │ L │ Sally's Apizza ├55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Was on │ T │ I │ R │ E │▐█▌│ G │ E │ T │ I │ N │ A │ L │ I │ N │ E │ 20. End of a ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ fast time │ A │ S │ O │ F │▐█▌│ I │ W │ O │ N │ T │ J │ U │ D │ G │ E │ 22. Where to go ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ with a peekaboo │ D │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ E │ G │ S │▐█▌│ P │ E │ S │ T │ injury, in a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ dad joke
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 803 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ S │ T │ U │ M │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ O │ M │ P │▐█▌│ F │ R │ I │ 1. Apple ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ cutter's │ O │ H │ H │ O │ H │ O │▐█▌│ I │ M │ A │ S │ L │ E │ E │ P │ leftover ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Feature of │ S │ E │ W │ N │ O │ N │▐█▌│ M │ A │ N │ H │ A │ N │ D │ S │ many military ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ parades │ I │ B │ E │ T │▐█▌│ T │ W │ A │ N │ G │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ Y │ 10. It's named ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for Venus in │ C │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ I │ S │▐█▌│ O │ S │ H │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ the Romance ├27─┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ languages: │ K │ Y │ L │ O │ R │ E │ N │▐█▌│ I │ S │ O │▐█▌│ N │ E │ D │ Abbr. ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. "Well... │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ E │ S │ N │ O │ T │ M │ Y │ T │ Y │ P │ E │ the plot ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ thickens!" │ N │ O │ T │ M │ E │ P │ E │ R │ S │ O │ N │ A │ L │ L │ Y │ 15. "It's too ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ early and it's │ P │ L │ A │ Y │ F │ O │ R │ A │ F │ O │ O │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Saturday" ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ 17. Like many │ C │ D │ S │▐█▌│ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ I │ T │ G │ I │ R │ L │ S │ uniform numbers ├───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┤ 18. They're │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ U │ R │ F │▐█▌│ U │ N │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ A │ U │ shown cracking ├51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ a lobster, to │ M │ I │ E │ N │▐█▌│ I │ M │ P │ E │ I │▐█▌│ D │ A │ D │ S │ Jerry ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Seinfeld's │ E │ C │ O │ T │ O │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ E │ B │ I │ L │ L │ S │ disgust ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. "Yeah... │ G │ E │ N │ O │ V │ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│ S │ A │ M │ M │ I │ E │ really" ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "Y'all" is │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ A │ S │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ E │ T │ S │ often heard └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ with one
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 804 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ O │ I │ F │ S │▐█▌│ C │ R │ A │ G │ G │ E │ D │ 1. Some prom ├───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ night │▐█▌│ P │ A │ Y │ S │ I │ N │▐█▌│ S │ U │ V │ L │ I │ M │ O │ arrangements ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Rough and │ R │ O │ T │ E │ L │ L │ E │▐█▌│ I │ M │ E │ A │ N │ I │ T │ rocky ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Antes, say │ E │ P │ A │▐█▌│ A │ M │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ G │ R │ O │ 14. It's a big ├21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stretch │ N │ O │ R │ A │▐█▌│ G │ R │ O │ G │▐█▌│ A │ D │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Wheel- ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ shaped pasta │ U │ V │ A │ L │ D │ E │▐█▌│ M │ A │ U │ S │▐█▌│ R │ M │ S │ 16. "No fooling ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ around here" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ O │ U │ N │ T │ E │ R │ P │ H │ O │ B │ I │ A │ 17. Org. ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ concerned with │ I │ M │ T │ H │ E │ R │ E │ I │ N │ S │ P │ I │ R │ I │ T │ stacks ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Like 29 │ I │ T │ S │ A │ N │ E │ S │ T │ I │ M │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N.B.A. teams ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┤ 20. Fields at │ I │ S │ U │▐█▌│ O │ S │ S │ A │▐█▌│ A │ N │ N │ A │ L │ S │ the start? ├───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Big first │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ W │▐█▌│ A │ L │ D │ I │▐█▌│ B │ D │ A │ Y │ name in "When ├49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ Harry Met │ M │ P │ G │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ E │ L │ P │▐█▌│ G │ I │ F │ Sally..." ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Drink │ E │ L │ E │ K │ T │ R │ A │▐█▌│ A │ B │ I │ L │ I │ T │ Y │ that's the real ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ name of "Baby │ T │ I │ R │ E │ S │ O │ F │▐█▌│ N │ O │ T │ A │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ Yoda" minus its ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ last letter │ H │ E │ Y │ W │ A │ I │ T │▐█▌│ E │ X │ T │ O │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 25. Child └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ entrepreneur's
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Freestyle 805 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ F │ L │ O │ P │▐█▌│ P │ R │ J │ O │ B │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ H │ O │ 1. "Spider-Man: ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ Turn Off the │ A │ S │ K │ E │ D │ A │ F │ A │ V │ O │ R │▐█▌│ O │ E │ D │ Dark", e.g. ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ 5. Work on a │ R │ A │ N │ K │ A │ N │ D │ Y │ A │ N │ K │▐█▌│ O │ R │ E │ positive front ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. "Isn't it │ O │ T │ O │ O │ L │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ O │ T │ G │ O │ T │ _____?" ├───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Sought help │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ E │ L │ L │ Y │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ O │ O │ T │ S │ 16. Subj. of ├27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ the 1998 │ S │ U │ D │ S │ Y │▐█▌│ A │ R │ A │ B │▐█▌│ G │ O │ O │▐█▌│ British book ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┤ "The Surgeon of │ P │ L │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ K │ Y │ O │ T │ O │▐█▌│ A │ D │ Z │ E │ Crowthorne" ├36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. System of │ A │ N │ Y │ A │▐█▌│ A │ T │ T │ I │ C │▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ W │ classifying ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┤ employees by │ T │ A │ O │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ I │ N │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ A │ value, then ├───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ firing the │▐█▌│ R │ U │ T │▐█▌│ L │ A │ C │ E │▐█▌│ S │ I │ P │ O │ N │ "worst" ones ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Leadville, │ A │ N │ G │ E │ R │▐█▌│ M │ A │ T │ I │ L │ D │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Colorado, once ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┤ had it in │ L │ E │ E │ R │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ O │ S │ E │ D │ abundance ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. He was │ M │ R │ T │▐█▌│ C │ A │ N │ I │ J │ U │ S │ T │ S │ A │ Y │ nominated for ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Best Actor │ A │ V │ I │▐█▌│ S │ U │ M │ M │ E │ R │ H │ O │ U │ S │ E │ twice for the ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ same role, King │ Y │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ O │ P │ T │ S │ Henry II └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Was
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 806 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ R │ E │ M │ A │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ P │ M │▐█▌│ K │ O │ T │ B │ 1. Assign for a ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ different │ A │ B │ A │ C │ U │ S │▐█▌│ B │ I │ A │ N │ N │ U │ A │ L │ purpose, as a ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ programming │ G │ O │ T │ I │ M │ E │▐█▌│ C │ A │ P │ O │ E │ I │ R │ A │ variable ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Important │ G │ O │ T │ D │ A │ N │ G │▐█▌│ F │ L │ I │ E │ S │ A │ T │ rate for a ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ cardiologist: │ E │ K │ E │ S │▐█▌│ H │ O │ S │▐█▌│ E │ T │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Abbr. ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ 9. Author of a │ D │ S │ L │▐█▌│ L │ O │ L │ O │ L │▐█▌│ W │ I │ N │ G │ S │ 2010 ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ autobiography │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ R │ D │ D │ I │ S │ A │ G │ R │ E │ E │ subtitled "How ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I Survived War │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ A │ D │ A │ M │ N │ S │ H │ A │ M │ E │ Zones, Bad ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Hair, Cancer, │ P │ O │ P │ M │ U │ S │ I │ C │ I │ A │ N │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ and Kathie Lee" ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ 13. Tool used │ S │ C │ A │ L │ P │▐█▌│ G │ U │ N │ I │ T │▐█▌│ T │ D │ S │ for basic ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ operations │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ E │ A │▐█▌│ P │ A │ L │▐█▌│ S │ H │ O │ E │ 15. Twice as ├48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ much as │ I │ D │ C │ A │ R │ D │ S │▐█▌│ L │ E │ T │ T │ E │ R │ R │ seasonal ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. When all │ D │ R │ A │ G │ B │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│ R │ E │ A │ L │ M │ E │ that ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ preparation │ I │ N │ L │ E │ A │ G │ U │ E │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ S │ M │ E │ N │ starts getting ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ put to the test │ D │ O │ M │ S │▐█▌│ E │ G │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ H │ A │ R │ E │ 18. Martial art └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ that Brazil
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Anagram Crossword 12 (***see Notepad***) - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 807 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ L │ A │ P │ D │▐█▌│ A │ C │ H │▐█▌│ J │ O │ S │ H │ E │ D │ 1. Org. in "The ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Closer" │ A │ R │ I │ A │▐█▌│ C │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ O │ N │ L │ I │ V │ E │ 5. German ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15-Across │ N │ E │ X │ T │▐█▌│ T │ A │ P │▐█▌│ H │ E │ U │ R │ E │ S │ 8. Ribbed ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "It Ain't │ G │ A │ E │ A │▐█▌│ V │ I │ E │ T │ N │ A │ M │ E │ R │ A │ Necessarily So" ├───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ is one │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ S │ U │▐█▌│ G │ R │ R │ R │▐█▌│ P │ O │ L │ L │ 15. See ├27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┤ 5-Across │ B │ E │ A │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ I │ O │ S │▐█▌│ N │ Y │ T │ 16. Like ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ newscasts, │ W │ O │ R │ T │ H │ A │ F │ O │ L │ L │ O │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ usually ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ 17. Word for │ I │ S │ T │ H │ A │ T │ A │ L │ L │ F │ O │ R │ N │ O │ W │ the advanced? ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. One way to │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ N │ C │ E │ I │ S │ E │ N │ O │ U │ G │ H │ pay by credit ├41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ card │ L │ E │ T │▐█▌│ T │ O │ R │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ T │ S │ Y │ 19. Midi à ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ minuit, e.g. │ A │ L │ O │ U │▐█▌│ L │ I │ C │ E │▐█▌│ S │ G │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 20. She birthed ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼56─┤ the mountains │ M │ A │ U │ S │ O │ L │ E │ U │ M │ S │▐█▌│ I │ R │ A │ S │ and the sea ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ without a │ B │ I │ R │ E │ M │ E │▐█▌│ R │ A │ W │▐█▌│ D │ E │ C │ O │ father, ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ (obviously) in │ O │ N │ E │ M │ E │ G │▐█▌│ V │ I │ A │▐█▌│ E │ E │ N │ Y │ legend ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Setting for │ S │ E │ R │ E │ N │ E │▐█▌│ E │ L │ M │▐█▌│ A │ S │ E │ A │ many, many └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ American
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Themed Puzzle 12, "Ten to Eight" - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ Q │ E │ D │▐█▌│ Q │ U │ E │ U │ E │ J │ U │ M │ P │ E │ R │ 1. "That's what ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I wanted to │ U │ N │ E │▐█▌│ O │ R │ A │ N │ G │ E │ S │ A │ U │ C │ E │ show you" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Cutter, to a │ A │ T │ L │▐█▌│ M │ A │ R │ I │ O │ T │ E │ N │ N │ I │ S │ Brit ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. See │ N │ E │ I │ N │▐█▌│ L │ E │ T │ T │ S │▐█▌│ O │ K │ G │ O │ 47-Across ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 16. Spring roll │ T │ R │ A │ P │ S │▐█▌│ D │ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ S │ W │ go-with ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Tabasco is │ J │ U │ I │ C │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ P │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ on it: Abbr. ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ 18. Wii game │ O │ P │ S │▐█▌│ A │ C │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│ L │ G │ B │ T │ Q │ that was a real ├41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ smash? │ C │ O │ L │ O │ R │ A │ D │ O │ P │ L │ A │ T │ E │ A │ U │ 19. Answer to ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ "How many │ K │ N │ E │ L │ L │▐█▌│ S │ P │ R │ I │ G │▐█▌│ S │ K │ I │ Germans does it ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ take to refuse │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ A │ T │ T │ E │ N │ to change a ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ light bulb?" │ T │ M │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ M │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ L │ I │ L │ A │ C │ 21. Playwright ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ who also │ R │ A │ S │ A │▐█▌│ M │ I │ N │ O │ T │▐█▌│ C │ O │ D │ E │ starred in the ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼67─┼───┼───┤ movie "Ford v. │ A │ C │ I │ D │ T │ O │ N │ G │ U │ E │ D │▐█▌│ V │ A │ J │ Ferrari" ├68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼69─┼───┼───┤ 22. Band known │ N │ A │ T │ I │ O │ N │ A │ L │ I │ T │ Y │▐█▌│ E │ R │ A │ for their ├70─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼71─┼───┼───┤ elaborate │ Q │ U │ I │ N │ C │ Y │ J │ O │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ D │ E │ M │ single-shot └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ music videos,
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up in 71. See 43-Down chord hymn ending 25. Pronoun at one end sequence in which "Amen"
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it says joystick's control, game 64. Sharply critical briefly 62. French temple 67. Egg hunt location, 24. Company that setting
in slang released (pun intended) 65. What precedes 68. Polish, e.g. Metamucil in 1934 chapter 1, maybe: Abbr. 69. Stretch for history 28. Colonel Tom Parker 66. Prefix meaning class? sold Elvis' whole "painful"

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

Freestyle 808 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 809 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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