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    From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Sat May 3 08:05:08 2025
    Freestyle 806 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Sun May 4 08:05:06 2025
    Anagram Crossword 12 (***see Notepad***) - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Mon May 5 08:05:04 2025
    Freestyle 807 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Tue May 6 08:05:02 2025
    Themed Puzzle 12, "Ten to Eight" - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. "That's what ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I wanted to │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ show you" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Cutter, to a │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Brit ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. See │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 47-Across ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 16. Spring roll │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ go-with ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Tabasco is │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ on it: Abbr. ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ 18. Wii game │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ that was a real ├41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ smash? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Answer to ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ "How many │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Germans does it ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ take to refuse │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ to change a ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ light bulb?" │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Playwright ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ who also │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ starred in the ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼67─┼───┼───┤ movie "Ford v. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Ferrari" ├68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼69─┼───┼───┤ 22. Band known │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ for their ├70─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼71─┼───┼───┤ elaborate │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ single-shot └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ music videos,
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    │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Letter ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sequence found │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ in a ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ neuroscience │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ journal, maybe ├───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ 6. 2023 film │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ role for Jim ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ Gaffigan │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 10. Title for ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ some Spanish │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ nobles ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Pilot's │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ shower, say ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ 15. What you │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ might have ├───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ trouble picking │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ up ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Showing no │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ disunity ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ 18. "Count me │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ in, big-time!" ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Set defined │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ in many solid ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┤ cores │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 20. Holds a ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ position │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Now-banned ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ antimalarial │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 22. Maker (but └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ not wearer) of
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    │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Position for ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a mistress │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 5. Where most ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ people are │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Important ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ bits one might │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ need to know, ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. One ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ believing │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ themself to be ├30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a descendant of │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the "Great ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ Tree" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. Ann Landers ├───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ conceived it as │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ an informal way ├43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┤ to determine │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ whether one ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┤ needs to wear a │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ bra ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. What to │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ suck on after a ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ tequila shot │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. Child's ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ question at the │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ dinner table ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Got out of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 20. Stop └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ working on the
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    │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. Like the ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┤ woman set up │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ blind with ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ George, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ ironically ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ enough, in the │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ "Seinfeld" ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ episode "The │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Beard" ├───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Mediterranean ├27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┤ island port of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Spain ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. How │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ something may ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ be repeated │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Deities ├───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ whose │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ collective name ├44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┤ translates to │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ "seasons" ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. An accepted │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ member in ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "That's a │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ great point!"? ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. You stand │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ on it to climb ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Platoon │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ group └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 19. Voice of
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    Freestyle 813 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌───┬1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
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    Freestyle 814 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┐
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    Freestyle 815 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌───┬1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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    Freestyle 816 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
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    Freestyle 817 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┐
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    │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Chop ├───┼12─┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ serving, in │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Cherbourg ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. What it all │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ means ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┤ 12. Gown that │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ opens in the ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ back │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 14. Like the ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┤ Indonesian │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ language ├───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. One may be │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ waiting in line ├34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ at an airport │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Aesthetic ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ musing │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. It's made ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ by turning the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ corners up ├───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Great _____ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Award (Audubon ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Society │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ lifetime ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ achievement │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ honor) ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Dept. for │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ which the US ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Surgeon General │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ works └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Bit of
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    Freestyle 819 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    "square-finned" whose work "After Lunch"

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    Freestyle 820 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Backtracking ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ indication │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 6. It's used to ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ prevent │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ spoilage in the ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ winemaking │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ process ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼28─┤ 14. They can be │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ one-way or two- ├29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┤ way │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. More likely ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ to see, in a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ way ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "It wasn't │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ a bomb, anyway" ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Phenomenon │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ in which more ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┤ and more │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ businesses are ├49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ expecting a │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ little ├───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ something extra │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 19. Its results ├59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ were │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ artificially ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ inflated in the │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 2010s "Varsity ├67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Blues scandal" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 20. Rarer still └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ than "selten"
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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Tue May 20 08:05:04 2025
    Freestyle 821 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. < b > or < ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ /b > around │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ bolded text, ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ e.g. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. Asian ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ metropolis │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ nicknamed "The ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ Big Durian" │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 15. "You're ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ half right" │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. It runs ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ down the east │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ side of ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Manhattan's │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Alphabet City ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ 17. Anti-crack │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ measure ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Shades that │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ may be burnt ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┤ 19. "You oughta │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ know this" ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ spots │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 20. Survey that ├58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ might be │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ generated via ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ drones │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 22. John ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ DeLorean was │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ its chief └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ designer
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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Wed May 21 08:05:06 2025
    Freestyle 822 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    Freestyle 823 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Nation in ├14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Oceania, for │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ short ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. They may be │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ described as ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hazy │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 8. Brings to ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼27─┤ the fore │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 14. Fix after a ├───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ flameout │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. Certain ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ percussion │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ player ├34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "There's no │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ other option" ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ 18. Last name │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ of two singing ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ brothers who │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ heavily ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┤ influenced the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Beatles ├───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Federal │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ loan- ├55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ guaranteeing │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ org. ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Subject of │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ some municipal ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ corruption │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 21. One pushing └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ back against
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    Freestyle 824 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    Freestyle 825 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
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    Freestyle 826 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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    Freestyle 827 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
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    Freestyle 828 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. What you ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ don't want to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ do in the front ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of the class │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 5. Popular ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ protein in the │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Peruvian Andes ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 15. Cracked, │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ say ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Subtle │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ actions ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ purposely made │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ by poker ├38─┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┤ players to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ throw opponents ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ off track │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 17. Obsessive ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ hobbyist │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. "It just ├52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ slipped by me" │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Animal you ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ get from an │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ upset tutor? ├62─┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Better │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ suited ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. "_____ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ bather!" (Scots ├68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼69─┼───┼───┼───┤ "That's all │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ right!") └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. Like the
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    Freestyle 831 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    Freestyle 832 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. Boxer, maybe ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. Whence the │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ word ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "strategery", │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ for short ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. W.W. II │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ intelligence ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ gatherers │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 13. Hits the ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼34─┤ big time │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 15. Mother of ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ all habits? │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. "Those lean ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ times hardened │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ me" ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Four or │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ five standard ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ deviations from │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ the mean, say ├───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. "I Can │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Dream About ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ You" singer │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Hartman ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Zombie │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ choices ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ "Satisfied?" ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. How flowers │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ bloom in the └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ spring, maybe
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    Freestyle 833 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
    │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. How some ├13─┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ desk fans are │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ powered ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Two-foot │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ measurement ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ 8. Billionaire │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ born György ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ Schwartz │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 13. ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Registration │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ place, often ├───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "Nice │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ try...!" ├───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. City where │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ the Lewis & ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Clark Library │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ is located ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ 17. Move to │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ another locale ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Their │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ prints are on ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the tails of │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ the planes of ├47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Nepal's second- │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ largest airline ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Start of a │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ significant ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┤ drop-off │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 21. Its members └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ often have
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    Freestyle 834 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. They tend to ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ show a lot of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ restraint ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Sews (up) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Vacation ├───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ message │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Bomb ├───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┤ referenced in │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Billy Joel's ├24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┤ "We Didn't │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Start the Fire" ├28─┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Don't shut │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ up ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ 18. Take │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ advantage of in ├───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ difficult times │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. E-signing ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┤ candidate, for │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ short ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. The good │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ ol' US, ├48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sarcastically │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 21. ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┤ Unchangeable │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ things, it's ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ said │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 22. "Sorry... ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I'll fix that" │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 23. Bugs' └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ antagonist,
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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Tue Jun 3 08:05:12 2025
    Freestyle 835 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. "That's ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ already been │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ established" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ "Comprende?" ├───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Lacking any │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ gray area ├───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┤ 16. Town of │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 11,000 that, ├───┼25─┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┤ fortunately for │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ some other ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ crossword │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ constructors ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and me, is also │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ home to a ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Northeastern │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ state school ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Ratty │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 18. Title ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sitcom role for │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ a then-future ├47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┤ star of "The │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ Golden Girls" ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┤ 19. "You are │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ flat wrong!" ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Popular │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ tranq, ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 21. A line of └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ them have been
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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Wed Jun 4 08:05:10 2025
    Freestyle 836 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
    │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Word with ├13─┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ dirt or cut │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 4. Important ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ letters for │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ some donors ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. Reason to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ jerk your head ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┤ 13. Layer of │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ tissues, maybe ├───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┤ 16. │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Distribution to ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ meeting │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ attendees, ├38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Begin enthu ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ siastically │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ without first ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┤ educating │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ oneself ├45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┤ 18. Not synced │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 19. Getting mad ├───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ about some │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ disorder, ├56─┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ likely │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 20. Option for ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a cord cutter │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 22. Strand for ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┤ a funeral, │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ maybe └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. Bird in the
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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Thu Jun 5 08:05:08 2025
    Freestyle 837 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Now- ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ collectible $5 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ US coin made of ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ over 90% gold │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 10. Something ├───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ pumped in clubs │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. Vibes, say ├───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Performer │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ of perfunctory ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┤ projects │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. Gets one's ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ feet up? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. Certain ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┤ lift generator │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Whom many ├───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ turn to for │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ help ├38─┼39─┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Chihuahua │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ borders it ├42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "You think │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ you have a ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ chance!" │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 22. Serving ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┤ that often has │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ a punny name, ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 24. Author of a ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 1932 book │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ frequently on └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ US "most-banned
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    20. Celeste who played for one with the surname DOWN Ado Annie in the Moore?

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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Fri Jun 6 08:05:08 2025
    Freestyle 838 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Relationship ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for a reality │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ TV couple ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Nonbinding │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ religious ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ruling │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Where room ├───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ service might │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ show up ├───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┤ 16. Find │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ repellent ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Places to │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ find heavy ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┤ metal bands at │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ work ├40─┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Early-'80s │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ models that ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ essentially │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ rescued ├───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Chrysler from │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ bankruptcy ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┤ 19. Response to │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ "Wanna?" ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Die │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ masculinely? ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. French │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ preposition ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ that becomes │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ "parmi" when it └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ involves at
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    54. Some party 14. Tube sitter's

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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Sat Jun 7 08:05:08 2025
    Freestyle 839 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌───┬1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
    │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Comfortable ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ throw │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 7. ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Autobiography- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ slash-recipe ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ book │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 14. Benadryl ├───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ alternative │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 15. "I take the ├26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ blame" │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. Star of ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Snatch", 2000 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. See no use ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ 18. [We have to │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ go through this ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ again...?] │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 40-Acrosses, in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Spanish ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. They have │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ "sobrinas" ├49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼55─┤ and/or │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ "sobrinos" ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. NAFTA's │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ equivalent ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ across the │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ pond, once ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 24. Its name │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ indicates that └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ it was once
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    60. Portmanteau-named 26. Like cat videos

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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Sun Jun 8 08:05:42 2025
    Freestyle 840 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
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    Freestyle 841 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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    Freestyle 842 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
    │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Baseball ├14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ coach │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Washington ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ depicted in the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ film ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Moneyball" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 4. Occasions to ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┼28─┤ vent, vent, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ vent ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. One of the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ five primordial ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ deities, per │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Hesiod ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "Farewell │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ to all of you!" ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Apple of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ one's eye, on ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┼44─┤ the Appian Way │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ Representative │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ of a sample, ├───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ sometimes │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. Field in ├50─┼51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ which crashes │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ are studied, ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 20. What a ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ boarder boards │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ at: Abbr. └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Not the
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    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Edible ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ univalves │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 9. Request to ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ take the convo │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ off-thread ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. One might │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ lead to an ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼25─┤ original │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ solution ├───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Newbie, in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ sports slang ├33─┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Downers │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ don't bring it ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "Please, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ please, ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ please..." │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. "Stop ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ teasing me... │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I've never even ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┤ thought about │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ doing that ├───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ again!" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Traffic- ├57─┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ calming road │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ stretch ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Drinking │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ party, in ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ British slang │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 26. Key for └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ rapid
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    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
    │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. "Eh, to hell ├14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ with that!" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 4. Rolling-in ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ figure, briefly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 7. Their forms ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ are constantly │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ changing ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼26─┤ 14. First name │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ of the ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ character that │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Paul McCartney ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ originally │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ named "Miss ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Daisy Hawkins" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. "Wild!" ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Where │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ there's a ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ constant │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ cycling of ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ people │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. "I want to ├───┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ get it myself" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Fictional ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ daughter of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Rebbe Mendel ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Out of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ order, with ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ "up" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 21. "...but └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ there may be
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    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. One filled ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ with hot air │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 11. Locale of ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ "your daddy's │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ farm" in a ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ Beatles song │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 15. Opposite of ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┤ "Dibs!" │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Something ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ eaten in the │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ heart of a ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ catacomb? │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 17. Stopped ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ battling │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Opposite of ├───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼41─┤ "dullness" │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Home of ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Eisenhower │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Natl. Airport ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. _____ ball │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ (unlucky line- ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ drive out, in │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ baseball slang) ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Future │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ source of ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ security, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ briefly ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. What you │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ want to get to └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 26. Producer of
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    Freestyle 847 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬───┐
    │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ 1. One may come ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼15─┤ down from a │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ judge ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. '60s │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ contemporary of ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ Dylan, Guthrie, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ and Baez ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 9. Unit in a │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ financial ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ report: Abbr. │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 12. "I'm ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ confused..." │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Freud's ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "_____ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Abhandlungen ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ zur │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Sexualtheorie" ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ 14. Sporty │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Dodge Daytona ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ variety │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Defeated ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ primary │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ opponent, to a ├54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ primary winner, │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ one might hope ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Mars' │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ moons, e.g. ├───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Like some │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Bluetooth └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ devices
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    Freestyle 848 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Voice ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Around after │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ all these ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ years, │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ amazingly ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Org. that │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ diplomatically ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ opposed the │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ Persian Gulf ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ War │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Likelihood ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of attack, │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ maybe ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼40─┼41─┤ 17. Bread thief │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ in a Disney ├───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ movie │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Within the ├───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ realm of │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ possibility ├48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Need a │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ drop, say ├54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. They may be │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ at the bottom ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼62─┼───┼───┤ of a pit │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 22. Accompanier ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┤ of plugging │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 23. They may ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┤ have animated │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ greetings └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 25. Some of
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    is removed, something 24. Pentagonal region? 61. In the words of that a whole lot of 28. Batter's no-hit

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    Freestyle 849 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    Anagram Crossword 13 (***see notepad***) - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Homes on the ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ farm │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 6. Story to ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ tell, whether │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ it's true or ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ not │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 10. It makes a ├24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "geyser" with │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Mentos ├───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "4.5/5" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ giver ├33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ 15. Town that │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ CCR is "stuck ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in... again" in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ a classic rock ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ song │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. _____ ├───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ crocodile │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. Exponent ├50─┼51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼58─┤ inverses, │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ essentially ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ 19. Fancy ball │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 20. Have ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┤ something in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ one's sights ├68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼69─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼70─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Jay's │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ setting ├71─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼72─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼73─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Got │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ equipped for └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ action, with
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    in France DOWN 37. Intense fear 33. Shockers for police 38. Really hard to officers 1. Packs (down) please 36. Beef and venison, 2. "You're nothing but a 39. Informal top not chicken or turkey pack of cards!" speaker, 40. Cut off 41. Highway horse hauler in literature 42. Show a little bias 43. Come out from the 3. Arranging in an order 45. Led astray center 4. Baby hopper, 48. Really want badly 44. Big brand in windows informally 50. "Losing My Religion" and doors 5. Gather from the field lead singer 46. Got the 6. Bathroom floor 51. She drew Steve irregularities out of, putter-togethers Urkel's affection
    in a way 7. Some goals scored in 52. Snatches 47. Seth of "The soccer 53. "Wee-ooh wee-ooh" Interview" 8. Bon _____ sound 49. Last part of the 9. It's optimally 55. Doc looking down in "three-finger salute" airtight the mouth 50. Strips naked 10. Smartass "Cheers" 57. Earthy building 54. Certain Scandinavian server material 56. Grown-up farm female 11. Longest river in 58. Resident near the 59. Alt-rock band whose France Piazza Navona name is Latin for 12. Pick up bit by bit 60. Be swimming (with) "first" 13. Pitches out cards 62. Word with giver or 61. "I guess so, OK" 18. "Park it" package 63. Catch stealing 23. Make bigger 66. Hit musical about 64. Meteorologist's 25. Offers a place to the wives of Henry VIII downfall? live, in a way 67. _____ bomb (failed 65. Cause to get drunk 27. Unavoidable thing e-commerce company)

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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Thu Jun 19 08:05:06 2025
    Freestyle 850 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
    │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Aware of ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ older times? │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 4. Setting for ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a small orbiter │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 8. Closer for a ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ring, maybe │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Not ending ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the way you'd │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ expect, briefly ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ 14. "Did you │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ really just say ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ that?!" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. "_____ Got ├37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Soul" (Grammy- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ nominated 2009 ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Buju Banton │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ album) ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┤ 16. Before, at │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ the beginning ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Tiles in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ the Catan board ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ game │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. "My turn?" ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ 19. He's │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ featured in a ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ museum on the │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ grounds of Fort ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┤ Knox │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 21. └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Disappointed
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    to stand on this 49. Thorny spot 56. Benefit for one who 12. Word becoming its 50. Brand that has came late opposite when its partnered with Nielsen 58. Where bread may be consonants are changed to share viewer habits exchanged for rye to M's 51. "Pssssh" 59. Half of all perfect 17. Question to an ER 52. "My dude" squares doctor 53. Certainly, in 60. Magazine with the 20. One end of the British slang tagline "Travelers who longest-ever domestic 57. One might catch you care" commercial airline when hidden

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  • From Northern Realms@618:400/23 to All on Fri Jun 20 08:05:04 2025
    Freestyle 851 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. Coming out ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ from the back │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 7. "Whoo- ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hoo!!!" │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 11. NASA std. ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ based at the │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Prime Meridian ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. 1930s music │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ craze among ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ American big │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ bands ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Executing a │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ power play, say ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ 17. Local │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ religious ├───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ office │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Official ├43─┼44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ school color │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ that goes with ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ Westwood Gold │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. _____ ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ Johnson, │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ sportscaster ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ known for his │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ energetic ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ commentary │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 20. One may ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ leave you among │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ the trees └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. Classic
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    of the Monkees 7. "Boy, I don't even 48. Leads to the crown 47. 12:45, essentially: have to explain 52. Its first logo was Abbr. anything!" the words "Speed, 49. Try to absorb, say 8. What covers issue Safety, Comfort" in a 50. Not just playing after issue? triangle spoiler 9. Central U.S. airport 55. Not the best adapter 51. Made to leave, that was the hub for TWA 57. _____ screen (church briefly 10. Very well-built partition that features 53. Take a little off athlete whose name a crucifix) the top sounds like he wasn't 60. Romantic, in a way 54. Obviously not well-built? 62. Amenity at some straight out of the oven 11. Land east of the large corporate 56. One going belly-up? Jordan River in the buildings, informally 58. _____ Bridges and Bible
    Tunnels (public agency) 12. One taking two turns

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    ACROSS ┌───┬───┬1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
    │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Fruits named ├───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for a royal │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. First thing ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ heard after │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ rising, maybe ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Ultra- │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ satisfying ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼22─┼23─┤ comeback from │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ abject failure ├───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 16. Excluding │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ extraneous ├───┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ influences │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Complex ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ manager, often │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. One may be ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ able to sue │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ under it for ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ not being │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ provided ├39─┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ Braille │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ materials, for ├───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ short │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Actress who ├52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ asked Wilder's │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ character for a ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "roll in ze │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ hay" in "Young ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Frankenstein" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 20. Relative of └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ a rush
    24. Org. that Big Gay Al Ragnarök" 29. Solstice d'_____ was unjustly barred from 5. Penn Station is on 30. It comes a little participating in, in a its route before 29-Down "South Park" episode 6. Major figure in the 31. Source of all 26. Fictional creature downfall of the Chevy dinosaurs whose name is derived Corvair 32. Fish also known as from the Latin name for 7. "And soon I heard a silver salmon the god of the roaring wind / It did 33. Cutting implements underworld not come _____" ("The for making gears 27. Bug fixer, maybe Rime of the Ancient 34. Big upsets 35. "This game is so Mariner") 35. With 52-Down, some exciting!" 8. See 9-Down unscheduled appearances 36. They may be put off 9. They may be suspended 40. It's played by a
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    in 1980s cartoons 24. Relatively short 52. See 35-Down
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    3. Like some people in a up the coast from La 55. Backing up in the jam Spezia country
    4. God appearing in the 28. Fuel for some Rolls-
    video game "God of War Royce engines

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    │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Utter ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ rubbish, to a │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Brit ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. One may be │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ made for radio ├───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Chop │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ checker, ├───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Make use of ├───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┤ one's range, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ say ├30─┼31─┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "The │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Office" ├36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ character who │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ yells, "Shut up ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ about the sun!" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. Kebab go- ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ with │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "Fat chance ├───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ it'll work" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 20. "I'm never ├52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┤ gonna slow │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ down!" ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┤ 21. They may be │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ unanimous ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Newly │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ whetted ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Bad thing │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ to do in a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ campaign
    26. Prepare for an around him operation DOWN 28. Daily nickname? 30. Follower of dumb or 29. Maternity ward smart 1. Unable to change sights, for short 33. One taking up arms? 2. "You kill me" 30. Like a pain in the 35. Foggy atmosphere 3. Home to the most neck 36. See 5-Down UNESCO World Heritage 31. Get to run 38. Underground pit stop Sites 32. Time for hangin' out 39. Overhaul on the sea 4. What rings may 34. Common thing to pass 40. You, vis-à-vis E. represent judgment in coli 5. 36-Across finishes 37. Something to take 41. Movie character who 6. Drives to something from a bull sang the lyrics "It hurt foolish, with "on" 39. Virtually stomp off that my friends never 7. It always happens 41. Swift, to say the stood downwind" after dark least 43. What a pot hides? 8. Old Mac OS operator 42. Makeup for an actor? 44. Corsair chant 9. Annual list from Car 45. Alternative to a 46. Like some marshland, and Driver magazine pitchfork? vegetation-wise 10. Shout that's the 47. "Here, give it a go" 48. Sign of yelling, opposite of "Get a 49. Backup reliever maybe grip"? 51. What to do when you 50. Ones born under a 11. Midwestern people can't sleep king? for whom a Mississippi 52. One cleared for 52. Preservation medium River tributary is named walking 58. Icon in online 12. Faroe Islander, e.g. 53. It's bad to get the shopping 13. Ones picking up wrong one 60. Good name for a crumbs 54. Old storage media, procrastinator? 18. They may spring up briefly 61. Didn't reject around springs 55. Blew up 62. "You can't touch 19. Its knots can't be 56. Taurus forerunners me!" untied 57. Help for the not-so- 63. Thing to put a lock 24. Org. involved in fortunate through many religion-related 59. _____-thrash (genre 64. What may be good and cases also called groove bad at the same time 25. Patient places metal) 65. It's not A or B 27. Elvis often had one

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    Freestyle 855 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. "Stop it... ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ that's not very │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ nice!" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. One of the │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Beastie Boys ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 14. Big air │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ surrounder ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Cue to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ approach ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Many a │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ clickbait link ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shared on │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ social media ├───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Small │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ source of a ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bay? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. They may go ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┤ from third to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ second to ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ first, very │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ rarely the ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ other way: │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Abbr. ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Neither │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ fished nor cut ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bait │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 22. Wakes up ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ with cheese │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ dust smeared └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ all over their
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    Freestyle 856 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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    │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. Main ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ character in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ the 1998 book ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ "As Time Goes │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ By" ├───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. What a bride │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ wears, in Bari ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 11. He taught │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ fellow ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┤ countryman │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ then-UN head ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ Ban Ki-moon │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ some dance ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ moves upon │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ meeting him in ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 2012 │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. Icosa- ├41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ halved │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 15. Out with an ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ expectation of │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ return ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Role in the │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ 1993 film ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┤ "What's Love │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Got to Do with ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ It" │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 17. Leak ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ giveaway │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. Cocktails └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ that are
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    in front of me..." 3. Code that requires 38. "What a life!" 40. Nobody has a record its members to be 39. _____ en raya before it "loyal", "courteous", (Spanish "tic-tac-toe") 41. Non-indie news and "a friend to 41. Drink named for an sources, briefly animals", among other old slang for Scotch 44. Late-night TV rules whisky, on their bottles feature? 4. Group for people who 42. Inari is the god of 45. Montreal's Boulevard are getting on? rice in it _____-Lévesque 5. Bison or yak, e.g. 43. Cow or bully 46. Org. whose teams 6. Star-struck, say 47. One of thousands in play an 18-game season 7. One allows for many old movies with three bye weeks carving over long 49. The US Civil War 48. Some achievements in distances both started and ended linguistics, briefly 8. Word from the Latin in one 51. Mobile "park" lineup for "ninth hour" 50. Something worn out a 52. It precedes "one- 9. The standard version lot is in it zero" of it is getting rare in 53. Reason to believe, 53. Member of the America informally? Cathedral of Our Lady of 10. About to face an 54. Dropped a line, in a Egypt important decision, way 54. Bacchus was depicted maybe 56. Health meas. wearing a wreath of it 11. Patchy rides expressed in kilograms 55. Collection of cloned 12. Top going downhill per square meter molecules, to a genetic 13. "Right, but you're 58. Half of the details? scientist missing something..."
    57. Prompt for a 19. Deep Purple lead

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    Freestyle 857 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
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    Freestyle 858 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Formulator ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of an equation │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ for attractive ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ force between │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ two wires ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ carrying │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ currents ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. "Evermore" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Grammy winner's ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┤ nickname │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. What's ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ around you │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Like a ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ broad beam │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Having no ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ depth, in a way │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Hooks with ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ 19. What you │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ don't do when ├───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ there's some │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ surprise? ├52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ 20. See 21-Down │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 22. What you ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ hear from a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ group that gets ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 23. Cent "one" ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ "Excitebike" └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ runner
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    Freestyle 859 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
    │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Tool to ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ break in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ without ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ breaking │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. The fastest ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ ones are always │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ spotted ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "Keys" to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ enlightenment, ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for some │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Field in ├───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ which many │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ become ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bachelors │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "You didn't ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┤ do all the │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ work" ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┤ 18. It's taken │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ from a pro ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ athlete's │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ income from ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ games played │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ outside their ├54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ home city or │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ state ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Pro in the │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ same city as a ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Brown, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ informally └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Many a
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    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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    Freestyle 862 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

    ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬───┐
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