Freestyle 951 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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Freestyle 952 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌───┬1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Org. ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ interested in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ the sights ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Is a good │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ neighbor, in a ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ way │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 9. It may be ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┤ illegal to │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ break ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Very rare │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ NHL feat ├───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ 15. Last word │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ of a poker ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ player's │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ question ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ 16. Many │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ reality show ├45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┤ stars are, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ ironically, ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ doing it on │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ their shows ├───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Occasion to │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ whoop it up ├59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "Round of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ applause for ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ me, huh?" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 20. One might ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┤ be adopted │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ 21. Word with └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ ink or bacon
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63. Start of a 23. Some of its products

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Freestyle 953 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. See ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┤ 29-Across │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 6. Police ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ departments │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ often release ├───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ alerts about │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ one ├22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. "That's │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ what she said" ├29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Athlete │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ with a popular ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ drink named for │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ him, to fans ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┤ 14. Frequent │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ subject of ├───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 1990s New York │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Post headlines ├40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. One with a │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ bleak view ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┤ 16. Places to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ see jumpers, ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ casually │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Weather, ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┤ e.g. │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Any ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ descendant of │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Lech, Czech, ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and Rus, per │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ legend └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Bump uglies
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in modern slang thieves, often 55. What may turn a word 52. Latter half of a tot 14. "Ohh... something into its opposite maker aches now..." 56. Company that once 53. It allows for trade 17. Start of a request released a product for with other countries 21. Ancient agora dogs named Pawlish 59. Like some knowing attendee 57. Started a thing glances 22. One going on a 58. Game show host's 60. Boot with a glove business trip, perhaps: response

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Freestyle 954 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Word in some ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ written │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ salutations ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. "I mean, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ seriously...?" ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Junk │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ trailer ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. His │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ character ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┤ shouted │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ "Release the ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ Kraken!" in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ "Clash of the ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ Titans", 2010 │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 17. Press ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┤ before a date, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ maybe ├43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Sock hop │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ fare ├49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. [???] │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 20. They may be ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ subject to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ impulses ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Wished... │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ or commanded ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Airline │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ whose hub is in ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ Abu Dhabi │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 24. Classic └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ rock singer
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to another electronic "light gun" 50. To clarify 51. Little blooper, called the Zapper 53. One giving a lesson, maybe 11. Squeeze through informally 52. Down in a stand 12. When you ask, "Come 54. Like the flowers of 53. Set down here often?", they'll the wild carrot 57. Additive found at say, "Yes, actually" 55. Singer who's Jason Napa 13. Faraway but visible Bateman's father-in-law 58. Level required for 14. Indications that one 56. Didn't keep in the access to atomic weapons won't stoop dark, in a way secrets, per the US 20. NFL team nicknamed 59. Fish whose native Department of Energy after a poem, briefly name begins with an 60. Certain union 23. Author one of whose 'okina demands works inspired the name 60. Nickname for Dwight 61. "No... way" of the "Born to be Wild" Gooden, from his skill 62. It may be hulled band in striking out hitters 63. Things that aren't 24. Some lay out for it
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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Hawaiian ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ hand gesture │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 6. Labor ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ production, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ maybe ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. It's less │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ subtle than a ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ throat clearing │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 14. Places to ├24─┼25─┼26─┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ raise money │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ online? ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┤ 16. Where one │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ could once find ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ "Zion curtains" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ that blocked ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ restaurant │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ patrons from ├───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ seeing │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ bartenders ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ pouring drinks │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "Don't... ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┤ even talk to me │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ right now" ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Word with │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ plane or trail ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. One put up │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ for the night ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Old gasped │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ word └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Determines
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Freestyle 957 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 958 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 959 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 960 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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22. It allows flow informally obsessed with the threat without letting bugs in 66. Shout that becomes a of Carthage 24. "Then things possible object of the 25. Not whenever suddenly turned" shout when its first 28. Subject of a special 26. Siesta setting letter is removed annual festival among 27. Dinner party 67. Opposite of "aver" the Igbo people 28. "I agree with ya" 29. It may be dangerous 32. They may go into DOWN not to check it shakes 30. Total buffoons, in 35. Big figures in 1. Irregular part of a slang justice, briefly face 31. Festival also called 36. One of two for a 2. Avoid traveling, in a the "Sugar Feast" slam way 33. "Can you just 39. Typically self- 3. Letter used as a STOP?!" isolating person symbol in set theory 34. "Yeah, and...?" 40. Radnor's (and 4. A pop, redundantly 37. Poses with no Saget's) "How I Met Your 5. Printer spec: Abbr. clothes on Mother" role 6. History teacher's 38. Swimming rings, e.g. 43. Alternative to mission 41. She should have been Babbel or Rosetta Stone 7. One you know is left alone, per a viral 46. Steroid, maybe better than one you 2007 YouTube video 49. Steroid, maybe don't know, it's said 42. Hurl with no 50. "You don't have to 8. "Can I see your particular target in say that again" support for that mind 55. What gossips have, statement?" 44. NBA Rookie of the often 9. Less likely to let Year between Ben and Ja 56. Was unable to things go 45. Gave light to? fulfill one's duties, 10. Color similar to 47. Don't talk about say Irish moss 48. Tough spots 58. Fallen on the floor? 11. He wrote, "A play is 50. Its pilgrims go to 59. Lacks a certain fiction -- and fiction Israel's Shrine of the quality is fact distilled into Báb 61. You may hear it for truth" 51. Get into a seat?
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Freestyle 961 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Subject of a ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 1963 Beach Boys │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ hit ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Stretchy │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ strip of fabric ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ used for │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ finishing edges ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼25─┼26─┤ 14. Giga-_____ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ (one synonym ├27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for "eon") │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Formal ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ address first │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ used in America ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for Frederick │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Muhlenberg ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Like shag │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ carpets, some ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ might say │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 17. Accord- ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┤ protecting │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ measure ├───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Lead-in to │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ breaking news? ├55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Things │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ might burst if ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it's too high, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ briefly ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. "Guilty as │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ charged" └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. Old
security provider? 62. He's second all-time 24. Was 100% 23. Inventory control to Tiger Woods for most 25. Flirty woman in "The nos. career weeks in the top Producers" 27. California city that ten of the Official 26. "The Ark" network does not contain the World Golf Rankings 28. 1982 comedic parody famous landmark with its 63. People who film sequel name in it inconvenience strangers 30. "You gotta see 29. It may end (or to make TikTok videos, this," succinctly begin) with a revolution e.g. 31. One talking back to 31. Like many old you, maybe? western stars DOWN 33. Indicator of 32. "No one else did correctness anything" 1. Musician with a line 34. One made for a job 36. "I really doubt it" of vodka-infused whipped 35. Northwestern U.S. 39. "Nothing more" cream called Whipshots high point 40. What's not filtered 2. Descriptor for phone- 36. Says "Seriously?", out by baleen, often answering headsets in a way 41. "Bro", in Spain 3. Like rhinoceroses and 37. Deem good enough for 42. Awkward users of elephants, you'd hope a position modern slang, in... 4. What may accompany an 38. Official head of modern slang arching back state for two 46. Substances used in 5. One standing for a independent countries typing reaction 43. Birthplace of 47. Black-and-white call 6. Certain hair color, influential director 49. Offerer of flat to the French Sergei Eisenstein benefits, briefly 7. Finish for intern 44. Not simply friends 50. Little thing to pull 8. Informal follower of 45. Thumbs-up, e.g.
on a dollar amount, maybe 48. Response to "Be home 53. Reproach to a 9. Sailed things by nine" scratcher 10. She played the Bond 51. Like someone trying 55. Dense baked good girl in "Licence to to look busy, say 59. _____-Bacon Act, law Kill" 52. Seeping spot that required paying 11. Cover designation 53. They hang a lot prevailing wage rates to 12. What a slash in 54. Common feature of workers on public works prices may mean? Shakespearean plays projects 13. "Uh... let's see..." 55. Health concern for 60. Roll through the 15. Either of the first N.H.L. enforcers trees, say two rulers of the Sikh 56. Shout with a patch 61. One of 22 known to Empire 57. Wyatt Earp left it exist in life, 19. "...and you wouldn't for Deadwood: Abbr. informally like the alternative" 58. Not a little

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Freestyle 962 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Irritable ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. There's not │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ much hope for ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ promotion with │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ it ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "Man, if I │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ could be in ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┤ those shoes for │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ one day..." ├───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Filled │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Colombian ├33─┼34─┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ street food │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Natural ├39─┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ emollient found │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ in hair and ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ skin care │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ products ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. It's often │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ bad when it's ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┤ cut in the │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ winter ├55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┤ 19. React after │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ a buffet, in ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼64─┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ more than one │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sense ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "The Last │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Play at _____" ├68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼69─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ (2010 Billy │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Joel concert └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ film)
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Freestyle 963 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 964 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Concern for ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an interior │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ designer ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Become free │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ of charge? ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Give no │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ peace ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ 14. It keeps │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ doctors from ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ blabbing about │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ a patient's ├30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┤ erectile │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ dysfunction, ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┤ briefly │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Annoyed cry ├───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from the │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ bathroom ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┤ 17. Word in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ many a tag ├46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ question │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. One source ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ of artificial │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ mulch ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Originators │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ of a lot of ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ common advice? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 20. Santa Maria ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ della _____ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ (Milanese └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ church
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Freestyle 965 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Smart thing ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to say │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 4. Very high- ├15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ frequency unit: │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Abbr. ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. Earn a │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ timeout, in a ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┤ way │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 12. "Though you ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ may │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ disagree...", ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Highlands ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hill formation │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. Improve a ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ joint, say │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Many '90s ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┤ high school │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ alums ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Needs to │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ get to the bar ├───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Cut away │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 20. Foreign ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ article that's │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ also a name ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┤ 21. What's │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ often semi- ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┤ occupied? │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 22. It may be └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ distressed
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Anagram Crossword 15 (***see notepad***) - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Carpet ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ strings │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 7. Listed in ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ order │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Smiled a ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ big smile │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 15. Glacial ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ deposit │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. Position in ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ society │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Canada and ├───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Mexico, e.g. │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 18. Fruity ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ juice brand │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. Oolong ├───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┤ service vessels │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 21. Org. with ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┤ many │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ complicated ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ schedules │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 22. ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┤ Recreational │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ barbiturate, in ├55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ slang │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 24. Private ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ cleaning │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ device? ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25. Not even │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ ajar └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 26. Popular
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--- Binbrook, ON: Clear +8°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 966 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Saving ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ letters │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 4. One might be ├17─┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ centered around │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ UFOs ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. 1980s tech │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ products that ├24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┤ used Charlie │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ Chaplin's Tramp ├───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┤ character in │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ some of their ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ads │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. Need ├37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ demolishing, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ say ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Letters │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ acknowledging a ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┤ different │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ perspective ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┤ 16. Aggrieve │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 17. Water ├───┼50─┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ splitter, maybe │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. Not start ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ with gusto │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 20. One making ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ a big breach │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 21. Net ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┤ standard │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 23. Source of a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ major red flag,
historically 57. Flight safety 11. What may let you let 24. Utterly ruined, in feature, maybe some steam off gamers' spelling 59. What you usually 12. Gamal Abdel Nasser 25. Celebratory air slip someone else into and others, by birth 26. Wavy thing? 60. The Mars Volta 13. Place to get on 28. Door builder's guitarist/songwriter track, briefly insert Rodríguez-López 18. Light shows? 30. Rudyard Kipling was 61. Where to receive 22. Home theater option born under it some direction 27. Element of a molar 32. One of a pair who 62. Sentencing mass calculation: Abbr. may be called a guidelines? 29. Beverage that's "pibling" per modern 63. Not including 9000+ years old slang 64. Many have "resus" 31. Number one spot 33. Do-it-all filmmaker areas 32. Common eruption 37. "You gotta give me aftereffect SOME credit for telling DOWN 34. They're used to the truth" symbolize Neptune 39. It might involve a 1. A blue screen of 35. "Yeah, you get the straight man death indicates a big point" 40. Some do it with a one 36. "Why are you looking ring 2. _____ law (principle at me?", more formally 41. Channel-picking of microchip capacity 37. Makes oneself useful remote control button growth) 38. "Just hilarious" 42. "No choice but to 3. Home of the Blue 43. Not as settling accept that then" Hall, setting for a 46. See 45-Across 44. "No porn here" famous annual awards 47. Early General Motors 45. Products known for banquet CEO who's the namesake their invigorating 4. Dot-bubble connector of a top business school 46-Down 5. Resident whose 49. Takes a coat off, in 48. Nickname that omits borders consist only of a way "ent" latitude and longitude 51. How many grow up, 50. Continental soccer lines it's said org. headquartered in 6. The District of 52. Where Lion Air and Switzerland Columbia and 45 states Batik Air mostly operate 53. Part of a cutting each run one 55. Light deliverer of shortcut 7. Rough times after one Greek myth 54. Windows _____, has passed 56. Bit of supernatural "sleek" design theme 8. Material ending revenge used for Windows Vista 9. Someone to go with 58. Maternity ward and Windows 7 10. Factor in lineup, for short 55. Range indicator gravitational pull

--- Binbrook, ON: Mist +6°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 967 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌───┬1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Flap for a ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ long time │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 4. 3D analogues ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of annuli │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. Player of ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Wanda Maximoff │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ in film ├───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 13. One who's │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ not in a group ├23─┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ for good? │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 14. Mythical ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┤ figure that's │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ also the middle ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ four letters of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ a chemical ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┤ element │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 15. Blame- ├───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┤ deflecting │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ statement ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "Relax... │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ you can trust ├53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼59─┤ me to handle │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ this" ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Recovery │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ from a backup ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. American │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ political ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┤ epithet │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ 21. "Vamos a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ _____" (Spanish
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +10°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 968 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. "Just ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ revolting!" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. You can ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ touch on what's │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ happening with ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ one │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Would ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ decline to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ under any ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┤ circumstance │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ "Geographic" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ alternative ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ title with │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ which the movie ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Moana" was │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ released in ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ Italy (since │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ there was a ├───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ famous Italian │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ porn star named ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ Moana) │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 17. Marvel ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ supervillain │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ who's a human ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ capacitor │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. "Bo-o- ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ oring..." │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Named, once └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. _____ notch
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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Birthplace ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of Isabel │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Allende ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. "Last │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ chance!" ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. See │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 22-Across ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 16. "I'm really │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ telling the ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ truth!" │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. It has to ├32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┤ be very intense │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ to blow you ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┤ away │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. "C'mon... ├───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe you'll │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ learn ├───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┤ something!" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 19. Overwhelmed ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ by keeping │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ track of ├57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ current trends, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ say ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Something │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ to take when ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┤ you enter a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ theater, but ├67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼68─┼───┼───┼───┤ not when you │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ leave: Abbr. └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. What to
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Freestyle 975 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Brand ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ founded by │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ "Shark Tank" ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ shark Daymond │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ John ├───┼───┼19─┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. They can be │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ up to 109 ├───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ yards, for │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ short ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. With │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 13-Down, have a ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ big impact on │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 12. Achievement ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼34─┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ for a triple │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ threat, maybe ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. "Let me in, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ it's raining!" ├41─┼42─┼43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. One who'll │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ give you a hand ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "Hell │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ yeah... sick!" ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "Hell │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ yeah... sick!" ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼57─┤ 18. Organizer │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ of an ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ expedition to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ seek the source ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ of the Nile │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. "Hmm... └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ you'll have to
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Freestyle 976 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Word in a ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ type of movie │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ and a type of ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ wine │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 5. Org. that ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ works in │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 59-Acrosses ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Like Tom │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Brady's final ├───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ Super Bowl win │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ with the ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Patriots │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Like some ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ porters │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. "Holy ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ cow!", to a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Spaniard ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. 2024 MLS │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Most Valuable ├───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┤ Player │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Commission ├46─┼47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ for a new │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ website, maybe ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. They're │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ nameless in a ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 1987 hit song: │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Abbr. ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Its classic │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ logo └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ incorporated a
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Freestyle 977 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Marketing ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ opportunity │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 5. Cash ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ substitutes │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Latin term ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ of affection │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. Lament from ├───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ the betrayed │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 17. Colgate- ├27─┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ Palmolive │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ introduction of ├32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 1947 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. "Hell of a ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ gamble" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. It's got ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ you surrounded! │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Side at a ├───┼42─┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┤ Tehran │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ restaurant ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. One │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ responsible for ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┤ preventing data │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ leaks, briefly ├55─┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Megagram │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 26. One of the ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ two rock-and- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ roller Wilson ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ sisters │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 27. "I'm └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ SHOCKED you'd
think I'd do that" DC-area fans 34. Some thieves 29. Trimestre x 4 63. Purchase at GNC 36. Dangling _____ 30. Result of a sudden (computer programmer's strike? DOWN ambiguity) 32. "Banana hammocks" 37. Modern navigation 34. One blown in a club 1. Popular element of aid 35. Had one's fill, and Hawaiian cuisine 38. Suggesting a then some 2. One on the journey of semicolon instead of a 36. Military standards a lifetime comma, say 40. Evergreen that's 3. Element of the 39. Kacey Musgraves was extremely toxic to Australian underground the first musical artist humans scene? to appear nude on it, 41. Practically 4. Word with dust or cut for short unrecoverable aircraft 5. "I'm going" 41. Critter that one maneuver 6. "You caught my identifies with (often 42. Like a movie with interest..." immersively so) one star 7. Little things that 42. One of the Seven 44. Juice may make a big Hills of Rome was named 45. Airport at which difference for Augustus Caesar's Steve Martin's character 8. It's landed 43. One made by a folder attempts to rent a car 9. Hardly a kind of 44. Popular 37-Down
in a famous scene from essay question? brand "Planes, Trains and 10. Radius end: Abbr. 46. Old programming Automobiles": Abbr. 11. "Fête language with natural- 46. Ring device, d'anniversaire" invitee sounding syntax informally 12. Check for new 48. Male name that 47. Figure that usually channels, as on an becomes a female name appears with a cropped antennaed TV when its two last background? 13. Fighting (out) letters are switched 50. Acknowledgement of 14. Observe over a wire, 49. Feature of the deft dribbling maybe Niagara River in which 51. Half of errors 20. Cashless business the Niagara Whirlpool is 52. Colorless component 24. Mathematically alive found
of gasoline 25. Where one might buy 53. One made to remember 55. Totally fantastic Celtic tanks 54. It banned hexes and thing to do, in modern 27. Competition with magical spells in 2012 slang submissions, briefly 56. Word used with 59. Consumerless 28. Stout source, maybe "madres" but not transactions, briefly 31. Word whose plural is "padres" 60. It's used for spelled the same as a 57. It has an eponymous cruising plural of an unrelated breakfast: Abbr. 61. A little less than word 58. One who knows the ennea- 33. Prizefighter's belt, ropes 62. Summertime shout by maybe

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Freestyle 978 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Sudden ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ current events │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 6. Letters ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ associated with │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ unvarnished ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ posts │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 9. Verbal ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┤ equivalent to │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ an X ├28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Like the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ origin of the ├───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ word anorak │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 14. One ├37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shouldn't pull │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ it on a pike ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Real first │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ name of ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼44─┤ Maverick, in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ "Top Gun" ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┤ 16. Creature │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ occasionally ├───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ found attaching │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ itself to scuba ├55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ divers │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. One might ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sell you on a │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ coach ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Edible plum │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ subspecies └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Cat that
Garfield has mailed to presentation for a dance 27. Sources of support Abu Dhabi several dozen 57. A snowball's chance for most times in the comics in hell, basically 29. Between four and 22. A hack is a creative 58. What couples share five of them would make one 59. Where one might hear a marathon 23. They have the a low 31. Sources of an scientific name "Citrus 60. Musical form with an Alabama Slammer maxima" oft-repeated theme ingredient 25. 1980s title sitcom 61. Unseriously jibe 33. Some social shares, role whose real name was 62. Last part of a job? formerly Gordon Shumway 63. They fall flat 34. Automobile driver, 28. Tending to be wise to a motorcyclist, 30. Org. that's the DOWN derogatorily largest employer in the 35. Assistant for US, with over 1.4 1. Secure with a belt onboarding 44-Downs, million employees 2. Eerie feeling informally 31. Disney character 3. They bridge grades 36. Note taker whose name sounds like 4. Ones who may be 37. "Really...?"
an informal greeting "materno" or "paterno" 38. Hit with a court 32. Definitely kicking 5. It keeps things from summons 37. "Ain't gonna touch getting dull 43. Spoil the whole that with a ten-foot 6. Put on lots more deal, in a way pole" pressure 44. See 35-Down 39. Esports kibitzer 7. Feature of a table 46. It can be consumed 40. They may be marked edge, maybe without teeth
by distinctive costumes 8. Certain green juice, 47. Serving with 41. "_____ Still Love informally? artichokes Me" (1969 Lynn Anderson 9. G rater, until a 2019 48. Is beaming? country hit) name change 49. Power options 42. Occasion to smoke 10. "Sooo... ya done 52. "I am so, so some doobs with me here?" disappointed", to a 45. Have a blast with it 11. Covered the spread? texter 46. Walled city of 12. "That one?" 54. Where one might find southern Italy 17. Bland and a gender partition 50. Title apocalyptic inoffensive called a mechitza nomad played by Denzel 19. Letters associated 55. Kid's "initial" Washington with sirens request 51. Whence much of Part 24. Villain player in 56. _____ bar (frame on
I of Handel's "Messiah" "Fast X" the front of Australian 53. Serving one's time 26. Man with an evil cop cars) 55. Make a big disorder?

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Freestyle 979 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬───┬───┐
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 1. Lifeguards, ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┤ often │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 14. Link that ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┤ may be spread │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ through social ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ media │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. "I know how ├───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ much this will │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ hurt inside..." ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "Diamonds" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ singer, to fans ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Mark in the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ middle ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ 20. Levels in │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ the ├───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ LearnedLeague │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ online trivia ├───┼40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ competition, │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ from an old ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ word for steps │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ of a ladder ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┤ 21. Part of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ many a Comic ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ Con getup │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 23. Takes up, ├───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ as posts │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 25. Lap ├───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 26. Bemused │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ reply to an └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ accusation
27. Made obscure 28. Aid in getting out 28. One giving you a 1. Coup d'un _____ of a jam look, in part? (French "one-night 31. Attempt to elicit 29. Having private stand") sympathy, maybe knowledge of 2. Like an attractive 32. Work that may be set 30. "Something to keep offer in a lea
in mind..." 3. Take-charge type 34. Data flowrate unit: 33. Rail, at the start 4. Co-writer of Abbr. 34. Chest fillers "Diamonds" for 18-Across 35. Southern Brazilian 35. Common bit of urban 5. Like a popular live city of 1.7 million-plus litter, informally Disney show 36. Like sketch artists' 38. Quarter or half, say 6. "Little guy", in León sketches, often 39. Something laid down 7. First half of a high- 37. Popular video game
as a sacrifice level high school series named for a 40. Tips with feathers, "Capstone" course, crime, briefly maybe briefly 39. Where people get 43. Its Latin name also 8. Vehicle riding up and tight means "small snake" down craters, for short 40. Lead-acid 44. U.S. financial 9. Far from forgiving alternative stimulus package for 10. First Roman Emperor 41. Grasp as if out of COVID relief (or a to directly succeed his thin air stringed instrument in father 42. Mae West asks her to Italian) 11. More than just "peel me a grape" in the 45. Wine pairing? regularly movie "I'm No Angel" 46. Kinky style 12. It might be heard at 45. One might work on a 48. Historic region on a a barn dance break, informally plateau between the 13. Def Leppard hit 46. Title playboy of a Marne and Seine river whose title follows the 1966 movie valleys lyric "Because, baby, 47. Takes all the chips 49. Like 64, vis-à-vis 8 I'm not..." of, in poker lingo 51. Big N.C.A.A. rival 15. One diagonally down 48. Like a roast that's
of the Hurricanes on a tree, maybe gone too far 53. Erstwhile country 17. "Seriously... come 50. Dishes to be washed, music-themed TV channel on, now" maybe 55. Low-carb starch 22. It's rarely set by 52. United by a common alternative hand anymore thread 58. "Could you not be so 24. More masterful 54. They're laid out for enthusiastic please?" 26. Word pluralized by the fall 59. What you can't do inserting a letter 56. Has a fourth without before its last letter 12-ounce steak, say
27. Celebratory ring, 57. TV network funded by DOWN maybe "canoni televisivi"

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Freestyle 980 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 1. Celeb's ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┤ deliberate │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ public ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ appearance with │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ the full ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ intention of │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ being ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ photographed │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 8. Is at an ├───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ angle │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Stuff for a ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ breather on the │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ beach? ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. The "you" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ in the movie ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ theme song │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ lyric "If you ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┤ get caught │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ between the ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┤ moon and New │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ York City, the ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ best that you │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ can do... is ├58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ fall in love" │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Offer for ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ consideration │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Something ├───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ often cooked up │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ underground └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 19. Some are
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│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Basic ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ healthcare │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ letters ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Spouse of an │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ unfaithful ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ partner, in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ slang ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Sex appeal │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 12. Part of ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┤ 1-Down │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 13. Ready to ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ serve right │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ away, in a way ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ 15. Rival of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ fellow slugger ├───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Big Papi │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Fierce ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Magic: The │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Gathering" ├44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ figure │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 17. Popular ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┤ fast-casual │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Mexican ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┤ restaurant │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ chain once ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┤ owned by Jack │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ in the Box ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┤ 18. Type of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ show that often └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ shows some
bums? 56. Copper container, Roger the alien on 19. "Good seeing you" perhaps "American Dad!" 21. "I am _____ thy 57. Geographic name that 18. "Ease up a bit" first-born" (words came from the Kazakh for 20. First minutes deviously spoken by "island" 24. Scottish clan to Jacob) 58. Skin care or hair which the folk hero Rob 22. Places where racks care product Roy belonged can go on racks 59. Apt name for a 26. Dutch half of a 23. "Lilies" that aren't sibling of Levi? divided Caribbean island really lilies 60. Some journalists' 27. Its goal is a hole 25. Red Bulls and such gear 28. Trouble no end 27. Material for a 61. "Référendum" side 32. Dry Cali red projector 62. Word used in 33. "You don't have to 29. Old symbol on a exaggerating a wait fill us in" French coat of arms 35. Small opening to 30. One might hear a DOWN allow drainage, as in a cowbell in one retaining wall 31. "Not as dumb of an 1. One may get a hero's 36. Band that idea as you thought, welcome at a pep rally, incorporates lots of huh?" briefly talk 34. "My dream ended up 2. Folk style often 37. Lead-in to a
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Freestyle 984 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 985 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 986 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 987 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Some produce ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ flies │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 7. "Watch this" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Many arcade │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ games ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 16. One living │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ near Toussaint ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ Louverture │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ International ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ Airport │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 17. It ├───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ describes how │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ to deal with ├38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ batteries │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. "On to ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ another idea" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. Hit back? ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ 20. Sharp key │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ material ├───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Running │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ team? ├50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Hassles to │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ settle up ├56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 24. "Ameer" or │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ "amir", for ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ example: Abbr. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 25. It needs ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ some leads to │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ work, briefly └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 27. U.S. naval
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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Popular tech ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ /entertainment │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ news website ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Cleans up │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ after rimming ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ out, perhaps │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ 15. Embark on ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┤ 16. Imposing │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ European smoker ├───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Modern type │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ of light show ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "It's on │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ me" ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. It might be │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ used to dress ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Feeding │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ medium ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ 22. Section │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ that presumably ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┤ saves a lot of │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ emails, briefly ├───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┤ 23. Sister │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ brand of Orient ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ Watch │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 26. "And you ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ thought you'd │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ gotten away ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ with that..." │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 29. "i know its └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 1am... wanna
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ACROSS ┌───┬1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬───┐
│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 1. Big ding-a- ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┤ ling │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 4. Big to-dos ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Name that │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ becomes a ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ staple when its │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ first letter is ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┤ moved to the │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ end ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ 12. Big ding-a- │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ ling ├30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Starter for │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ the bar ├───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Good for │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ those looking ├38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼43─┤ to trim │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. TV sister ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ of Sansa and │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Rickon ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┤ 17. It's often │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ bad news when ├53─┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ they show up at │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ work ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Title │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ stripper of a ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ Best Picture │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Oscar winner ├───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. "Ehh... │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ pass" └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. Waste of a
smoke? 57. Get away hit that's about an 23. Part of the US 58. One of many brothers automobile, not a place Interior Highlands with a father in common? 15. "Cardigan" singer, region 59. "That's not to fans 24. Show to see everything though..." 20. _____ Explorer (old 16-Across and 32-Across, 60. Cousins of browser) for short goldfishes and carps 21. Kind of mouse that 25. Greedy-sounding 61. Turn to zero, in a may be used in bird? way scientific studies 26. Musical box, maybe 62. They're strung 28. Source of a dairy 27. Hub city for the together substitute airline Avianca 63. Carried shelter 29. Texan U.S. 30. Secondary modern 64. Third player in MLB Congressman Casar personae history to hit 40 homers 31. Dish that might be 32. Father of 16-Across and steal 40 bases in partially drunk
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ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Canadian ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ expression that │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ means "Get ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ready for a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ fight!" ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. "What's │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ goin' on?" ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Graveyard │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ time ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┤ 16. Sitcom │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ character whose ├───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ dancing was │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ described as "a ├35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ full-body dry │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ heave set to ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ music" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "Love, ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼42─┤ love, love!" │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. Help in ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ filling out │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ schedules ├47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ 19. "Ratings │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Low For _____ ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ Morning Zoo │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Crew" ("The ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Onion" │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ headline) ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. They were │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ playable as a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Pac-Man game in
a 2015 Google April 55. Old thrower-upper- 26. Joe Exotic described Fools' Day joke: Abbr. maker (that's an himself as a "gay, gun- 21. Second chances to official medical term, carrying" one "with a pass, say obviously) mullet" 22. Pokes behind? 56. "Give me a hand" 27. "We've got something 24. Fête des _____ 57. "Please, let's not in common" (popular day for try this" 28. One at the end of a "fleurs") 58. Not kept up at all buffet line, maybe 25. Type that elementary 29. Home of the Big East school teachers might DOWN men's b-ball tournament complain about in the since 1983 break room 1. Oil-rich family in a 31. Caesarean man 26. Cheap smoke, in classic soap opera 32. Not at the door pseudo-Spanish slang 2. Ascend to agilely 33. Part of a strip mall 27. Bible bk. that 3. Buy with a sham, bus. address starts in Sinai and ends maybe 34. Abandons unfriendly
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ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. They go ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ through gates │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ in athletic ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ competitions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. "Don't sweat ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ it, fam" │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 15. Something ├───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ to put glasses │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ under ├26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼34─┤ 16. Some cross- │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ body totes ├35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "Everything │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ so far was just ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a warmup" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Seller of ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ EcoFit ink │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ bottles ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ 20. Where the │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Vanderbilts and ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ Astors once │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ lived ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┤ 21. "Time- │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ shifting" ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ device │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 22. Thing often ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stored nested │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 24. Taking some ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ effort to │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ascend └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 26. Job
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Freestyle 996 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Protest ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ against │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ tipping? ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Playing │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ beyond the ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ normal limits │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 8. What does ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ not have its │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ normal perks? ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ 13. Contents of │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ some pads ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Blue force, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ in slang ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Wipe with │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ gum, perhaps ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Source of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ wood for ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ javelins │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Needed a ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ wake-up call │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ from denial, ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ say │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. They're ├57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┤ known for their │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ bands ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ 21. "Crowned" │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ Hershey product ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┤ 22. See │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 30-Across └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. Cheer in
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Freestyle 997: "The time is right for racing in the street." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Plants used ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in tea by the │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Inca ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. "Suuure... │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ riiiight" ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "Tension. │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Pressure. ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Pain." brand │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Home of the ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Autonomous │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ University of ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ Baja California │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 17. Made the ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┤ least │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Glues, e.g. ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Before │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ times ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Zip │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 22. Wartime ├47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┤ refueling stop, │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ maybe ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. It's │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ signaled with ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ both hands up │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 24. Sock ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sticker │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 25. More than ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ just takes into │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ consideration └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 26. Subject of
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so far 8. Inconvenient thing to tin 46. "I've been to that miss, often 47. Historical nobles movie" 9. One may raise an 48. Her hit was "Water 47. Invisible hazard eyebrow Under the Bridge" in 50. Don't stay up 10. More unpleasant late 2016 52. Digital alter ego, 11. Something to pour 49. Girl's name that's informally "café" into another girl's name when 53. First in the world, 12. "OK, that was a good its first letter becomes
to some joke", online a C 54. Language in which 13. Cyclical functions 51. Nasty bits of guts "mako" is "shark" 15. Org. that may look flying around in violent 56. Skeleton cover into bad attitudes video games, in slang 57. Smoky Caribbean dish 21. Iranian city visited 54. A big part 59. Like some guitar by millions of pilgrims 55. A tourist isn't from riffs yearly it 61. Completely adrift 25. Heavy metal mounts 56. "Je _____ français" 62. _____-Thérèse 27. No calm scene 58. They're awarded for (suburb of Montreal) 28. Rat out good kicks: Abbr. 63. Brace connected to a 30. Apt name for an 60. You don't have one bike's back wheel indecisive person? if you're lying

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Freestyle 998: "Let's talk this one out." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 999: "Don't give in to temptation." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 1000: "A thousand thank-yous." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 1001: "She turned me into a newt!" - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 1002. "It's past your bedtime." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 1003: "The sun was in my eyes." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 1004: "Let me give you some pointers." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 1005: "You might wanna check that." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 1006: "This'll stop you in your tracks." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 1007: "Take everything into account." - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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or Kate Moss, e.g. 11. They generally don't 49. AAA variety 47. Spin-off of a giant have shells (as opposed 52. Line outside some online lecture series to their cousins that terminals 48. The narrator of generally do) 54. Israel's Masada Aerosmith's "Walk This 12. "L'ennemi de mon fortress sits atop one Way", e.g. ennemi est mon _____" 55. Ending for 58-Down 50. Its contents gets 13. It doesn't get 56. Patiently spend, as salted away higher than 90 on Earth: time 51. "I missed THAT?!" Abbr. 57. So regularly it's 53. "This isn't good for 14. Some teaser records, habitual me... don't care though" briefly 58. Like a good surgeon 59. Out-of-this-world 20. A picture of 59. "Sad the way things competition? happiness, say are...", for short 62. Great... just 24. It holds a port in 60. Bit in a "mushy" frickin' great! your vein fish and chips side 63. Huge developed land 25. Flush with cash 61. U.S. Rural Utilities parcels meant to attract 26. It's got ways of Service dept.

--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +27°C, UV Index: 2
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 794 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Ankle- ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ biters' plaints │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 5. Pace around ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to deal with │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ sensory ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ overload, e.g. │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Real ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stitcher-upper? │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 13. It may be ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┤ "over by │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ halftime" ├───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "That's the │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ worst!" ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Declaration │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ of straightness ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Rep. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Jeannette ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┤ Rankin │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ cofounded it in ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ 1920 │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 17. Bad folks ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ to catch a case │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ from, ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. Inexpensive ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ ride-sharing │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ option ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Like a │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ certain └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ standout type
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in French) often silent 50. Woman sung about by 45. Like some chicken 11. Help in many a Ray Davies or Barry broth pocket Manilow (not the same 48. Scot's nod 12. Prefix associated person, of course) equivalent with honeycombs 51. Some admission 49. Request for skin 15. Backing for some criteria 53. Novel identifier: Biblical interpretations 52. Fogger's target Abbr. 21. Some are nuts about 53. Like some longer- 54. They hung loose in it than-normal matches the old days 23. Places for car races

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

Freestyle 795 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Retired ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ crime fighter │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 5. Part of some ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Apple │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ shortcuts, ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. Hunger ├───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ alerts, maybe │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 12. First level ├22─┼23─┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼30─┤ for many minor │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ leaguers, ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┤ informally │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 14. ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ Lackadaisical │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 15. First name ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ among the Spice │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Girls ├43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "That │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ shouldn't be ├───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ how it is..." │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. "The ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┼59─┤ potential is │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ really huge" ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Identifier │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ for a reader: ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Abbr. │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Way ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. A coach │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ often talks └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ with one at the
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64. Starts in the ground 27. Name of a doll in

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

Freestyle 796 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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