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

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

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

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│ S │ O │ B │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ B │ S │ 1. Jerks ├11─┼───┼───┼───┼12─┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┤ 5. "All right, │ I │ N │ U │ I │ T │▐█▌│ B │ E │ S │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ W │ man!" ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ 8. Parts of a │ M │ E │ T │ R │ O │▐█▌│ A │ M │ P │ E │ D │▐█▌│ T │ S │ A │ human wall? ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 11. One is │ I │ M │ N │ E │ W │▐█▌│ S │ O │ C │ R │ A │ T │ I │ S │ M │ depicted on the ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ tailfin of │ L │ E │ O │ N │ A │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │▐█▌│ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Alaska Airlines ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┤ planes │ E │ G │ O │▐█▌│ W │ O │ V │ E │▐█▌│ S │ A │ T │ R │ A │ P │ 13. _____ de ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Judas (act of │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ K │ A │ K │ I │ S │ T │ O │ C │ R │ A │ C │ Y │ betrayal, in ├33─┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Spanish) │ E │ N │ J │ O │ Y │ Y │ O │ U │ R │ F │ L │ I │ G │ H │ T │ 14. Shout from ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an annoyed │ P │ R │ E │ T │ Z │ E │ L │ B │ I │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ waiter ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼41─┤ 15. It often │ S │ A │ N │ T │ O │ S │▐█▌│ M │ A │ Y │ A │▐█▌│ B │ A │ R │ goes under a ├───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ city │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ E │ N │▐█▌│ C │ A │ L │▐█▌│ N │ I │ E │ C │ E │ 16. Very hard ├46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to settle down │ S │ C │ A │ R │ E │ C │ A │ R │ D │▐█▌│ I │ M │ A │ C │ S │ 18. Group with ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ X-ray specs, │ H │ A │ S │▐█▌│ S │ O │ F │ I │ A │▐█▌│ N │ O │ N │ E │ T │ briefly ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Green │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ N │ Y │▐█▌│ G │ U │ I │ D │ O │ warning? ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Ancient │ M │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ E │ N │ Greek └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ philosophical
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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

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

Freestyle 794 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ A │ R │ F │ S │▐█▌│ S │ T │ I │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ A │ S │ H │ 1. Ankle- ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ biters' plaints │ R │ O │ U │ T │▐█▌│ O │ H │ N │ O │▐█▌│ N │ O │ L │ I │ E │ 5. Pace around ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to deal with │ A │ C │ L │ U │▐█▌│ F │ E │ D │ S │▐█▌│ U │ B │ E │ R │ X │ sensory ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ overload, e.g. │ B │ O │ L │ D │▐█▌│ A │ M │ I │ S │ H │ M │ A │ F │ I │ A │ 9. Real ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stitcher-upper? │ I │ C │ H │▐█▌│ A │ S │ E │ A │▐█▌│ E │ E │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 13. It may be ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┤ "over by │ C │ O │ Y │ P │ U │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ C │ A │ R │▐█▌│ A │ B │ C │ halftime" ├───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "That's the │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ E │ T │ I │ T │ A │ L │ L │ O │ N │ R │ E │ D │ worst!" ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Declaration │ M │ O │ R │ E │ O │ N │ T │ H │ A │ T │ L │ A │ T │ E │ R │ of straightness ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Rep. │ C │ H │ I │ L │ D │ H │ O │ O │ D │ H │ O │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Jeannette ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┤ Rankin │ S │ O │ D │▐█▌│ R │ E │ P │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ E │ R │ M │ Y │ cofounded it in ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ 1920 │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ O │ R │▐█▌│ S │ A │ G │ Y │▐█▌│ A │ Y │ E │ 17. Bad folks ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ to catch a case │ S │ L │ A │ P │ M │ E │ F │ I │ V │ E │▐█▌│ I │ S │ B │ N │ from, ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ T │ O │ G │ A │ E │▐█▌│ L │ E │ E │ S │▐█▌│ N │ E │ A │ T │ 18. Inexpensive ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ ride-sharing │ O │ L │ E │ D │ S │▐█▌│ E │ R │ R │ S │▐█▌│ O │ R │ C │ A │ option ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Like a │ P │ A │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ S │ T │ O │▐█▌│ T │ S │ K │ S │ 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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│ E │ X │ D │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ M │ D │▐█▌│ A │ R │ F │ S │ 1. Retired ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ crime fighter │ A │ B │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│ M │ O │ P │ Y │▐█▌│ G │ E │ R │ I │ 5. Part of some ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Apple │ S │ O │ M │ E │ O │ N │ E │ M │ E │ S │ S │ E │ D │ U │ P │ shortcuts, ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ E │ X │ P │ E │ C │ T │ B │ I │ G │ T │ H │ I │ N │ G │ S │ 8. Hunger ├───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ alerts, maybe │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ S │ B │ N │▐█▌│ O │ H │ S │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 12. First level ├22─┼23─┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼30─┤ for many minor │ R │ A │ S │ P │▐█▌│ B │ E │ G │ A │ N │▐█▌│ T │ S │ A │ R │ leaguers, ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┤ informally │ O │ V │ A │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ N │ I │ T │▐█▌│ E │ R │ E │ 14. ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ Lackadaisical │ D │ O │ Y │ O │ U │ W │ A │ N │ N │ A │ O │ R │ D │ E │ R │ 15. First name ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ among the Spice │ E │ W │ W │▐█▌│ D │ I │ O │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ O │ A │ N │ A │ Girls ├43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "That │ O │ S │ H │ A │▐█▌│ P │ L │ A │ N │ S │▐█▌│ C │ Y │ A │ N │ shouldn't be ├───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ how it is..." │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ S │ H │ E │▐█▌│ V │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. "The ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┼59─┤ potential is │ B │ E │ T │ T │ E │ R │ B │ E │ W │ O │ R │ T │ H │ I │ T │ really huge" ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Identifier │ I │ K │ N │ O │ W │ A │ L │ L │ T │ O │ O │ W │ E │ L │ L │ for a reader: ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Abbr. │ D │ C │ O │ N │▐█▌│ R │ U │ E │ S │▐█▌│ T │ I │ M │ I │ D │ 21. Way ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. A coach │ S │ O │ W │ S │▐█▌│ M │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ A │ R │ often talks └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ with one at the
end of a game 65. One may be topical, the Toy Hall of Fame 26. Set to go off informally 29. Setting for many a 28. _____ Cannon (huge 66. Able to be touched, court, but no diamonds weapon that's a tourist say 30. Accommodated those attraction near the who couldn't see Kremlin) DOWN 32. _____ profond 31. Things you can make (région des États-Unis) circuits on 1. Fluent people speak 34. _____ of Finland, 33. School chapter, with it noted illustrator of maybe 2. One that did a 360? homoerotic art 35. Old word from the 3. Needing blotting 37. What to hook a blade Old English for 4. Heading for the sea? on "previous" 5. Going to hell 38. It manufactured 36. Question before 6. Streaming format literally half of all flagging down a waiter 7. Condition of CDs worldwide at one 40. "Get that away!" uncontrolled muscle point in the late 1990s 41. He called Balenciaga contractions 39. Popular skincare "the master of us all" 8. Not advancing the brand 42. Movie that was advanced? 44. Bond cars, renamed "Oceania" in 9. Special child informally Italy to avoid confusing poverty-fighting 46. Creatures at war its name with an Italian fundraising event from with humans in a classic porn star Comic Relief in which Karel Capek sci-fi novel 43. Org. providing celebrities wear the 47. Reddit's antennaed constructive criticism silly namesake items "mascot" 45. You probably have 10. 1960s dance craze 50. Take a chopper to, none if you're sleeping or, when its first say
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Freestyle 796 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ G │ N │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ X │ F │ B │ I │▐█▌│ L │ A │ M │ P │ 1. Stat whose ├13─┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ third letter is │ R │ I │ A │ L │▐█▌│ S │ T │ U │ R │ M │▐█▌│ I │ R │ I │ S │ now, per its ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ experts, "I" │ A │ C │ R │ O │ S │ S │ C │ L │ U │ E │▐█▌│ M │ E │ S │ A │ for "income" ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Like the │ N │ A │ R │ N │ I │ A │▐█▌│ L │ I │ D │▐█▌│ E │ A │ S │ T │ double agent ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Robert Hanssen, │ G │ E │ O │ G │ L │ Y │ P │ H │ S │▐█▌│ S │ K │ U │▐█▌│▐█▌│ after he was ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┤ sent to prison │ E │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ E │ E │▐█▌│ P │ I │ N │ U │ P │ 9. One sitting ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ by your │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ D │ I │ A │ D │ A │ R │ L │ I │ N │ G │ favorite chair, ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe │ D │ I │ G │ I │ T │ A │ L │ D │ E │ M │ E │ N │ T │ I │ A │ 13. Note that ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ once featured │ T │ O │ U │ G │ H │ N │ O │ O │ G │ I │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the image of ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ Sultan Qaboos │ F │ U │ R │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ S │ F │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ T │ A │ 15. "Ein ├───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ Hurrikan" or │▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ A │ L │▐█▌│ O │ S │ S │ U │ A │ R │ I │ E │ S │ "ein Tornado", ├49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for example │ M │ A │ Y │ I │▐█▌│ O │ P │ T │▐█▌│ P │ A │ E │ L │ L │ A │ 16. Body part ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ that you can't │ I │ M │ O │ N │▐█▌│ S │ H │ E │ E │ P │ S │ M │ I │ L │ K │ see on yourself ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ without a │ L │ O │ G │ E │▐█▌│ H │ E │ A │ V │ E │▐█▌│ S │ E │ M │ I │ mirror ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ 17. Some brave │ E │ R │ A │ S │▐█▌│ A │ R │ M │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ D │ solvers solve └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ puzzles without
looking at a single one a check 14. With 60-Across, 19. High level spot 52. Food item that has gangly, in part 20. The rock band three consonants, but 18. Female relative by Silverchair named sounds in English like marriage, briefly themselves for a book it only has one 24. Voice of reason? set here 53. "Wish me luck" 25. The second-to-last 21. Something kept on a preceder, perhaps round of "Supermarket secret, optimally 54. Source of halloumi Sweep", essentially 22. Direction for a 56. Where to see a show 29. One up front riser from, maybe 30. Its members aim to 23. Technical name for 57. Have a frosty avoid rough situations pictures carved into effect? 31. Auras may appear landscapes, like crop 58. One with a big blind around them circles spot 32. Organic chemistry 25. Identification no. 59. Sections of radical that sounds like often mentioned on Wikipedia articles of a woman's name "Shark Tank" many football teams 33. Poetic guy in 26. What young kids 60. See 14-Down "Gossip Girl" either have a constant 61. Wanting to curl up 34. Prix d'_____ desire to do, or in a corner, say (special discount, in outright refuse to do French) (there seems to be no DOWN 35. Open for casual sex, in-between) in Internet shorthand 27. Lamaze syllable 1. Farmstead 36. Casino's "marker", 28. Beefcake, maybe 2. Site of an A.D. 325 e.g. 31. One infrequently council of Christian 37. Exercise for knocked over the air bishops from which an achieving spiritual 35. Proposed mental eponymous Catholic creed connection with one's condition resulting from originated teacher overuse of electronics 3. Another animal that 41. Arch more than 38. "Too damn bad!" means "ape" average 39. One experiencing 4. Test piece, maybe 42. Encouragement before animal attraction? 5. "Rapturously"-named spilling 40. Pacific hub for British progressive pop 43. When young 44-Across band 46. Intensified 41. First pro sports 6. Propelling energy 47. Rather small cells org. with a transgender 7. Aftermaths of 48. Measures that are female athlete (1977) deflation very high around nuclear 44. Carrier whose livery 8. Shot a quick line reactor cores once featured a red, 9. Calcium carbonate 49. See 11-Down white, and blue "tulip" cooking sites 50. One who takes a shot
on its tail, for short 10. Acre, say at love? 45. Keepers of skeletal 11. One equivalent to a 51. They may get remains 49-Down, they say concerned when people 49. "Go ahead" may be a 12. Stressful event in get shocked reply to it which teens have to make 55. Sleepless night, 51. Make, or get rid of, a lot of choices? maybe

--- Binbrook, ON: Low drifting snow -2°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 797 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ E │ I │ N │▐█▌│ C │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│ A │ P │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ 1. "_____ Bier, ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┤ bitte" │ C │ R │ U │▐█▌│ S │ P │ E │ E │ D │ W │ O │ B │ B │ L │ E │ 4. "Show me ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ what you got", │ R │ I │ M │▐█▌│ S │ P │ I │ T │ E │ F │ E │ N │ C │ E │ S │ maybe ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 8. Taking off │ U │ S │ B │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ R │ U │ T │▐█▌│ T │ A │ T │ roughly ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┤ 13. │▐█▌│ S │ E │ U │ S │ S │▐█▌│ H │ A │ L │ S │▐█▌│ V │ M │ A │ Oenologist's ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ designation │ S │ C │ R │ I │ M │ P │▐█▌│ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Runaway ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼34─┼35─┤ increase in │ M │ A │ T │ T │ E │ A │▐█▌│ T │ T │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ E │ S │ C │ wheel ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ oscillation │ U │ N │ W │ E │ L │ C │ O │ M │ E │ G │ U │ E │ S │ T │ S │ that may lead ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to loss of │ T │ S │ O │▐█▌│ T │ E │ V │ A │▐█▌│ O │ N │ L │ O │ A │ N │ control for a ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ biker │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ A │ R │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ T │ R │ Y │ 17. Filling ├44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ limit │ O │ T │ B │▐█▌│ N │ O │ R │ I │▐█▌│ D │ I │ C │ E │ R │▐█▌│ 18. Structures ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┤ built purely to │ A │ R │ E │▐█▌│ U │ R │ I │ N │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ R │ E │ K │ annoy neighbors ├54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ by obstructing │ F │ I │ R │ S │ T │ T │ E │ A │ M │ E │ R │▐█▌│ I │ D │ O │ their views ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┤ 19. Easy-to-use │ S │ P │ L │ A │ S │ H │ S │ T │ I │ C │ K │▐█▌│ C │ I │ A │ drives, for ├───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ short │▐█▌│ S │ E │ P │ O │ Y │▐█▌│ E │ R │ G │ O │▐█▌│ A │ N │ N │ 21. Exhibit └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ model behavior
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 798 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ M │ S │ G │▐█▌│ C │ L │ I │ P │▐█▌│ S │ N │ A │ F │ U │ S │ 1. Tomatoes are ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ good sources of │ A │ W │ E │▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ H │▐█▌│ P │ I │ C │ A │ S │ A │ it ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Highlight, │ S │ E │ T │▐█▌│ U │ S │ D │ A │▐█▌│ O │ C │ A │ S │ E │ Y │ maybe ├20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Seriously │ A │ D │ O │ R │ B │ S │▐█▌│ R │ B │ I │ H │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ botched ├24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┤ scenarios │ D │ E │ L │ I │ S │▐█▌│ S │ M │ O │ L │ T │▐█▌│ B │ M │ P │ 14. Reaction to ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ a sweeping │ A │ N │ D │ S │ O │▐█▌│ O │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ U │ I │ T │ scene ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Queen who │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ F │ F │ I │ C │ E │ B │ L │ O │ C │ K │ S │ was Sleeping ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Beauty's │ I │ T │ O │ T │ A │ L │ L │ Y │ B │ L │ A │ N │ K │ E │ D │ mother, in the ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Disney movie │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ U │ M │ S │ I │ T │ U │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Old online ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ image organizer │ C │ A │ T │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ G │ L │ I │ D │ E │ superseded by ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Google Photos │ H │ I │ P │▐█▌│ S │ O │ P │ H │ S │▐█▌│ H │ U │ M │ O │ R │ 17. Ready to ├───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ walk on │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ E │ S │ S │ O │▐█▌│ A │ L │ S │ A │ C │ E │ 18. Org. that ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ runs a Sheep │ M │ O │ S │ A │ I │ C │▐█▌│ O │ R │ C │ A │▐█▌│ F │ I │ C │ Experiment ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┤ Station in │ P │ A │ T │ I │ N │ A │▐█▌│ L │ O │ L │ S │▐█▌│ A │ L │ T │ Idaho ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ 19. Playwright │ S │ K │ A │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│ S │ M │ U │ T │▐█▌│ N │ E │ S │ who wrote the └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 1920s "Dublin
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--- Binbrook, ON: Light snow +1°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 799 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ N │ O │ T │ T │ H │ I │ S │▐█▌│ C │ O │ W │ B │ O │ S │ S │ 1. "Ugh, here ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ we go again..." │ I │ D │ O │ C │ A │ R │ E │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ U │ P │ O │ N │ 8. One in ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ charge of a │ C │ O │ P │ U │ L │ A │ E │▐█▌│ O │ K │ A │ Y │ P │ A │ L │ ranch ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 15. Empathetic │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│ S │ T │ I │ L │ L │ E │ R │▐█▌│ O │ R │ C │ affirmation ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 16. Leading, │ C │ A │ P │ S │▐█▌│ E │ N │ E │ M │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ S │ A │ but just so ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Verbs that │ A │ M │ I │ I │ T │▐█▌│ G │ T │ A │▐█▌│ A │ B │ E │ T │ S │ both link and ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ equate subjects │ R │ A │ N │ T │ A │ T │▐█▌│ O │ N │ T │ H │ E │ D │ O │ T │ with their ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ predicates, in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ K │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ grammar ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ 18. "Uh-huh, │ H │ O │ C │ K │ E │ Y │ I │ Q │▐█▌│ K │ I │ D │ S │ I │ S │ whatever you ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ say" │ D │ R │ A │ I │ N │▐█▌│ M │ U │ Y │▐█▌│ R │ E │ T │ C │ H │ 19. Where ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ people go for │ M │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ R │ I │ E │ S │▐█▌│ D │ E │ E │ R │ little breaks, ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ briefly │ I │ M │ O │▐█▌│ M │ A │ I │ N │ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ A │ L │ I │ 20. Actor who ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ delivered the │ O │ I │ L │ R │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ B │ E │ E │ R │ R │ U │ N │ repeated sitcom ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ line "Serenity │ U │ N │ E │ A │ R │ T │ H │▐█▌│ I │ N │ R │ A │ N │ G │ E │ now!" ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Word that │ T │ E │ R │ M │ O │ U │ T │▐█▌│ G │ E │ N │ E │ S │ E │ S │ likely derives └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ from the
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy -8°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 800 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│ E │ N │ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ A │ H │ A │▐█▌│ S │ P │ U │ D │ 1. Put in ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ effect │ I │ N │ O │ P │ P │ O │ R │ T │ U │ N │ E │ T │ I │ M │ E │ 6. "The truth!" ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Target of │ L │ A │ B │ O │ R │ A │ T │ O │ R │ Y │ M │ O │ U │ S │ E │ peeling ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. A bad break │ O │ M │ A │ R │▐█▌│ D │ E │ L │ T │▐█▌│ E │ P │ S │ O │ M │ may arrive at ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ one │ S │ E │ C │ T │▐█▌│ D │ S │ L │▐█▌│ A │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Drug tester ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┤ 17. Rudberg of │ E │ L │ K │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ I │▐█▌│ C │ O │ B │ "Young Royals" ├───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Body part │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ P │ A │ C │ E │ P │ L │ A │ T │ F │ O │ R │ M │ named for its ├35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shape, │ T │ H │ I │ S │ I │ S │ W │ H │ O │ I │ A │ M │ N │ O │ W │ informally ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. _____ Downs │ A │ M │ E │ A │ L │ I │ N │ I │ T │ S │ E │ L │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Racecourse, ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼42─┤ horse racing │ P │ O │ S │▐█▌│ E │ N │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ O │ P │ venue since ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ 1661 │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ B │ E │ G │▐█▌│ M │ U │ L │ E │ 20. Broken-off ├48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ piece │ T │ A │ B │ O │ O │▐█▌│ M │ A │ L │ E │▐█▌│ E │ N │ D │ S │ 21. Provider of ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ networking │ A │ S │ I │ U │ N │ D │ E │ R │ S │ T │ A │ N │ D │ I │ T │ opportunities? ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. "Edges" of │ N │ I │ E │ L │ S │ E │ N │ F │ A │ M │ I │ L │ I │ E │ S │ radar ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Black _____ │ S │ A │ N │ D │▐█▌│ B │ U │ S │▐█▌│ E │ G │ O │ T │ S │▐█▌│ Peak (South └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Dakota's
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--- Binbrook, ON: Light snow -4°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 801 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┐
│ C │ L │ O │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ F │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ M │ E │ W │ 1. What a hoe ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ may bust │ H │ I │ F │ I │▐█▌│ P │ O │ R │ K │▐█▌│ M │ O │ O │ L │ A │ 5. "You can ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ open this │ O │ N │ E │ T │ E │ R │ M │ E │ R │▐█▌│ O │ L │ D │ E │ R │ wherever you ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ are" │ W │ O │ R │ K │ S │ O │ U │ T │ P │ E │ R │ F │ E │ C │ T │ 8. Bird that's ├───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an animal sound │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ C │ D │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ when its first ├22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ letter is │ S │ I │ C │▐█▌│ A │ S │ H │ L │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ T │ I │ S │ removed ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ 12. Good │ U │ N │ H │ I │ P │▐█▌│ T │ O │ N │ Y │▐█▌│ D │ O │ D │ O │ reproductive ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ technique │ I │ L │ I │ K │ E │ T │ H │ A │ T │ A │ N │ S │ W │ E │ R │ 13. "Bridge to ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ nowhere" │ T │ E │ L │ E │▐█▌│ R │ I │ T │ E │▐█▌│ U │ L │ N │ A │ R │ project, e.g. ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ 14. Certain │ S │ T │ L │▐█▌│ B │ U │ S │ H │ R │ A │ T │▐█▌│ S │ L │ Y │ game show ├───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ prize, in slang │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ T │ O │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ L │ O │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Minimally ├49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼55─┤ successful │ T │ O │ X │ I │ C │ P │ O │ S │ I │ T │ I │ V │ I │ T │ Y │ campaigner ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. What │ I │ N │ I │ N │ K │▐█▌│ M │ O │ N │ O │ L │ O │ G │ U │ E │ everyone who's ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ solving this │ D │ E │ N │ T │ S │▐█▌│ A │ R │ T │ S │▐█▌│ K │ O │ N │ A │ grid is getting ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "Couldn't │ E │ G │ G │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ R │ A │ S │ have planned it └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ any better!"
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57. One not to be 14. First light times

--- Binbrook, ON: Mist -5°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 802 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ H │ I │ N │ D │▐█▌│ O │ D │ E │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ S │ P │ Y │ 1. _____ wing ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ (part of some │ O │ C │ E │ A │ N │ R │ E │ A │ L │ M │▐█▌│ N │ O │ R │ A │ insects) ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Old poetry │ R │ E │ A │ D │ Y │ S │ E │ T │ G │ O │▐█▌│ E │ L │ I │ S │ performance ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ venues │ S │ A │ T │ A │ T │ O │ P │▐█▌│ E │ I │ D │▐█▌│ I │ C │ U │ 9. Activity ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┤ that you're │▐█▌│ L │ B │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ R │▐█▌│ E │ I │ D │ E │ R │ looking out for ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. It's seen │ P │ G │ A │▐█▌│ S │ K │ I │ D │▐█▌│ U │ N │ M │ A │ D │ E │ throughout most ├32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of "Finding │ C │ A │ L │ L │ I │ N │ G │ I │ T │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Nemo" ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ 16. Chandler's │ T │ E │ L │ L │ M │ E │ H │ O │ W │ I │ T │ E │ N │ D │ S │ mom on ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Friends" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ L │ S │ T │ A │ T │ E │ T │ E │ A │ M │ 17. Prompt for ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ the start │ S │ L │ U │ M │ I │ T │▐█▌│ I │ D │ E │ D │▐█▌│ A │ R │ S │ 18. They might ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ eat with │ P │ I │ L │ A │ F │▐█▌│ L │ C │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ L │▐█▌│ townies at ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┤ Frank Pepe's or │ O │ A │ T │▐█▌│ E │ C │ O │▐█▌│ L │ A │ M │ I │ S │ I │ L │ Sally's Apizza ├55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Was on │ T │ I │ R │ E │▐█▌│ G │ E │ T │ I │ N │ A │ L │ I │ N │ E │ 20. End of a ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ fast time │ A │ S │ O │ F │▐█▌│ I │ W │ O │ N │ T │ J │ U │ D │ G │ E │ 22. Where to go ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ with a peekaboo │ D │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ E │ G │ S │▐█▌│ P │ E │ S │ T │ injury, in a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ dad joke
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--- Binbrook, ON: Light snow -4°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 803 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ T │ U │ M │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ O │ M │ P │▐█▌│ F │ R │ I │ 1. Apple ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ cutter's │ O │ H │ H │ O │ H │ O │▐█▌│ I │ M │ A │ S │ L │ E │ E │ P │ leftover ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Feature of │ S │ E │ W │ N │ O │ N │▐█▌│ M │ A │ N │ H │ A │ N │ D │ S │ many military ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ parades │ I │ B │ E │ T │▐█▌│ T │ W │ A │ N │ G │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ Y │ 10. It's named ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for Venus in │ C │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ I │ S │▐█▌│ O │ S │ H │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ the Romance ├27─┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ languages: │ K │ Y │ L │ O │ R │ E │ N │▐█▌│ I │ S │ O │▐█▌│ N │ E │ D │ Abbr. ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. "Well... │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ E │ S │ N │ O │ T │ M │ Y │ T │ Y │ P │ E │ the plot ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ thickens!" │ N │ O │ T │ M │ E │ P │ E │ R │ S │ O │ N │ A │ L │ L │ Y │ 15. "It's too ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ early and it's │ P │ L │ A │ Y │ F │ O │ R │ A │ F │ O │ O │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Saturday" ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ 17. Like many │ C │ D │ S │▐█▌│ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ I │ T │ G │ I │ R │ L │ S │ uniform numbers ├───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┤ 18. They're │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ U │ R │ F │▐█▌│ U │ N │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ A │ U │ shown cracking ├51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ a lobster, to │ M │ I │ E │ N │▐█▌│ I │ M │ P │ E │ I │▐█▌│ D │ A │ D │ S │ Jerry ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Seinfeld's │ E │ C │ O │ T │ O │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ E │ B │ I │ L │ L │ S │ disgust ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. "Yeah... │ G │ E │ N │ O │ V │ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│ S │ A │ M │ M │ I │ E │ really" ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "Y'all" is │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ A │ S │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ E │ T │ S │ often heard └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ with one
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Freestyle 804 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ O │ I │ F │ S │▐█▌│ C │ R │ A │ G │ G │ E │ D │ 1. Some prom ├───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ night │▐█▌│ P │ A │ Y │ S │ I │ N │▐█▌│ S │ U │ V │ L │ I │ M │ O │ arrangements ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Rough and │ R │ O │ T │ E │ L │ L │ E │▐█▌│ I │ M │ E │ A │ N │ I │ T │ rocky ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Antes, say │ E │ P │ A │▐█▌│ A │ M │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ G │ R │ O │ 14. It's a big ├21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stretch │ N │ O │ R │ A │▐█▌│ G │ R │ O │ G │▐█▌│ A │ D │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Wheel- ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ shaped pasta │ U │ V │ A │ L │ D │ E │▐█▌│ M │ A │ U │ S │▐█▌│ R │ M │ S │ 16. "No fooling ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ around here" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ O │ U │ N │ T │ E │ R │ P │ H │ O │ B │ I │ A │ 17. Org. ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ concerned with │ I │ M │ T │ H │ E │ R │ E │ I │ N │ S │ P │ I │ R │ I │ T │ stacks ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Like 29 │ I │ T │ S │ A │ N │ E │ S │ T │ I │ M │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N.B.A. teams ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┤ 20. Fields at │ I │ S │ U │▐█▌│ O │ S │ S │ A │▐█▌│ A │ N │ N │ A │ L │ S │ the start? ├───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Big first │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ W │▐█▌│ A │ L │ D │ I │▐█▌│ B │ D │ A │ Y │ name in "When ├49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ Harry Met │ M │ P │ G │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ E │ L │ P │▐█▌│ G │ I │ F │ Sally..." ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Drink │ E │ L │ E │ K │ T │ R │ A │▐█▌│ A │ B │ I │ L │ I │ T │ Y │ that's the real ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ name of "Baby │ T │ I │ R │ E │ S │ O │ F │▐█▌│ N │ O │ T │ A │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ Yoda" minus its ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ last letter │ H │ E │ Y │ W │ A │ I │ T │▐█▌│ E │ X │ T │ O │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 25. Child └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ entrepreneur's
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 805 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 806 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ R │ E │ M │ A │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ P │ M │▐█▌│ K │ O │ T │ B │ 1. Assign for a ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ different │ A │ B │ A │ C │ U │ S │▐█▌│ B │ I │ A │ N │ N │ U │ A │ L │ purpose, as a ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ programming │ G │ O │ T │ I │ M │ E │▐█▌│ C │ A │ P │ O │ E │ I │ R │ A │ variable ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Important │ G │ O │ T │ D │ A │ N │ G │▐█▌│ F │ L │ I │ E │ S │ A │ T │ rate for a ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ cardiologist: │ E │ K │ E │ S │▐█▌│ H │ O │ S │▐█▌│ E │ T │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Abbr. ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ 9. Author of a │ D │ S │ L │▐█▌│ L │ O │ L │ O │ L │▐█▌│ W │ I │ N │ G │ S │ 2010 ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ autobiography │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ R │ D │ D │ I │ S │ A │ G │ R │ E │ E │ subtitled "How ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I Survived War │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ A │ D │ A │ M │ N │ S │ H │ A │ M │ E │ Zones, Bad ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Hair, Cancer, │ P │ O │ P │ M │ U │ S │ I │ C │ I │ A │ N │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ and Kathie Lee" ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ 13. Tool used │ S │ C │ A │ L │ P │▐█▌│ G │ U │ N │ I │ T │▐█▌│ T │ D │ S │ for basic ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ operations │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ E │ A │▐█▌│ P │ A │ L │▐█▌│ S │ H │ O │ E │ 15. Twice as ├48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ much as │ I │ D │ C │ A │ R │ D │ S │▐█▌│ L │ E │ T │ T │ E │ R │ R │ seasonal ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. When all │ D │ R │ A │ G │ B │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│ R │ E │ A │ L │ M │ E │ that ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ preparation │ I │ N │ L │ E │ A │ G │ U │ E │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ S │ M │ E │ N │ starts getting ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ put to the test │ D │ O │ M │ S │▐█▌│ E │ G │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ H │ A │ R │ E │ 18. Martial art └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ that Brazil
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Anagram Crossword 12 (***see Notepad***) - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ C │ R │ A │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ M │ A │ T │ T │ E │ R │ 1. Learns ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ quickly by rote │ T │ H │ E │ B │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ G │ E │ O │ N │ E │ memory ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Is pertinent │ R │ A │ S │ C │ A │ L │▐█▌│ L │ I │ C │ E │ N │ S │ E │ S │ 13. At the ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ _____ of (as │ E │ N │ O │▐█▌│ N │ O │ T │ I │ C │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ M │ U │ commanded by) ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Rock-y time │ E │ C │ U │ S │▐█▌│ T │ U │ C │ K │ S │▐█▌│ S │ E │ A │ L │ in human ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ history? │ T │ I │ R │ E │ D │▐█▌│ G │ E │ L │▐█▌│ F │ I │ R │ S │ T │ 16. Real-number ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ component of a │ S │ E │ C │ R │ E │ T │▐█▌│ R │ E │ B │ I │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ vector ├───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼───┤ 17. Quiets │▐█▌│ R │ E │ P │ A │ I │ R │▐█▌│ R │ A │ R │ E │ S │ T │▐█▌│ 18. Lo-o-o-ong ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┤ time │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ L │ M │ E │ R │▐█▌│ R │ E │ C │ O │ R │ D │ 19. Orange part ├43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Sounds of │ T │ A │ R │ N │ S │▐█▌│ T │ A │ R │▐█▌│ S │ A │ D │ I │ E │ hesitation ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. They drive │ S │ L │ A │ T │▐█▌│ T │ R │ I │ E │ S │▐█▌│ R │ O │ B │ S │ balls into ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┤ other balls │ H │ I │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ A │ S │ O │ N │ S │▐█▌│ M │ U │ S │ 24. Unable to ├57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ go anywhere │ I │ N │ S │ T │ A │ N │ C │ E │▐█▌│ A │ L │ P │ I │ N │ E │ 25. It draws ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ lots of │ R │ E │ L │ A │ P │ S │ E │ S │▐█▌│ P │ O │ R │ T │ E │ R │ shoppers to a ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ store │ T │ S │ E │ T │ S │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ E │ E │ S │ T │ 26. Put up an └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ effort
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Freestyle 807 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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│ Q │ E │ D │▐█▌│ Q │ U │ E │ U │ E │ J │ U │ M │ P │ E │ R │ 1. "That's what ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I wanted to │ U │ N │ E │▐█▌│ O │ R │ A │ N │ G │ E │ S │ A │ U │ C │ E │ show you" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Cutter, to a │ A │ T │ L │▐█▌│ M │ A │ R │ I │ O │ T │ E │ N │ N │ I │ S │ Brit ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. See │ N │ E │ I │ N │▐█▌│ L │ E │ T │ T │ S │▐█▌│ O │ K │ G │ O │ 47-Across ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 16. Spring roll │ T │ R │ A │ P │ S │▐█▌│ D │ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ S │ W │ go-with ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Tabasco is │ J │ U │ I │ C │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ P │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ on it: Abbr. ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ 18. Wii game │ O │ P │ S │▐█▌│ A │ C │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│ L │ G │ B │ T │ Q │ that was a real ├41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ smash? │ C │ O │ L │ O │ R │ A │ D │ O │ P │ L │ A │ T │ E │ A │ U │ 19. Answer to ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ "How many │ K │ N │ E │ L │ L │▐█▌│ S │ P │ R │ I │ G │▐█▌│ S │ K │ I │ Germans does it ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ take to refuse │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ A │ T │ T │ E │ N │ to change a ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ light bulb?" │ T │ M │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ M │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ L │ I │ L │ A │ C │ 21. Playwright ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ who also │ R │ A │ S │ A │▐█▌│ M │ I │ N │ O │ T │▐█▌│ C │ O │ D │ E │ starred in the ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼67─┼───┼───┤ movie "Ford v. │ A │ C │ I │ D │ T │ O │ N │ G │ U │ E │ D │▐█▌│ V │ A │ J │ Ferrari" ├68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼69─┼───┼───┤ 22. Band known │ N │ A │ T │ I │ O │ N │ A │ L │ I │ T │ Y │▐█▌│ E │ R │ A │ for their ├70─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼71─┼───┼───┤ elaborate │ Q │ U │ I │ N │ C │ Y │ J │ O │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ D │ E │ M │ single-shot └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ music videos,
as for "This Too Shall 70. Producer of the catalog to them in 1973 Pass" bestselling album of all for only $5 million 23. Things to get held time 30. _____ cadence, two-
up in 71. See 43-Down chord hymn ending 25. Pronoun at one end sequence in which "Amen"
of the Verrazzano DOWN is often sung 26. Competitor of 31. One running a drill, Payless 1. Financial analyst maybe: Abbr. 27. One with a pressing using mathematical 34. Equivalents to rugby issue models, in slang tries, briefly 29. They were in short 2. Start 35. "That was an supply in the Covid 3. Where folks seek cuts accident" pandemic, briefly 4. Holy city for 36. Peter Griffin wants 32. Some military Shi'ites to rent a car with the forays, informally 5. River that marked the radio stuck on it, in a 33. Follow through with eastern edge of Attila "Family Guy" episode 37. Group associated the Hun's empire at its 38. Fave with allies, for short peak 39. Agree to streak, say 41. Where to find 6. Red-_____ slider 40. Pink spread Arches, Zion, and (popular pet turtle 42. Not just out Canyonlands National species) 43. With 71-Across, Parks 7. Good thing to do for left-leaning British pol 44. Take a toll a cause 48. Corruption in 45. Plate decoration, 8. Richard Rodgers, attempting to acquire maybe Helen Hayes, and Rita church offices 46. It's hard for able- Moreno were the first 50. Shrug, maybe bodied people to move on three to achieve them, 51. Many an one briefly antipsychotic, 47. Plural of 15-Across 9. Charter members, informally 49. Prepare for tumult, often? 52. Region whose with "down" 10. One of a manual official languages are 51. Response to sexy listing Portuguese and Chinese talk, perhaps 11. Tienda de segunda 53. Way, way stiffer way 54. "Not ruling it out _____ (Spanish "thrift to ask, "Me...?" yet" shop") 55. First female solo 58. One of several 12. Show on which Justin artist with seven blooming in the dooryard Timberlake was fooled singles simultaneously
in a Walt Whitman ode to into thinking that the in the Billboard Hot 100 Lincoln IRS was taking his house chart (2010) 59. "Scraped", in a to settle back taxes 56. One waving the Union philosophical term 13. They let off some Jack at a soccer match, 61. City 210 miles west steam likely
of Grand Forks on US 14. Cultivate after a 57. Prompt for a deal Route 2 fallow season, say 60. Situation for which 63. It doesn't mean what 20. One out of a no return would win the
it says joystick's control, game 64. Sharply critical briefly 62. French temple 67. Egg hunt location, 24. Company that setting
in slang released (pun intended) 65. What precedes 68. Polish, e.g. Metamucil in 1934 chapter 1, maybe: Abbr. 69. Stretch for history 28. Colonel Tom Parker 66. Prefix meaning class? sold Elvis' whole "painful"

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│ M │ D │ P │ H │ D │▐█▌│ S │ M │ E │ E │▐█▌│ D │ O │ N │ A │ 1. Letter ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sequence found │ A │ I │ R │ E │ R │▐█▌│ T │ R │ A │ C │ E │ O │ D │ O │ R │ in a ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ neuroscience │ A │ S │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ I │ M │ S │ O │ T │ H │ E │ R │ E │ journal, maybe ├───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ 6. 2023 film │▐█▌│ A │ B │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ E │ E │ L │ S │▐█▌│ D │ D │ T │ role for Jim ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ Gaffigan │ S │ N │ L │▐█▌│ P │ F │ F │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ O │ O │ H │ 10. Title for ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ some Spanish │ O │ N │ E │ T │ E │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ M │ M │ O │ N │ I │ A │ nobles ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Pilot's │ L │ U │ M │ B │ E │ R │ S │ E │ X │ U │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ shower, say ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ 15. What you │ I │ L │ O │ O │ K │ R │ I │ D │ I │ C │ U │ L │ O │ U │ S │ might have ├───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ trouble picking │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ E │ D │ S │ S │ O │ M │ E │ T │ L │ C │ up ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Showing no │ L │ I │ B │ E │ R │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ N │ C │ T │ A │ disunity ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ 18. "Count me │ E │ M │ O │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ L │ E │ U │▐█▌│ S │ I │ N │ in, big-time!" ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Set defined │ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ C │ O │ C │ O │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ T │ M │▐█▌│ in many solid ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┤ cores │ N │ O │ R │ T │ H │ P │ A │ W │ S │▐█▌│ B │ R │ O │ A │ D │ 20. Holds a ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ position │ T │ O │ E │ P │ I │ E │ C │ E │ S │▐█▌│ C │ A │ C │ T │ I │ 21. Now-banned ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ antimalarial │ O │ L │ E │ S │▐█▌│ C │ A │ R │ O │▐█▌│ C │ U │ K │ E │ S │ 22. Maker (but └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ not wearer) of
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│ S │ I │ D │ E │▐█▌│ A │ S │ I │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ Y │ I │ S │ 1. Position for ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a mistress │ E │ W │ O │ K │▐█▌│ P │ E │ N │ C │ I │ L │ T │ E │ S │ T │ 5. Where most ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ people are │ L │ I │ M │ E │▐█▌│ C │ A │ N │ I │ B │ E │ D │ O │ N │ E │ 9. Important ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ bits one might │ F │ L │ E │ D │▐█▌│ H │ E │ A │ D │ I │ N │▐█▌│ L │ T │ E │ need to know, ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ B │ L │ T │▐█▌│ D │ I │ E │ T │▐█▌│ S │ O │ I │ D │ I │ D │ 13. One ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ believing │ U │ S │ E │▐█▌│ I │ N │ L │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ E │ T │ S │ themself to be ├30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a descendant of │ R │ E │ N │ A │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ S │ H │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the "Great ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ Tree" │ N │ E │ T │ L │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ T │ W │ I │ N │ B │ E │ D │ 14. Ann Landers ├───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ conceived it as │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ R │ E │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ N │ T │ I │ R │ E │ an informal way ├43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┤ to determine │ M │ O │ P │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ G │ R │ E │ T │▐█▌│ B │ A │ A │ whether one ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┤ needs to wear a │ O │ P │ E │ R │ O │ N │▐█▌│ R │ E │ P │ S │▐█▌│ L │ S │ D │ bra ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. What to │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│ R │ A │ D │ I │ A │ N │▐█▌│ T │ E │ A │ M │ suck on after a ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ tequila shot │ I │ N │ D │ E │ F │ I │ A │ N │ C │ E │▐█▌│ A │ B │ B │ A │ 18. Child's ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ question at the │ F │ U │ L │ L │ F │ L │ I │ G │ H │ T │▐█▌│ D │ O │ L │ L │ dinner table ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Got out of │ S │ P │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ A │ X │ E │ L │ 20. Stop └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ working on the
lawn, say related to arc length 46-Across 21. Letters sometimes 58. Family on "Family 16. "Ask the Fruitcake seen in place of a Wifi Feud", e.g. Lady" host symbol 59. Boldly resistant 23. Molecule made of two 22. Iceberg holder, 61. First act from a smaller linked molecules maybe non-English-speaking 25. Response to "Do you 23. Too many seconds can nation to be inducted have to use the ruin it into the Rock and Roll bathroom?" 24. "Yeah, that was Hall of Fame 28. Mark of regret, me... big deal!" 62. Reason you may have often? 26. There may be a tax to sit next to a 31. Tree whose bark is for it stranger for several traditionally used by 27. Part of a turbine hours leather tanners engine 63. Many an Amish one is 33. Butterfly catchers' 29. Sprinkles, e.g. faceless catchers 30. Update the branding 64. Did a huge number? 34. They might nudge you of, in a way 65. Many sources of in the right direction 32. Namesake of a main biodiesel 36. Setting for the 2019 boulevard, athletic 66. Acrobatic move that film "Midsommar": Abbr. center, and memorial sounds like a bar 38. Job book holder monument in Richmond, 39. Needing little time Virginia, his birthplace DOWN and effort to remove 35. Descriptor for 40. One with hammocks not woven from 1. Rodney Dangerfield "I disappearing anchors rope don't get no respect!" 43. Beethoven's "da-da- 37. One of two pushed joke, often da-duhhhh" and others apart in many old TV 2. "That's for me to 44. Demand often made shows determine" without regard to 41. Made with lead, 3. Glamping purchase decency maybe? 4. Nosed out, with "by" 45. Try to move from the 42. Having it all? 5. Class in which tonal street? 43. Carry on down? differences are studied 47. One from "el Norte" 46. Frequent target of extensively 48. Having solid holds late 1800s "plume 6. It has the scientific far apart, in rock hunting" name Conger oceanicus climbing 49. "I see you with that 7. Not gathered from 51. His "O Fortuna" is giant razor..." experience often heard as a 50. Block of DNA that 8. 54-Across, in slang dramatic intro to live works as a unit 9. Source of many sprays sports events 53. Curls and presses, 10. Faux-medieval sign 52. Quick cover say starter 57. Good thing to 54. 8-Down, more 11. Nice day follower? project from formally 12. Bicycles, to 58. Cry often made with 55. They've got lots of cyclists, facetiously outstretched arms talks 15. It's in the same 60. Obsolete past time 56. Unit of measure taxonomic order as the

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Freestyle 810 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ A │ B │ C │▐█▌│ W │ E │ D │▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ P │ C │ U │ T │ 1. Alex Trebek ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ was on it for │ M │ O │ A │▐█▌│ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ W │ H │ Y │ E │ L │ S │ E │ decades ├17─┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Merge │ A │ R │ T │ C │ L │ U │ B │▐█▌│ F │ A │ R │ E │ A │ S │ T │ 7. Multi-layer ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hairdressing │ L │ E │ G │ O │ K │ I │ T │ S │▐█▌│ T │ I │ N │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ technique ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┤ 14. Tallest │ F │ O │ U │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ L │ E │▐█▌│ S │ A │ P │ known avian ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ species to ever │ I │ N │ T │ U │ N │ E │▐█▌│ E │ L │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ G │ live on Earth ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Took care │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ R │ I │ A │ C │ H │ I │ B │ A │ N │ D │ of grumbling, ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe │ T │ H │ U │ N │ D │ E │ R │ M │ O │ U │ N │ T │ A │ I │ N │ 16. "Is there ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ another │ B │ A │ S │ S │ A │ C │ K │ W │ A │ R │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ reason?" ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ 17. Set of │ O │ R │ B │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ A │▐█▌│ T │ O │ A │ S │ T │ S │ drawers, maybe ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Region in │ Z │ E │ D │▐█▌│ G │ O │ D │ N │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ I │ L │ which ├───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Vladivostok is │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ V │ E │ R │▐█▌│ D │ A │ T │ A │ M │ U │ L │ E │ found ├57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Products │ S │ H │ I │ A │ T │ S │ U │▐█▌│ R │ E │ C │ Y │ C │ L │ E │ for brick house ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ builders │ L │ E │ V │ I │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│ E │ V │ E │▐█▌│ E │ E │ K │ 22. Breath mint ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┤ buys │ O │ N │ E │ N │ O │ T │ E │▐█▌│ D │ A │ D │▐█▌│ R │ D │ S │ 23. Uncool one └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ at a party?
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Freestyle 811 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│ B │ A │ L │ D │▐█▌│ P │ A │ L │ M │ A │▐█▌│ O │ F │ T │ 1. Like the ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┤ woman set up │ H │ O │ R │ A │ E │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ O │ F │▐█▌│ O │ L │ E │ blind with ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ George, │ U │ P │ E │ S │ C │ A │ L │ A │ T │ O │ R │▐█▌│ M │ E │ N │ ironically ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ enough, in the │ A │ I │ S │ H │ A │ T │ Y │ L │ E │ R │▐█▌│ A │ P │ E │ S │ "Seinfeld" ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ episode "The │ C │ T │ O │▐█▌│ P │ A │ H │▐█▌│ M │ I │ S │ D │ A │ T │ E │ Beard" ├───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ R │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ H │ A │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Mediterranean ├27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┤ island port of │ T │ H │ A │ T │ D │ I │ D │ N │ T │ H │ A │ P │ P │ E │ N │ Spain ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. How │ A │ B │ B │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ Y │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ L │ E │ something may ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ be repeated │ Y │ O │ U │ A │ L │ W │ A │ Y │ S │ D │ O │ T │ H │ I │ S │ 13. Deities ├───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ whose │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ T │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ Y │ R │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ collective name ├44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┤ translates to │ W │ R │ I │ T │ E │ I │ N │▐█▌│ F │ L │ A │▐█▌│ P │ S │ I │ "seasons" ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. An accepted │ H │ U │ M │ S │▐█▌│ P │ E │ E │ L │ A │ N │ D │ E │ A │ T │ member in ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "That's a │ E │ B │ B │▐█▌│ R │ O │ L │ L │ I │ N │ G │ I │ N │ I │ T │ great point!"? ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. You stand │ T │ I │ E │▐█▌│ T │ U │ L │ L │ E │▐█▌│ E │ M │ I │ L │ Y │ on it to climb ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Platoon │ S │ N │ L │▐█▌│ S │ T │ Y │ E │ S │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ group └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 19. Voice of
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Freestyle 812 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ T │ U │ N │ D │ R │ A │▐█▌│ N │ E │ P │ T │ U │ N │ E │ S │ 1. Where to ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ find many │ I │ N │ E │ V │ E │ R │ G │ O │ T │ I │ N │ T │ O │ I │ T │ reindeer ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. Pharrell's │ S │ H │ A │ R │ K │ F │ I │ N │ A │ N │ T │ E │ N │ N │ A │ songwriting ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ team with a │ N │ O │ R │▐█▌│ T │ S │ L │ O │ T │ S │▐█▌│ R │ I │ E │ N │ "heavenly" ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ name, with │ T │ O │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ I │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ "The" ├───┼23─┼───┼24─┼25─┼26─┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ 15. "That fad │▐█▌│ K │ E │ B │ A │ B │▐█▌│ T │ A │ S │ E │▐█▌│ S │ E │ W │ wasn't for me" ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Sleek │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ V │ O │ I │ D │ C │ A │ P │ T │ U │ R │ E │ receiver ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Word │ M │ Y │ E │ Y │ E │ S │ A │ R │ E │ U │ P │ H │ E │ R │ E │ representing ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the outside of │ P │ A │ S │ S │ E │ S │ M │ U │ S │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the Venn ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼───┤ diagram │ H │ O │ W │▐█▌│ N │ A │ A │ N │▐█▌│ E │ R │ O │ D │ E │▐█▌│ 19. Tracks on ├───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┤ which drill │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ B │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ T │ B │ presses slide ├49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ 20. "Ça ne fait │ E │ C │ T │ O │▐█▌│ A │ S │ M │ A │ R │ A │▐█▌│ L │ O │ O │ _____" (French ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ "it doesn't │ R │ A │ I │ S │ E │ T │ H │ E │ C │ U │ R │ T │ A │ I │ N │ matter") ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. First one │ I │ M │ N │ O │ T │ M │ O │ S │ T │ P │ E │ O │ P │ L │ E │ in a random ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ group of │ C │ O │ I │ N │ S │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ P │ A │ R │ S │ E │ S │ people? └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. Ones who
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Freestyle 813 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│ M │ C │ S │▐█▌│ F │ O │ A │ L │▐█▌│ C │ A │ P │ R │ A │ 1. They're ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ concerned with │ E │ T │ A │ L │▐█▌│ I │ N │ T │ O │▐█▌│ R │ O │ R │ E │ M │ flow ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Little bit │ L │ E │ N │ O │▐█▌│ N │ E │ O │ N │▐█▌│ I │ D │ E │ S │ T │ of an ass? ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Director │ S │ T │ O │ P │ B │ E │ I │ N │ G │ A │ B │ A │ B │ Y │▐█▌│ with an AFI ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Lifetime │ I │ N │ E │ E │ D │ A │ D │ E │ C │ I │ S │ I │ O │ N │▐█▌│ Achievement ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┤ Award (aptly │ E │ A │ R │▐█▌│ S │ R │ A │▐█▌│ O │ W │ E │▐█▌│ A │ C │ E │ enough for one ├───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ whose name is │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ M │ T │ S │▐█▌│ N │ A │ T │ U │ R │ E │ S │ Italian for ├31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ "goat") │ I │ N │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ D │ D │ S │ 13. Substitute ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for a bunch of │ G │ E │ T │ S │ H │ A │ D │▐█▌│ C │ A │ V │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ authors, maybe ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ 14. Following │ A │ R │ R │▐█▌│ U │ S │ O │▐█▌│ O │ D │ E │▐█▌│ B │ S │ A │ with exuberance ├───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. 1976 │▐█▌│ F │ A │ A │ R │ E │ G │ U │ L │ A │ T │ I │ O │ N │ S │ Pulitzer winner ├───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for "Air Music: │▐█▌│ B │ I │ G │ D │ A │ Y │ T │ O │ M │ O │ R │ R │ O │ W │ Ten Etudes for ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ Orchestra" │ B │ A │ N │ A │ L │▐█▌│ E │ E │ G │ S │▐█▌│ I │ N │ C │ A │ 16. Host of the ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 2021 revival of │ E │ L │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ A │ R │ N │ O │▐█▌│ S │ E │ A │ N │ "You Bet Your ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ Life" │ A │ L │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│ R │ I │ E │ N │▐█▌│ H │ O │ T │▐█▌│ 17. Drawer at a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ casino
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 814 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┐
│ C │ B │ S │▐█▌│ R │ O │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ B │ S │ P │ 1. Holder of an ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ audio trademark │ S │ U │ P │▐█▌│ E │ N │ R │ O │ N │▐█▌│ G │ E │ E │ U │ P │ for a ticking ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stopwatch │ T │ S │ A │▐█▌│ A │ M │ I │ N │ O │▐█▌│ I │ R │ R │ E │ G │ 4. Pinball ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ machine │ O │ I │ C │▐█▌│ D │ E │ B │ I │ T │▐█▌│ A │ N │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│ shooters ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┤ 8. Extract │ R │ E │ E │ D │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ O │ H │ N │▐█▌│ A │ P │ O │ quantity, ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe: Abbr. │ E │ R │ R │ A │ T │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ E │ T │ A │ M │ E │ N │ 12. What might ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ accompany a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ O │ R │ K │ W │ O │ R │ K │ W │ O │ R │ K │ pound ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Notable │ I │ M │ A │ D │ E │ T │ H │ A │ T │ P │ A │ R │ T │ U │ P │ 2002 New York ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Stock Exchange │ P │ A │ L │ L │ A │ S │ A │ T │ H │ E │ N │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ delisting ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┤ 15. "Get a move │ S │ W │ E │ E │ T │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ G │ T │ M │ A │ J │ on, horsey!" ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Maintainer │ O │ S │ X │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ S │ Y │ L │ A │ of "sterile ├───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┤ areas" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ O │ O │▐█▌│ T │ A │ T │ A │ R │▐█▌│ B │ L │ M │ 17. _____ ester ├55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ (cocaine or │ O │ T │ A │ K │ U │▐█▌│ E │ I │ E │ I │ O │▐█▌│ A │ I │ M │ Novocain, ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ chemically │ R │ E │ C │ A │ P │▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ N │ O │▐█▌│ L │ E │ E │ speaking) ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┤ 18. Short │ C │ A │ K │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ T │ S │▐█▌│ L │ S │ D │ shabby └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ clothing?
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 815 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│ M │ I │ R │ O │▐█▌│ J │ O │ K │ E │ T │ H │ I │ E │ F │ 1. Artist with ├───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a mosaic on the │▐█▌│ A │ D │ E │ N │▐█▌│ O │ P │ E │ N │ R │ A │ N │ G │ E │ famed street of ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Las Ramblas │ W │ H │ I │ N │ E │▐█▌│ B │ E │ G │ B │ U │ T │ T │ O │ N │ 5. Unoriginal ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ comic │ I │ N │ D │ O │ O │ R │▐█▌│ C │ E │ L │ S │▐█▌│ L │ T │ D │ 14. Its ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ eponymous gulf │ N │ A │ N │▐█▌│ V │ E │ G │▐█▌│ L │ O │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ is at one end ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ of the Bab-el- │ E │ M │ T │▐█▌│ E │ R │ I │ N │▐█▌│ C │ I │ A │ S │ P │ Y │ Mandeb strait ├34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Place for │ R │ A │ M │ D │ R │ I │ V │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ I │ E │ C │ E │ uncontained ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ grazing │ O │ H │ I │ O │▐█▌│ P │ E │ R │ O │ T │▐█▌│ N │ A │ L │ A │ 16. Cheese go- ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ with, jocularly │ A │ N │ N │ U │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ R │ U │ I │ T │ B │ A │ R │ 17. Crosswalk ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┤ signal │ D │ A │ D │ B │ O │ D │▐█▌│ S │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│ E │ N │ S │ activator, ├───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ derisively │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ R │ I │ G │▐█▌│ S │ I │ M │▐█▌│ A │ G │ E │ 18. Like only ├54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼59─┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ some baseball │ D │ S │ L │▐█▌│ I │ P │ O │ S │▐█▌│ C │ A │ N │ C │ U │ N │ games at ├61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Toronto's │ G │ O │ O │ D │ S │ O │ F │ A │ R │▐█▌│ J │ I │ H │ A │ D │ Rogers Centre ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Art forms │ A │ U │ D │ I │ O │ L │ O │ G │ O │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ G │▐█▌│ invented in the ├67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 1910s │ F │ L │ I │ T │ T │ E │ R │ E │ D │▐█▌│ R │ O │ S │ E │▐█▌│ 21. End of some └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Indian company
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 816 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ A │ B │ B │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ N │ M │ A │▐█▌│ R │ U │ B │ S │ 1. Eurovision ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Song Contest │ D │ R │ A │ W │▐█▌│ B │ R │ E │ A │ D │ L │ I │ N │ E │ S │ winner of 1974 ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. US │ R │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ L │ O │ C │ K │ D │ E │ I │ C │ E │ R │ government- ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sponsored co. │ E │ T │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ N │ C │ E │▐█▌│ A │ S │ O │ F │▐█▌│ on the Fortune ├21─┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┤ 500 list │ P │ O │ R │ N │ A │ C │ T │ O │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ T │ H │ 9. Some cooking ├───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ school │▐█▌│ P │ O │ O │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ B │ A │ T │ E │ D │ applications ├───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Let more │▐█▌│ S │ O │ H │ E │ R │ E │ S │ T │ H │ E │ D │ E │ A │ L │ light ├───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ through... or │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ I │ X │ E │ D │ C │ H │ O │ I │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ let not as much ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┤ light through │ J │ U │ S │ T │ A │ Q │ U │ I │ C │ K │ N │ O │ T │ E │▐█▌│ 14. They run ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ outside some │ P │ R │ I │ S │ M │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ E │ R │▐█▌│ churches ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┤ 16. Speedometer │ G │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ R │ M │ O │ T │ D │ A │ Y │ reading, e.g. ├───┼47─┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ 17. Aid in │▐█▌│ T │ G │ I │ F │▐█▌│ C │ L │ I │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ S │ A │ opening stuck ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ car doors in │ B │ E │ E │ R │ E │ N │ G │ I │ N │ E │▐█▌│ S │ H │ U │ N │ winter ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Country │ A │ R │ R │ O │ W │ H │ E │ A │ D │ S │▐█▌│ M │ O │ R │ K │ signing the ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 2022 peace │ A │ S │ S │ N │▐█▌│ L │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ T │ E │ S │ treaty that └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ ended the
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 817 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┐
│ C │ I │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ G │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ P │ A │ C │ E │ 1. Stick on a ├12─┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ break? │ A │ T │ O │ M │▐█▌│ C │ O │ W │ S │▐█▌│ A │ R │ B │ O │ R │ 4. Lower-level ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22-Down │ M │ E │ S │ A │▐█▌│ H │ E │ A │ P │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ A │ R │ N │ 7. Some ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┤ scientists look │ I │ M │ S │ T │ R │ E │ S │ S │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ C │ G │ I │ into it ├───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 12. Some │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Z │ O │ M │ B │ I │ E │ C │ O │ O │ K │ I │ E │ scientists look ├26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ into it │ A │ U │ T │ O │ B │ I │ O │▐█▌│ D │ O │ O │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Sources of ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ low sounds? │ U │ S │ E │▐█▌│ I │ N │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ B │ T │ S │ 16. Place to ├37─┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ relax under │ G │ I │ V │ I │ N │ G │ M │ O │ M │ A │ B │ R │ E │ A │ K │ some climbers ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ 17. The highest │ H │ E │ A │ V │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ A │ V │ Y │▐█▌│ T │ M │ I │ point in ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ Oklahoma is on │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ G │ E │ S │▐█▌│ N │ I │ E │ L │ S │ E │ N │ one ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Amount of │ B │ R │ I │ N │ G │ A │ N │ E │ N │ D │ T │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ thanks ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼57─┤ 19. Demonstrate │ E │ I │ D │▐█▌│ B │ R │ U │ T │ E │ F │ O │ R │ C │ E │ D │ desire ├58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "This is │ A │ V │ A │ I │ L │▐█▌│ C │ A │ R │ A │▐█▌│ D │ R │ N │ O │ just too ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ much!!" │ N │ E │ H │ R │ U │▐█▌│ K │ I │ L │ N │▐█▌│ S │ T │ Y │ X │ 23. Nala and ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┤ Simba were │ S │ T │ O │ K │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ Y │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ X │ shown in it in └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 2019
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 818 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌───┬───┬───┬1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┐
│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ O │ R │ C │▐█▌│ E │ S │ S │ E │ N │ C │ E │ 1. Chop ├───┼12─┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ serving, in │▐█▌│ J │ O │ H │ N │ N │ Y │▐█▌│ M │ A │ L │ A │ Y │ A │ N │ Cherbourg ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. What it all │ T │ A │ X │ I │ C │ A │ B │▐█▌│ I │ S │ I │ T │ A │ R │ T │ means ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┤ 12. Gown that │ S │ M │ I │ L │ E │▐█▌│ E │ G │ R │ E │ T │▐█▌│ H │ H │ S │ opens in the ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ back │ K │ U │ D │ O │▐█▌│ G │ R │ O │ S │▐█▌│ S │ I │ N │ E │▐█▌│ 14. Like the ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┤ Indonesian │ S │ P │ E │ C │▐█▌│ A │ N │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ Y │ N │ Y │ language ├───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. One may be │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ O │ T │ A │ L │ P │ A │ C │ K │ A │ G │ E │ waiting in line ├34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ at an airport │ F │ I │ N │ E │ Y │ O │ U │ D │ O │ I │ T │ T │ H │ E │ N │ 16. Aesthetic ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ musing │ M │ A │ S │ T │ E │ R │ T │ A │ I │ L │ O │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. It's made ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ by turning the │ L │ I │ F │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ N │ E │▐█▌│ A │ S │ S │ T │ corners up ├───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Great _____ │▐█▌│ N │ W │ S │ L │▐█▌│ A │ C │ T │ S │▐█▌│ N │ O │ T │ E │ Award (Audubon ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Society │ F │ T │ P │▐█▌│ O │ L │ D │ E │ N │▐█▌│ O │ S │ C │ A │ R │ lifetime ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ achievement │ I │ M │ I │ S │ S │ E │ D │▐█▌│ E │ G │ G │ F │ A │ R │ M │ honor) ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Dept. for │ F │ A │ C │ E │ S │ I │ T │▐█▌│ M │ O │ R │ E │ L │ S │▐█▌│ which the US ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Surgeon General │ I │ D │ S │ A │ Y │ S │ O │▐█▌│ O │ V │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ works └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Bit of
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 819 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ P │ G │ A │▐█▌│ I │ N │ T │ O │ W │▐█▌│ C │ A │ M │ E │ L │ 1. Its members ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ rarely play in │ F │ O │ G │▐█▌│ V │ E │ R │ V │ E │▐█▌│ O │ V │ U │ L │ E │ the water ├17─┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Like small │ F │ L │ A │ M │ E │ B │ A │ I │ T │▐█▌│ M │ I │ L │ F │ S │ kids, vis-à-vis ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ their parents, │ F │ O │ M │ O │▐█▌│ R │ I │ N │ D │▐█▌│ M │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ often ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┤ 9. One asks │ T │ W │ E │ R │ P │▐█▌│ T │ E │ R │ S │ E │▐█▌│ E │ G │ G │ "Guess what day ├───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ it is?!" in a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ R │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ E │ N │▐█▌│ T │ H │ A │ 2010s TV ├34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ commercial │ S │ E │ A │ S │ O │ N │ E │ D │ V │ E │ T │ E │ R │ A │ N │ 14. Cause of ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ some aborted │ I │ T │ T │ O │ O │ K │ M │ E │ A │ S │ E │ C │ O │ N │ D │ landings ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Quality of │ S │ A │ L │ T │ F │ A │ T │ A │ C │ I │ D │ H │ E │ A │ T │ life? ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Immature │ T │ I │ E │▐█▌│ O │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 27-Across ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼51─┼52─┤ 17. Forum post │ A │ L │ A │▐█▌│ F │ A │ C │ T │ S │▐█▌│ N │ I │ M │ B │ Y │ that's intended ├───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ to incite a war │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ U │ S │▐█▌│ H │ O │ E │ S │▐█▌│ N │ E │ R │ O │ of words ├58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Cougars, to │ T │ E │ T │ R │ A │▐█▌│ O │ N │ T │ H │ E │ G │ R │ I │ D │ some ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┤ 20. │ A │ T │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│ O │ N │ I │ O │ N │▐█▌│ D │ E │ E │ Psychological ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┤ reason to │ P │ A │ S │ S │ E │▐█▌│ L │ E │ N │ D │ S │▐█▌│ E │ S │ L │ scroll through └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ your feed,
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Freestyle 820 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ I │ M │ E │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ R │ G │ O │ N │ G │ A │ S │ 1. Backtracking ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ indication │ R │ A │ D │ I │ O │ S │▐█▌│ N │ E │ A │ R │ E │ R │ T │ O │ 6. It's used to ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ prevent │ I │ D │ I │ D │ O │ K │▐█▌│ T │ I │ P │ C │ R │ E │ E │ P │ spoilage in the ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ winemaking │ S │ A │ T │▐█▌│ N │ I │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ V │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ process ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼28─┤ 14. They can be │ E │ M │ I │▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ N │ C │ L │ one-way or two- ├29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┤ way │ S │ E │ N │ S │ E │▐█▌│ S │ I │ L │ T │ S │▐█▌│ J │ O │ Y │ 16. More likely ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ to see, in a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ L │ A │ Y │ F │ O │ R │ A │ F │ O │ O │ L │ way ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "It wasn't │ I │ T │ W │ A │ S │ I │ N │ E │ V │ I │ T │ A │ B │ L │ E │ a bomb, anyway" ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Phenomenon │ P │ O │ U │ R │ E │ D │ O │ N │ E │ O │ U │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ in which more ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┤ and more │ A │ D │ S │▐█▌│ S │ A │ W │ E │ D │▐█▌│ P │ E │ D │ A │ L │ businesses are ├49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ expecting a │ S │ O │ S │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ F │ F │▐█▌│ O │ R │ E │ little ├───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ something extra │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ M │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ R │▐█▌│ G │ T │ A │ 19. Its results ├59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ were │ A │ G │ E │ O │ U │ T │ O │ F │▐█▌│ C │ O │ A │ T │ I │ S │ artificially ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ inflated in the │ J │ E │ S │ U │ S │ N │ U │ T │▐█▌│ E │ N │ C │ A │ S │ E │ 2010s "Varsity ├67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Blues scandal" │ R │ E │ T │ R │ E │ A │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ X │ T │ S │ 20. Rarer still └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ than "selten"
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 821 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ H │ T │ M │ L │ T │ A │ G │▐█▌│ J │ A │ K │ A │ R │ T │ A │ 1. < b > or < ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ /b > around │ E │ H │ S │ O │ R │ T │ A │▐█▌│ A │ V │ E │ N │ U │ E │ D │ bolded text, ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ e.g. │ L │ I │ P │ B │ A │ L │ M │▐█▌│ S │ I │ E │ N │ N │ A │ S │ 8. Asian ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ metropolis │ P │ S │ A │ S │▐█▌│ A │ I │ R │ M │ A │ P │▐█▌│ G │ T │ O │ nicknamed "The ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ Big Durian" │ S │ T │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ E │ E │ I │ N │▐█▌│ W │ O │ R │ N │ 15. "You're ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ half right" │ U │ L │ N │ A │ R │▐█▌│ R │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ O │ E │ G │ 16. It runs ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ down the east │ P │ E │ T │ D │ O │ G │▐█▌│ R │ E │ D │ T │ I │ D │ E │ S │ side of ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Manhattan's │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ X │ E │ L │▐█▌│ S │ E │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Alphabet City ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ 17. Anti-crack │ H │ A │ P │ P │ Y │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│ E │ C │ H │ E │ C │ K │ measure ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Shades that │ O │ M │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ A │ P │▐█▌│ H │ E │ N │ R │ I │ may be burnt ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┤ 19. "You oughta │ T │ I │ N │ S │▐█▌│ A │ T │ R │ I │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ Y │ S │ know this" ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ spots │ G │ R │ E │▐█▌│ S │ L │ E │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ M │ S │ 20. Survey that ├58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ might be │ O │ I │ L │ H │ O │ L │ E │▐█▌│ R │ O │ B │ O │ D │ O │ C │ generated via ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ drones │ S │ T │ O │ O │ D │ O │ N │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ L │ I │ R │ A │ 22. John ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ DeLorean was │ S │ E │ G │ W │ A │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ W │ E │ G │ O │ T │ E │ M │ its chief └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ designer
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 822 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ I │ T │ S │ A │ G │ I │ R │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ S │ H │ E │ R │ 1. Possible ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ conclusion │ W │ O │ W │ M │ E │ T │ O │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ H │ O │ D │ A │ reached after ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ lots of pushing │ O │ N │ E │ I │ N │ T │ W │ O │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ T │ I │ P │ 9. Bring to the ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ front, maybe │ R │ I │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ M │ F │ H │▐█▌│ A │ C │ T │ I │ 14. "Holy cow, ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ what a │ R │ E │ P │ O │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ H │▐█▌│ O │ W │ E │ coincidence!" ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Title 1970s │ Y │ R │ S │▐█▌│ R │ A │ I │ L │ R │ O │ A │ D │ C │ A │ R │ sitcom role ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ whose sister │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ I │ C │ R │ O │ M │ I │ R │ R │ O │ R │▐█▌│ was played by ├───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Julie Kavner, │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ P │ R │ A │ N │ O │ A │ R │ I │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ who voices ├───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Marge Simpson │▐█▌│ R │ O │ L │ L │ I │ N │ G │ S │ T │ O │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Like making ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ heads or tails │ T │ H │ R │ E │ E │ M │ A │ S │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│ L │ A │ T │ 17. "Bit of ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼───┼───┼───┤ advice for │ O │ Y │ E │▐█▌│ D │ O │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ W │ I │ S │ H │ you..." ├44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Nada, │ E │ T │ R │ E │▐█▌│ N │ R │ E │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ O │ M │ E │ across the ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Pyrenees │ C │ H │ I │ L │ L │ Y │▐█▌│ B │ I │ O │ S │ O │ N │ A │ R │ 19. "Un- ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bleeping- │ A │ M │ B │ L │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ B │ U │ M │ E │ R │ A │ believable", in ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ online │ P │ S │ S │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ I │ S │ E │ L │ A │ W │ shorthand └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Where the
last scenes in 58. Pollution fighter by the state of Qatar chronological order are 29. It's a shame when set in the Harold Pinter DOWN friendship turns to it play "Betrayal" 30. Flag carrier that 22. Give more room for 1. "You know it's never does not serve pork rooting easy for me to just not products or alcohol to 24. "Initial" name for know" its customers the first "Star Wars" 2. More apt for "Elle" 31. Heaves a deep sigh, release, to fans coverage say 26. Have to settle with 3. Goes through 32. Valve problem, maybe 27. Experience units: thoroughly 33. One looking for Abbr. 4. Important word in inside information 28. One in a hitched protein synthesis 34. They might prevent a series 5. Boomers, e.g., twist 33. Any of many tiny briefly 35. Things often kept reflectors used in video 6. "What we're talking with basses projectors about is...", in an 36. Protection against 34. Song sung while high online forum potential construction 35. Creeping without a 7. Bench-clearing strikes pause brawls, e.g. 37. Toy brand that was 36. Like Old Ironsides 8. What cumulonimbus very much on track? 37. One working heavily clouds, but not cirrus 38. African capital that
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Freestyle 823 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ P │ N │ G │▐█▌│ I │ P │ A │ S │▐█▌│ E │ D │ U │ C │ E │ S │ 1. Nation in ├14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Oceania, for │ R │ E │ I │ G │ N │ I │ T │ E │▐█▌│ V │ I │ B │ I │ S │ T │ short ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. They may be │ I │ T │ M │ U │ S │ T │ B │ E │▐█▌│ E │ V │ E │ R │ L │ Y │ described as ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hazy │ G │ N │ M │ A │▐█▌│ B │ I │ D │▐█▌│ N │ A │ R │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 8. Brings to ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼27─┤ the fore │ S │ E │ E │ N │▐█▌│ O │ R │ I │ O │ N │▐█▌│ N │ U │ I │ T │ 14. Fix after a ├───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ flameout │▐█▌│ G │ T │ O │▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ N │ O │▐█▌│ E │ L │ M │ O │ 16. Certain ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ percussion │ H │ A │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ H │ R │ E │ W │▐█▌│ R │ A │ K │ E │ player ├34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "There's no │ I │ T │ E │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ R │ E │ I │ other option" ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ 18. Last name │ T │ I │ R │ E │▐█▌│ C │ O │ P │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ E │ N │ of two singing ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ brothers who │ O │ V │ U │ M │▐█▌│ O │ U │ G │ H │ T │▐█▌│ P │ C │ P │▐█▌│ heavily ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┤ influenced the │ N │ E │ N │ E │▐█▌│ F │ I │ F │ E │ R │▐█▌│ R │ O │ I │ S │ Beatles ├───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Federal │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ G │ A │ F │▐█▌│ I │ R │ E │▐█▌│ A │ N │ N │ O │ loan- ├55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ guaranteeing │ E │ L │ O │ I │ S │ E │▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ D │ D │ O │ G │ S │ org. ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Subject of │ L │ O │ W │ F │ E │ E │▐█▌│ M │ A │ M │ M │ A │ M │ I │ A │ some municipal ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ corruption │ K │ A │ N │ S │ A │ S │▐█▌│ S │ T │ Y │ X │▐█▌│ Y │ T │ D │ 21. One pushing └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ back against
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Freestyle 824 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ P │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ P │ S │▐█▌│ P │ O │ S │ T │ I │ T │ 1. Big initials ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in summer │ O │ E │ R │▐█▌│ D │ I │ R │ E │▐█▌│ A │ H │ C │ H │ O │ O │ coats? ├16─┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. They have │ S │ T │ E │ P │ I │ N │ I │ T │▐█▌│ P │ A │ R │ E │ N │ T │ one groove in ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ each side, │ P │ I │ E │ R │ O │ G │ I │ S │▐█▌│ A │ R │ I │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ briefly ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┤ 7. One often │ A │ T │ Z │ E │ R │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ A │ M │ E │ D │ A │ stuck in the ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┤ office │ D │ E │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ E │ C │ 13. The flag, ├───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ vis-à-vis the │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ E │ A │ T │ H │ E │ R │ S │ T │ I │ T │ C │ H │ land of the ├35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ free? │ C │ A │ R │ E │ F │ U │ L │ W │ I │ T │ H │ T │ H │ A │ T │ 14. Not likely ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to come out │ I │ W │ A │ N │ T │ T │ O │ S │ A │ Y │ Y │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ well ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼42─┤ 15. Indicator │ N │ A │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ Y │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ O │ A │ N │ of a forceful ├43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ expulsion │ E │ Y │ E │ T │ U │ C │ K │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ A │ F │ T │ O │ 16. Cause ├───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ trouble for │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ S │ A │▐█▌│ E │ V │ E │ N │ T │ H │ E │ N │ oneself ├52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Bringing up │ L │ E │ H │ R │ E │ R │▐█▌│ M │ O │ N │ G │ E │ E │ S │ E │ someone? ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ 19. │ B │ O │ O │ T │ U │ P │▐█▌│ M │ U │ I │ R │▐█▌│ L │ T │ E │ Semicircular ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┤ dumplings │ O │ N │ T │ A │ P │ E │▐█▌│ A │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ S │ D │ 20. Like the └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ areas favored
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 825 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 826 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ I │ C │ A │ N │ A │ D │ A │ P │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ L │ U │ G │ 1. Claim from a ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ flexible person │ N │ O │ V │ E │ L │ I │ D │ E │ A │▐█▌│ T │ H │ I │ N │ E │ 10. Clock with ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ violent │ V │ O │ I │ C │ E │ P │ A │ R │ T │▐█▌│ H │ O │ P │ I │ N │ intentions ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Approach │ E │ P │ A │▐█▌│ S │ I │ G │ M │ A │▐█▌│ E │ P │ O │ X │ Y │ from a new ├21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ angle │ S │ E │ T │ I │▐█▌│ N │ E │ A │▐█▌│ O │ J │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. "Were _____ ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┤ That Special │ T │ R │ E │ N │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ H │ O │▐█▌│ P │ O │ D │ Face" ("Kiss ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ Me, Kate" tune) │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ R │ A │ V │ E │ R │ Y │ B │ A │ D │ G │ E │ 16. Bass, for ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ example │ F │ L │ U │ E │ N │ T │ I │ N │ S │ A │ R │ C │ A │ S │ M │ 17. Invite to ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ride a car, but │ L │ E │ A │ V │ E │ I │ T │ T │ O │ Y │ O │ U │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ not a ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ motorcycle │ U │ T │ E │▐█▌│ F │ L │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ R │ U │ T │ 18. Org. whose ├───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ leader is in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ T │▐█▌│ A │ B │ S │▐█▌│ E │ U │ R │ O │ the U.S. ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┤ Cabinet despite │ U │ S │ H │ E │ R │▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ P │ S │▐█▌│ S │ E │ C │ not being a ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ Cabinet │ G │ L │ O │ F │ I │▐█▌│ A │ T │ T │ E │ N │ D │ S │ T │ O │ department ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Starter for │ G │ O │ P │ R │ O │▐█▌│ N │ O │ O │ N │ E │ D │ I │ E │ D │ Sophocles ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Bond you │ O │ B │ E │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ O │ N │ T │ S │ T │ A │ R │ E │ might have └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ trouble
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Freestyle 827 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ M │ E │ T │ A │ W │ I │ K │ I │▐█▌│ T │ R │ A │ S │ H │ Y │ 1. User- ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ editable │ A │ M │ A │ Z │ E │ D │ A │ T │▐█▌│ A │ I │ R │ P │ O │ D │ website for ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ indexing a │ R │ A │ P │ O │ P │ E │ R │ A │▐█▌│ R │ E │ S │ A │ W │ S │ network of ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ user-editable │ T │ I │ E │▐█▌│ T │ A │ S │ K │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ O │ C │ I │▐█▌│ websites ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┤ 9. Having lots │ S │ L │ O │ B │▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ P │ S │▐█▌│ N │ E │ W │ B │ of fighting and ├───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┤ gossip, say │▐█▌│ S │ N │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ W │ S │▐█▌│ L │ I │ U │ 15. More than ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ just impressed │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ B │ I │▐█▌│ H │ A │ U │ L │ S │ A │ S │ S │ by ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Accessory │ Y │ O │ U │ W │ A │ N │ N │ A │ K │ N │ O │ W │ W │ H │ Y │ through which ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hands-free "Hey │ E │ A │ R │ N │ E │ D │ I │ T │▐█▌│ G │ E │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Siri" is ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┼───┤ supported │ A │ R │ I │▐█▌│ Z │ I │ C │ A │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ M │ S │▐█▌│ 17. Creative ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┤ work whose │ H │ B │ C │ U │▐█▌│ C │ O │ S │ E │ T │▐█▌│ P │ I │ T │ A │ story is told ├───┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼60─┼───┼───┤ in verse │▐█▌│ L │ A │ N │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ I │ T │▐█▌│ S │ E │ L │ 18. Shortens ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ further, as a │ D │ A │ C │ A │ P │ O │▐█▌│ Y │ O │ G │ A │ B │ A │ L │ L │ board ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. 33-Across, │ I │ D │ I │ G │ I │ T │▐█▌│ E │ T │ E │ X │ T │ I │ L │ E │ e.g. ├67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. It's not │ M │ E │ D │ I │ C │ S │▐█▌│ S │ T │ R │ A │ W │ M │ A │ N │ pleasant to be └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ taken to it
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 828 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ H │ O │ R │ T │ S │▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ S │ A │ V │ O │ Y │ 1. Tee ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ complement │ C │ O │ K │ E │ O │ K │▐█▌│ H │ E │ L │ P │ L │ I │ N │ E │ 7. Erstwhile ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Harlem dance │ O │ J │ I │ B │ W │ A │▐█▌│ O │ R │ I │ F │ I │ C │ E │ S │ hall named for ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ a posh London │ W │ O │ E │ S │▐█▌│ G │ I │ R │ O │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ L │ E │ hotel ├───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Response to │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ E │ N │▐█▌│ D │ E │ F │ A │ C │ E │ S │ a common ├27─┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ restaurant │ S │ U │ D │ S │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ G │ O │ G │▐█▌│ ordering ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ mistake │ I │ S │ A │ Y │ B │ R │ I │ N │ G │ I │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Manual ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┤ alternative, │ G │ A │ S │ S │ T │ A │ T │ I │ O │ N │ S │ U │ S │ H │ I │ maybe ├───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Language │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ O │ O │ K │ U │ P │ C │ U │ L │ T │ U │ R │ E │ related to Fox ├───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and Cree │▐█▌│ P │ E │ P │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ N │ O │ I │ L │ E │ D │ 18. All ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ vertebrate │ D │ A │ D │ S │ D │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ P │ C │ B │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ animals breathe ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┼52─┤ through them │ U │ N │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ E │ A │ S │ T │▐█▌│ I │ O │ T │ A │ 19. They're ├53─┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ often vented │ M │ O │ O │ N │ H │ O │ A │ X │▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ B │ A │ D │ 20. Ancestors ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of helicopters │ A │ U │ P │ O │ I │ V │ R │ E │▐█▌│ O │ H │ N │ I │ C │ E │ 22. "9° ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ consonante del │ S │ T │ E │ T │ S │ O │ N │ S │▐█▌│ N │ E │ T │ T │ O │ N │ alfabeto" └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. Benign skin
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Freestyle 829 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ D │ O │ Z │ E │▐█▌│ A │ L │ P │ A │ C │ A │ M │ E │ A │ T │ 1. What you ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ don't want to │ O │ P │ E │ N │▐█▌│ F │ A │ L │ S │ E │ T │ E │ L │ L │ S │ do in the front ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of the class │ N │ E │ R │ D │▐█▌│ I │ L │ O │ S │ T │ T │ R │ A │ C │ K │ 5. Popular ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ protein in the │ T │ R │ O │ U │ T │▐█▌│ A │ P │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│ N │ A │ E │ Peruvian Andes ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 15. Cracked, │ S │ A │ C │ R │ A │ L │▐█▌│ S │ A │ R │ I │▐█▌│ D │ N │ D │ say ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Subtle │ T │ A │ L │ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ actions ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ purposely made │ A │ R │ I │▐█▌│ S │ A │ W │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ H │ E │ N │ by poker ├38─┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┤ players to │ R │ I │ C │ E │▐█▌│ P │ H │ A │ I │ R │▐█▌│ E │ Y │ R │ E │ throw opponents ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ off track │ T │ A │ K │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ N │ C │ U │ S │▐█▌│ P │ O │ W │ 17. Obsessive ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ hobbyist │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ K │ A │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ H │ E │ E │ T │ S │ 18. "It just ├52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ slipped by me" │ B │ R │ A │▐█▌│ G │ R │ E │ G │▐█▌│ S │ E │ N │ T │ I │ T │ 19. Animal you ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ get from an │ R │ A │ W │▐█▌│ A │ C │ H │ O │ O │▐█▌│ D │ A │ R │ C │ Y │ upset tutor? ├62─┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Better │ U │ N │ H │ I │ T │ T │ A │ B │ L │ E │▐█▌│ B │ A │ A │ L │ suited ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. "_____ │ N │ C │ I │ S │ H │ A │ W │ A │ I │ I │▐█▌│ L │ I │ R │ E │ bather!" (Scots ├68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼69─┼───┼───┼───┤ "That's all │ O │ H │ T │ H │ A │ N │ K │ G │ O │ D │▐█▌│ E │ N │ T │ S │ right!") └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. Like the
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Freestyle 830 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬───┐
│ A │ C │ U │ R │ A │▐█▌│ M │ S │ G │▐█▌│ M │ E │ R │ E │▐█▌│ 1. Car brand ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┤ whose logo is a │ R │ A │ M │ O │ N │▐█▌│ A │ H │ A │ M │ O │ M │ E │ N │ T │ caliper in the ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shape of its │ I │ N │ B │ U │ D │▐█▌│ K │ A │ M │ A │ S │ U │ T │ R │ A │ first letter ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ 6. Building │ A │ T │ I │ T │▐█▌│ F │ E │ R │ M │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ O │ P │ named for a ├───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ park at which │▐█▌│ O │ L │ E │▐█▌│ I │ S │ P │ Y │▐█▌│ P │ R │ O │ B │ E │ it's no longer ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ located, │ U │ N │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ W │▐█▌│ S │ O │ I │ L │ E │ D │ briefly ├29─┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Pure and │ P │ O │ C │ K │ E │ T │ P │ I │ S │ T │ O │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ simple ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ 13. Father of │ C │ H │ I │ L │ L │ O │ U │ T │ W │ I │ L │ L │ Y │ O │ U │ ex-baseball ├───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ star Nomar │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ C │ A │ N │ T │ U │ N │ S │ E │ E │ I │ T │ Garciaparra, ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┤ aptly │ G │ O │ O │ N │ A │ T │▐█▌│ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ E │ 14. Occasion ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ for a bingo │ U │ N │ R │ E │ P │▐█▌│ E │ D │ G │ E │▐█▌│ P │ H │ D │▐█▌│ caller? ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┤ 17. About to │ E │ M │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ A │ N │ D │ D │▐█▌│ L │ I │ R │ E │ burst ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Treatise │ S │ A │ H │ A │ R │ A │ S │ E │ A │▐█▌│ D │ A │ M │ U │ P │ that may ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ describe one's │ T │ R │ A │ C │ E │ L │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ A │ N │ I │ M │ E │ position ├───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Exhibiting │▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ M │▐█▌│ S │ S │ H │▐█▌│ D │ E │ N │ S │ E │ diligence └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. His
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Freestyle 831 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ B │ I │ B │ I │▐█▌│ C │ O │ L │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ A │ 1. Barak's ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ successor, │ R │ O │ A │ N │▐█▌│ O │ H │ A │ I │▐█▌│ S │ T │ O │ L │ E │ informally ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Raisins will │ A │ N │ N │ A │▐█▌│ M │ A │ N │ N │▐█▌│ A │ I │ O │ L │ I │ repeatedly sink ├───┼19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and then rise │▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ T │ I │ M │ E │ T │ O │ L │ E │ T │ G │ O │ in a cup of it ├───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Coverer of │▐█▌│ Q │ U │ E │ S │ T │ I │ O │ N │ F │ O │ R │ Y │ O │ U │ Nat King Cole's ├───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Unforgettable" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ N │ O │ U │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ for the ├25─┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ "Finding Dory" │ U │ S │ A │ I │ R │▐█▌│ M │ E │ W │ S │▐█▌│ G │ U │ M │ P │ soundtrack ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 12. Color │ F │ I │ N │ E │ S │ S │ E │▐█▌│ A │ E │ R │ O │ S │ O │ L │ pattern that ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ may be │ C │ P │ A │ S │▐█▌│ I │ T │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ A │ P │ B │ I │ O │ "strawberry" ├───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Cutesy │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ S │ A │ U │▐█▌│ F │ D │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ kitty meme ├43─┼44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┤ greeting, │ V │ E │ G │ E │ T │ A │ B │ L │ E │ A │ I │ S │ L │ E │▐█▌│ because it's ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the Internet │ I │ G │ O │ T │ A │ L │ L │ E │ X │ C │ I │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│ and I don't ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┤ even know │ C │ R │ O │ A │ T │▐█▌│ O │ D │ I │ E │▐█▌│ D │ A │ I │ S │ 14. Accessory ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ that you may or │ K │ E │ E │ L │ S │▐█▌│ G │ I │ L │ T │▐█▌│ U │ N │ T │ O │ may not have ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ obtained │ S │ T │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ E │ T │ S │ Y │ legally? └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 16. Name that
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 832 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ P │ A │ C │ K │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ N │ L │▐█▌│ O │ S │ S │ 1. Boxer, maybe ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. Whence the │ A │ R │ R │ I │ V │ E │ S │▐█▌│ H │ E │ A │ D │ N │ U │ N │ word ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "strategery", │ I │ M │ A │ D │ E │ D │ O │▐█▌│ E │ X │ T │ R │ E │ M │ E │ for short ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. W.W. II │ D │ A │ N │▐█▌│ R │ U │ M │ S │▐█▌│ T │ H │ A │ T │ O │ K │ intelligence ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ gatherers │ A │ N │ E │ W │▐█▌│ B │ U │ C │ S │▐█▌│ E │ G │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 13. Hits the ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼34─┤ big time │ D │ I │ S │ H │ Y │▐█▌│ C │ A │ P │ E │▐█▌│ R │ O │ S │ E │ 15. Mother of ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ all habits? │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ E │ A │ H │ N │ O │ T │ H │ A │ N │ K │ S │ 17. "Those lean ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ times hardened │ Y │ O │ U │ D │ O │ N │ T │ N │ O │ T │ I │ C │ E │ I │ T │ me" ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Four or │ I │ K │ N │ O │ W │ T │ H │ E │ N │ A │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ five standard ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ deviations from │ N │ E │ H │ I │▐█▌│ S │ I │ D │ E │▐█▌│ S │ U │ M │ E │ R │ the mean, say ├───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. "I Can │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ D │ M │▐█▌│ S │ I │ R │ E │▐█▌│ K │ O │ L │ A │ Dream About ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ You" singer │ O │ R │ E │ O │ O │ S │▐█▌│ N │ I │ T │ S │▐█▌│ V │ A │ N │ Hartman ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Zombie │ D │ I │ D │ I │ W │ I │ N │▐█▌│ S │ H │ O │ V │ E │ I │ T │ choices ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. │ E │ M │ E │ T │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│ M │ O │ R │ A │ I │ N │ E │ "Satisfied?" ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. How flowers │ S │ A │ D │▐█▌│ D │ I │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ E │ X │ T │ E │ D │ bloom in the └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ spring, maybe
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 833 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ U │ S │ B │▐█▌│ P │ A │ C │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ R │ O │ S │ 1. How some ├13─┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ desk fans are │ G │ L │ O │ V │ E │ B │ O │ X │▐█▌│ U │ N │ H │ U │ N │ H │ powered ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Two-foot │ H │ E │ L │ E │ N │ A │ M │ T │▐█▌│ R │ E │ S │ I │ T │ E │ measurement ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ 8. Billionaire │ Y │ E │ T │ I │ S │▐█▌│ B │ R │ I │ N │ K │▐█▌│ N │ H │ L │ born György ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ Schwartz │ E │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│ P │ O │ E │ M │ S │▐█▌│ O │ P │ E │ L │ 13. ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Registration │ S │ Y │ N │▐█▌│ C │ R │ A │ M │ P │▐█▌│ P │ R │ O │ B │ E │ place, often ├───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "Nice │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ H │ O │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ R │ R │ A │ Y │ try...!" ├───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. City where │▐█▌│ L │ A │ N │ E │ S │ P │ L │ I │ T │ T │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ the Lewis & ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Clark Library │ H │ E │ R │ B │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ A │ R │ I │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ is located ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ 17. Move to │ O │ A │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│ R │ O │ M │ E │ O │▐█▌│ N │ I │ L │ another locale ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Their │ O │ N │ C │ D │▐█▌│ C │ A │ N │ N │ Y │▐█▌│ C │ O │ D │ E │ prints are on ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the tails of │ F │ I │ R │▐█▌│ K │ A │ H │ L │ O │▐█▌│ A │ H │ B │ U │ T │ the planes of ├47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Nepal's second- │ S │ N │ A │ P │ I │ N │▐█▌│ I │ T │ A │ L │ I │ A │ N │ S │ largest airline ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Start of a │ I │ T │ W │ A │ S │ I │▐█▌│ N │ O │ V │ A │ P │ I │ N │ G │ significant ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┤ drop-off │ T │ O │ L │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ K │ G │ S │▐█▌│ L │ O │ O │ 21. Its members └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ often have
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 834 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ B │ D │ S │ M │ C │ L │ U │ B │ S │▐█▌│ L │ O │ C │ K │ S │ 1. They tend to ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ show a lot of │ A │ U │ T │ O │ R │ E │ P │ L │ Y │▐█▌│ E │ D │ S │ E │ L │ restraint ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Sews (up) │ G │ O │ O │ N │ A │ N │ D │ O │ N │▐█▌│ G │ O │ U │ G │ E │ 15. Vacation ├───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ message │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ D │ F │ D │ O │ C │▐█▌│ M │ U │ R │ I │ C │ A │ 16. Bomb ├───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┤ referenced in │▐█▌│ S │ P │ O │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ O │ P │▐█▌│ T │ A │ Z │ Billy Joel's ├24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┤ "We Didn't │ A │ H │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ O │ H │ R │▐█▌│ D │ E │ N │ Y │ Start the Fire" ├28─┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Don't shut │ B │ I │ G │ B │ R │ A │ I │ N │ M │ O │ V │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ up ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ 18. Take │ E │ V │ E │ R │ Y │ B │ O │ D │ Y │ S │ A │ Y │ S │ H │ I │ advantage of in ├───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ difficult times │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ W │ D │ I │ M │ E │ N │ S │ I │ O │ N │ 19. E-signing ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┤ candidate, for │ I │ A │ G │ O │▐█▌│ O │ A │ T │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ O │ N │ short ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. The good │ M │ B │ A │▐█▌│ O │ R │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ C │ H │ E │ D │▐█▌│ ol' US, ├48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sarcastically │ F │ U │ N │ Y │ A │ K │▐█▌│ B │ U │ R │ R │ O │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 21. ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┤ Unchangeable │ R │ E │ D │ O │ S │▐█▌│ D │ O │ O │ M │ E │ R │ I │ S │ M │ things, it's ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ said │ E │ L │ T │ R │ I │▐█▌│ I │ N │ F │ O │ M │ A │ N │ I │ A │ 22. "Sorry... ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I'll fix that" │ E │ A │ S │ E │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ A │ R │ E │ N │ D │ E │ D │ 23. Bugs' └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ antagonist,
informally obstacles from, say 27. Former line of 24. Sound of coming 59. Gave way more than a Tripoli rulers together pat on the back? 29. Czech city in which 25. Unexciting-sounding Gregor Mendel conducted scientist who made some DOWN his famed genetics very exciting experiments discoveries 1. Certain things are 30. Melt, on both sides, 27. Don't let have said to be in it usually 28. Act of real 2. Word in two Grammy 31. It may involve lots genius... not! Awards categories (one of crunching 33. "We all wish we in pop, one in country) 32. Free spirit's home, could be there with you" 3. Time out maybe 37. Fresh aspect 4. So very, in the 1990s 34. It doesn't blow at 38. Literary villain 5. 777, for example your face or your back whose name is a Spanish 6. Floats 35. Head space version of "James" 7. Style that may cause 36. Rest area? 41. Like a breakfast traction alopecia if 38. Opening statement? meal? frequently worn 39. Mamá de la mamá 42. Start to use, as a 8. One usually voting 40. Quinine-rich bar mask all the same way offerings, informally 43. Future officer's 9. Substitute to avoid 44. Green and blue achievement: Abbr. repetition, maybe: Abbr. amongst lots of beige 44. Spot to see taxis 10. Help onto a horse and brown (in multiple senses) in 11. A bad one may drive 45. Stopper for many old Chicago, in shorthand you back arrows 45. Had trouble moving, 12. All the bigwigs are 46. Word with caramel or say in it, informally filling 48. Portmanteau for an 13. Container introduced 47. Former boy-bander easy-to-control by Heineken in 1999 with the 2017 hit "Slow watercraft for beginners 14. Full of raunch Hands" 50. Go under, naturally 20. Looking like 49. Time when Chaucer 52. Mess-up makeups nothing's going your way wrote 53. Belief that global 21. Something improvised 50. Tender lack problems will inevitably in cells 51. School with Nogales cause societal collapse 22. "Well, well, well, and Chandler campuses, 56. Nickname for what do we have here..." informally Mexico's national soccer 24. Hamilton half 53. What the numbers on team, based on their 25. Whom an adoptee airport runways refer country's flag might eventually seek, to: Abbr. 57. Tech-driven fixation informally 54. Possible substitute that may be caused by 26. Piece of rumor, for a Bundestag member? the fear of missing out literally French for 55. Freaking, say 58. Removes some "they say"

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

Freestyle 835 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ Y │ E │ A │ H │ I │ K │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│ Y │ A │ D │ I │ G │ 1. "That's ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ already been │ A │ L │ L │ O │ R │ N │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ O │ R │ O │ N │ O │ established" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. │ M │ O │ T │ H │ E │ A │ T │ E │ N │▐█▌│ M │ A │ U │ D │ E │ "Comprende?" ├───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Lacking any │▐█▌│ N │ O │ O │▐█▌│ V │ A │ L │▐█▌│ R │ A │ B │ B │ I │ S │ gray area ├───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┤ 16. Town of │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ E │ B │ S │ P │ A │ M │▐█▌│ L │ E │ T │ 11,000 that, ├───┼25─┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┤ fortunately for │▐█▌│ S │ O │ W │ A │ S │ I │▐█▌│ O │ V │ A │▐█▌│ E │ M │ O │ some other ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ crossword │ S │ I │ P │ A │ T │▐█▌│ G │ I │ D │ E │▐█▌│ L │ B │ O │ S │ constructors ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and me, is also │ I │ D │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│ D │ N │ C │▐█▌│ W │ A │ I │ V │ E │ home to a ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Northeastern │ S │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│ B │ E │ T │ A │▐█▌│ A │ T │ R │ I │ A │ state school ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Ratty │ E │ A │ T │▐█▌│ A │ L │ A │▐█▌│ S │ E │ C │ E │ D │ E │▐█▌│ 18. Title ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sitcom role for │ P │ I │ A │▐█▌│ B │ A │ L │ L │ T │ W │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ a then-future ├47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┤ star of "The │ U │ S │ B │ H │ U │ B │▐█▌│ U │ F │ W │▐█▌│ A │ I │ G │▐█▌│ Golden Girls" ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┤ 19. "You are │ E │ L │ L │ I │ S │▐█▌│ I │ G │ E │ T │ I │ T │ N │ O │ W │ flat wrong!" ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Popular │ D │ E │ E │ R │ E │▐█▌│ S │ E │ E │ M │ S │ T │ O │ B │ E │ tranq, ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ E │ S │ S │ E │ S │▐█▌│ O │ D │ D │ I │ S │ N │ T │ I │ T │ 21. A line of └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ them have been
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 836 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ P │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ A │ B │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ N │ E │ E │ Z │ E │ 1. Word with ├13─┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ dirt or cut │ A │ L │ O │ E │ V │ E │ R │ A │▐█▌│ C │ O │ P │ I │ E │ S │ 4. Important ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ letters for │ P │ L │ U │ N │ G │ E │ I │ N │▐█▌│ A │ T │ O │ D │ D │ S │ some donors ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. Reason to │ A │ N │ A │ L │▐█▌│ R │ O │ K │ U │ B │ O │ X │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ jerk your head ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┤ 13. Layer of │ L │ E │ I │▐█▌│ M │ Y │ N │ A │ H │▐█▌│ N │ Y │ C │ F │ C │ tissues, maybe ├───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┤ 16. │▐█▌│ W │ N │ B │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ S │ E │▐█▌│ H │ I │ E │ Distribution to ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ meeting │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ K │ E │ S │ T │ H │ E │ S │ T │ A │ N │ D │ attendees, ├38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe │ I │ L │ L │ L │ E │ T │ Y │ O │ U │ C │ H │ O │ O │ S │ E │ 17. Begin enthu ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ siastically │ G │ A │ Y │ M │ E │ N │ S │ C │ H │ O │ R │ U │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ without first ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┤ educating │ O │ V │ I │▐█▌│ N │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ T │ T │ A │▐█▌│ oneself ├45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┤ 18. Not synced │ R │ A │ N │ G │ E │▐█▌│ E │ L │ C │ I │ D │▐█▌│ H │ R │ S │ 19. Getting mad ├───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ about some │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ M │ U │ M │ E │ A │ T │▐█▌│ P │ E │ A │ T │ disorder, ├56─┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ likely │ I │ S │ N │ T │ I │ N │▐█▌│ A │ P │ P │ S │ T │ O │ R │ E │ 20. Option for ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a cord cutter │ S │ H │ A │ M │ E │ D │▐█▌│ N │ O │ R │ M │ A │ R │ A │ E │ 22. Strand for ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┤ a funeral, │ H │ O │ P │ E │ S │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ U │▐█▌│ Y │ T │ D │ maybe └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. Bird in the
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 837 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ H │ A │ L │ F │ E │ A │ G │ L │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ A │ S │ S │ 1. Now- ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ collectible $5 │ A │ D │ U │ L │ T │ T │ O │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ G │ R │ U │ N │ T │ US coin made of ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ over 90% gold │ L │ E │ V │ I │ T │ A │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│ R │ O │ T │ O │ R │ 10. Something ├───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ pumped in clubs │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ U │ R │ U │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ N │ O │ R │ A │ 14. Vibes, say ├───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Performer │▐█▌│ H │ A │ H │▐█▌│ I │ P │ A │▐█▌│ H │ U │ X │ L │ E │ Y │ of perfunctory ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┤ projects │ M │ O │ L │ T │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ P │▐█▌│ O │ R │ S │ 16. Gets one's ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ feet up? │ C │ L │ O │ C │ K │ S │ T │ I │ C │ K │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. Certain ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┤ lift generator │ I │ M │ H │ A │ P │ P │ Y │ W │ H │ E │ R │ E │ I │ A │ M │ 18. Whom many ├───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ turn to for │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ P │ R │ I │ C │ O │ T │ S │ A │ U │ C │ E │ S │ help ├38─┼39─┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Chihuahua │ U │ S │ S │▐█▌│ O │ D │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ R │ T │ borders it ├42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "You think │ B │ O │ H │ E │ M │ E │▐█▌│ G │ A │ G │▐█▌│ E │ L │ O │▐█▌│ you have a ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ chance!" │ E │ L │ I │ X │ I │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 22. Serving ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┤ that often has │ R │ A │ R │ E │ S │▐█▌│ P │ O │ L │ E │ M │ I │ C │ A │ L │ a punny name, ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ E │ N │ T │ R │ E │▐█▌│ C │ H │ O │ S │ E │ N │ O │ N │ E │ 24. Author of a ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 1932 book │ D │ O │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ O │ K │ E │ R │ G │ O │ D │ S │ frequently on └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ US "most-banned
books" lists original Broadway run of 25. Quite, to a musician 1. Character who says, "Oklahoma!" 27. Temporarily suspend "I am putting myself to 21. Tops with palms, oneself? the fullest possible maybe 29. Not the ideal spots use, which is all I 23. Comedian who starred for organ practice, think that any conscious in "Always Be My Maybe", briefly? entity can ever hope to 2019 30. "There isn't much do" 25. Winner of a 1980 time left" 2. Drink that's not an antitrust award against 34. "My life is good acceptable word in AT&T of $1.8 billion right now" Scrabble 26. "Pinky swear?" 37. Orange toppings for 3. Cutesy connector of I 28. The genuine article, pork or chicken and U from the German 38. _____ Intrepid (home 4. Part of the US Air 31. Parker's emblem
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 838 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ S │ H │ O │ W │ M │ A │ N │ C │ E │▐█▌│ F │ A │ T │ W │ A │ 1. Relationship ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for a reality │ H │ O │ T │ E │ L │ B │ I │ L │ L │▐█▌│ A │ B │ H │ O │ R │ TV couple ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Nonbinding │ I │ R │ O │ N │ M │ I │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ K │ C │ A │ R │ S │ religious ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ruling │ N │ A │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ N │ T │ R │ E │ 15. Where room ├───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ service might │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ I │ E │ T │ I │ N │▐█▌│ D │ E │ W │ Y │▐█▌│ show up ├───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┤ 16. Find │▐█▌│ T │ B │ A │ R │▐█▌│ I │ C │ U │ S │▐█▌│ W │ A │ S │ I │ repellent ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Places to │ S │ H │ E │ H │ A │ T │ E │ S │ M │ E │▐█▌│ S │ S │ T │ S │ find heavy ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┤ metal bands at │ H │ E │ T │▐█▌│ S │ O │ S │▐█▌│ B │ A │ A │▐█▌│ L │ O │ L │ work ├40─┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Early-'80s │ A │ B │ C │ S │▐█▌│ O │ K │ W │ E │ L │ L │ F │ I │ N │ E │ models that ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ essentially │ H │ E │ H │ E │▐█▌│ T │ I │ E │ R │▐█▌│ A │ R │ T │ E │▐█▌│ rescued ├───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Chrysler from │▐█▌│ Y │ A │ R │ D │▐█▌│ D │ E │ S │ C │ R │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ bankruptcy ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┤ 19. Response to │ S │ H │ I │ V │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ G │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ S │ "Wanna?" ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Die │ N │ I │ C │ A │ D │▐█▌│ P │ I │ A │ N │ O │ R │ O │ L │ L │ masculinely? ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. French │ I │ V │ A │ N │ A │▐█▌│ D │ E │ M │ O │ O │ R │ D │ E │ R │ preposition ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ that becomes │ T │ E │ N │ T │ S │▐█▌│ F │ R │ E │ E │ P │ R │ E │ S │ S │ "parmi" when it └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ involves at
least three people buzzkills, briefly support 22. Good spot to get 57. Cell type, 22. "Come ON now...!" baked? informally 23. Future security 25. Just getting your 58. Aid in automatic providers feet wet? playing 24. Twisting of 26. One taking you to 61. Big name in statistics to mislead get some powder late-'80s/early-'90s Big 26. Fan group many of 28. Spots where pulses Apple tabloids whose members could are tracked 62. Government issuance probably recite Blue 30. "You had to have for a dilapidated Ivy's birthdate from been kidding" reply building, informally memory 32. 2002 hit rock 63. They often get 27. Sassy response to a breakup song with the pegged dare lyric "Went well for a 64. One employing no 29. You might use a week or two / Then it newspaper editors? vacuum to get one all came unglued" 31. See 36-Across 34. The proposed Boom DOWN 32. Persia's Abbas the Overture and others, Great, e.g. briefly 1. Target for an imp's 33. Warning near a 35. Girl for guys, kick crossing maybe, informally 2. What to do after 38. Controversial 36. What you might spell glasses are broken, agricultural growth
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy -1°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 839 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│ A │ F │ G │ H │ A │ N │▐█▌│ F │ O │ O │ D │ O │ I │ R │ 1. Comfortable ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ throw │ A │ L │ L │ E │ G │ R │ A │▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ O │ N │ M │ E │ 7. ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Autobiography- │ S │ T │ A │ T │ H │ A │ M │▐█▌│ L │ I │ E │ I │ D │ L │ E │ slash-recipe ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ book │ S │ I │ G │ H │▐█▌│ B │ E │ B │ E │ S │▐█▌│ T │ I │ A │ S │ 14. Benadryl ├───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ alternative │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ E │ C │▐█▌│ S │ E │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ 15. "I take the ├26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ blame" │ S │ O │ L │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ A │ U │▐█▌│ I │ C │ E │ S │ 16. Star of ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Snatch", 2000 │ F │ O │ L │ L │ O │ W │ B │ U │ T │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. See no use ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ 18. [We have to │ W │ H │ A │ T │ C │ H │ A │ T │ H │ I │ N │ K │ I │ N │ G │ go through this ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ again...?] │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ E │ A │ V │ Y │ S │ L │ E │ E │ P │ E │ R │ 19. ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 40-Acrosses, in │ B │ A │ B │ Y │▐█▌│ M │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ R │ I │ S │ E │ Spanish ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. They have │ U │ Z │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ I │ H │▐█▌│ M │ A │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ "sobrinas" ├49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼55─┤ and/or │ T │ A │ N │ A │▐█▌│ P │ A │ P │ A │ L │▐█▌│ S │ K │ E │ D │ "sobrinos" ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. NAFTA's │ D │ R │ A │ G │ W │ I │ G │▐█▌│ V │ O │ T │ E │ Y │ E │ S │ equivalent ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ across the │ A │ I │ R │ E │ O │ K │ E │▐█▌│ O │ N │ A │ R │ O │ L │ L │ pond, once ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 24. Its name │ D │ A │ Y │ S │ P │ A │ S │▐█▌│ C │ E │ N │ S │ U │ S │▐█▌│ indicates that └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ it was once
seventh in sequence: activity of singing a (well, most of them, Abbr. song while miming anyway), briefly 25. Postal abbr. playing an instrument 27. "Would you look at omitting "ui" 61. Not wanting to leave that!" 26. Light power the table, say 29. You might have to 28. Org. for 62. Spots for relieving pay for it every month: nonprofessional US tension Abbr. sports 63. It takes everyone 30. They fix writers' 30. Tries to reduce to into account regrets the normal circumference 32. Sound of a pop 31. Certain subscription DOWN 33. They're pretty good, method though they're around 3 35. "I wanna know your 1. Some loft-y women? 34. 0030 + 30 ideas" 2. How some cells move 36. "Come onto my team" 39. One taking a lot of 3. Recover 37. Letters for '80s effort to stir 4. Substance that boosts gamers 40. Very inexperienced vitality, for short 38. Assessment for a person 5. Many a traveler in future master's 43. Started to know the Empty Quarter candidate, briefly 44. Get on one's feet 6. Identifying 40. Whiny objection from 45. Israeli magazine characteristics a kid setting 7. They'll point you to 41. Brockmire player in 46. Artist with the most some documents "Brockmire" career million-selling 8. Brand connecting 42. Black-and-white
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 840 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ A │ J │ A │ R │▐█▌│ O │ B │ V │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ A │ D │ A │ 1. Unable to be ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ locked, in a │ M │ O │ R │ A │▐█▌│ T │ R │ I │ P │ S │▐█▌│ O │ V │ A │ L │ way ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. "Umm... │ I │ B │ E │ S │ T │ B │ E │ O │ F │ F │▐█▌│ T │ I │ D │ E │ yeah...!" ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Surrealists' │ O │ F │ A │ C │ E │▐█▌│ A │ L │ S │ O │▐█▌│ L │ A │ R │ A │ influence ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. NFL coach │ K │ A │ W │ A │ S │ A │ K │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │ S │ Jim known for ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ his 2001 │ D │ I │ A │ L │▐█▌│ D │ U │ N │ S │ T │▐█▌│ S │ E │ P │ T │ "Playoffs?!" ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ rant │ O │ R │ L │▐█▌│ T │ S │ P │▐█▌│ T │ H │ U │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Hand that a ├35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ straight just │ C │ S │ L │ E │ W │ I │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ V │ I │ S │ I │ T │ beats, in poker ├───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ lingo │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ A │ I │ M │▐█▌│ I │ R │ A │ 16. Churchill ├44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ Downs, e.g. │ G │ I │ S │ H │▐█▌│ E │ X │ I │ T │ S │▐█▌│ F │ L │ O │ R │ 17. "Well... ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ta-ta then" │ A │ N │ T │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ T │ G │ A │ I │ N │ S │ 19. One coming ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in without │ S │ L │ O │ T │▐█▌│ P │ E │ G │ G │▐█▌│ A │ L │ C │ O │ A │ asking? ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Expression │ L │ I │ D │ S │▐█▌│ S │ T │ R │ E │ E │ T │ C │ O │ R │ N │ of utter ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ delight │ O │ K │ G │ O │▐█▌│ S │ T │ I │ R │ S │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ D │ 21. Addition ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ lead-in │ G │ E │ E │ K │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ D │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ N │ E │ S │ S │ 22. Woman's └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ name that's an
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on film in 1912 and window well 45. Attracted, but not starred in the 1987 film 4. SOB quite romantically "The Whales of August" 5. Place to see a show, 46. One who's stuck in 47. Things found over briefly their ways the wings on many jets 6. Penetration before a 48. Woman's name that's 49. Where to find "una split apt for where it appears anthera" 7. Einstein often played here? 50. Pushing back at the it for fun 49. Form of the Egyptian front? 8. Summer rubber god Horus 51. They're positive in figures, for short 52. Noir piece the end 9. Vowel in the Turkish 54. Add-ons after the 53. "I can fit you in" language main body: Abbr. period 10. Do touch-and-go 55. What may complete a 54. Simon of "The practice, maybe luncheon? World's End", 2013 11. Hip hop with pop 59. Something that often 56. Company that founded sensibilities? turns one into two?

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Freestyle 841 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ R │ I │ D │ E │ S │▐█▌│ R │ I │ S │ E │ R │▐█▌│ F │ B │ I │ 1. Many Disney ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ features │ A │ M │ O │ C │ O │▐█▌│ U │ T │ U │ B │ E │▐█▌│ I │ O │ N │ 6. Bass ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ setting, │ W │ H │ A │ R │ F │▐█▌│ D │ O │ N │ O │ T │ I │ R │ O │ N │ sometimes ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 11. Onetime │ D │ E │ B │ U │ T │ C │ D │▐█▌│ G │ A │ R │ N │ E │ R │ S │ maintainer of ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the Rabble │ O │ R │ L │▐█▌│ C │ H │ E │ R │▐█▌│ T │ O │ R │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Rouser Index ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼32─┤ 14. Pioneer │ G │ E │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ R │ I │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ A │ H │ U │ brand in lead- ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ free gas │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ I │ R │ P │ O │ R │ T │ R │ A │ D │ A │ R │ 15. Lab ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ equipment with │ W │ H │ A │ T │ S │ G │ O │ T │ Y │ O │ U │ D │ O │ W │ N │ two open ends, ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ used to measure │ T │ R │ I │ P │ L │ E │ S │ E │ V │ E │ N │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ fluid pressure ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ 16. What always │ F │ E │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ R │ A │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ O │ B │ has a 21-Down, ├───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ scientifically │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ O │ A │ M │▐█▌│ S │ L │ A │ P │▐█▌│ O │ R │ E │ 17. Good spot ├52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ to make a water │ I │ N │ F │ U │ S │ E │ D │▐█▌│ L │ P │ L │ A │ T │ E │ S │ landing ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Anti-press │ B │ E │ E │ R │ F │ R │ A │ M │ E │▐█▌│ A │ N │ G │ L │ E │ warning? ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Place for a │ A │ R │ C │▐█▌│ O │ Y │ V │ E │ Y │▐█▌│ I │ N │ U │ S │ E │ leadoff single, ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe? │ R │ O │ T │▐█▌│ R │ L │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ D │ O │ Y │ E │ N │ 22. Picks up └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. NBA team
whose final nickname was 60. Round portion hasn't rained there for chosen over "Juice", 61. "This is just about two million years) "Heat", and "Tropics", terrible" 31. Don't speak fluently briefly 62. Not gathering dust 32. Source of caffeine? 24. "The _____ Show" 63. State of long- 33. Group that matches (2019 Broadway musical unlived houses singles all over the with the number "All I 64. Like many Maine world Ever Need Is You") accents 34. Setting for many 26. No longer whole, in 65. Most experienced Jimmy Buffett songs:
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│ T │ R │ I │ N │ I │▐█▌│ A │ H │ A │ B │▐█▌│ O │ W │ N │ S │ 1. Resident ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ just off the │ R │ I │ P │ E │ N │▐█▌│ S │ O │ L │ O │▐█▌│ U │ H │ O │ H │ Venezuelan ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ coast, │ I │ G │ O │ T │ N │ O │ W │ H │ E │ R │ E │ T │ O │ B │ E │ colloquially ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. John │ M │ A │ S │ S │ I │ V │ E │ O │ V │ E │ R │ H │ A │ U │ L │ Barrymore's ├───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ role in the hit │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ O │ S │▐█▌│ E │ U │ R │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 1926 silent ├23─┼24─┼25─┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ film "The Sea │ C │ H │ A │ V │▐█▌│ I │ T │ T │▐█▌│ P │ O │ M │ E │ L │ O │ Beast" ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Constantly │ L │ O │ C │ I │▐█▌│ D │ A │ R │ N │▐█▌│ R │ E │ F │ E │ R │ bests ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Approach a │ A │ S │ T │ O │▐█▌│ S │ N │ O │ O │ T │▐█▌│ R │ I │ T │ E │ pickable state ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. One for │ S │ T │ O │ L │ I │▐█▌│ D │ I │ S │ H │▐█▌│ E │ L │ M │ O │ one? ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Problem │ P │ A │ N │ E │ L │ S │▐█▌│ S │ E │ E │▐█▌│ D │ E │ E │ S │ indicator ├───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "Take all │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ E │ S │▐█▌│ R │ A │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the time you ├53─┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼59─┼60─┤ need" │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ A │ T │ R │ I │ C │ K │ Y │ O │ N │ E │ 20. Remake with ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ systemic change │ G │ I │ V │ E │ T │ H │ E │ O │ N │ C │ E │ O │ V │ E │ R │ in mind ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Eastern │ I │ R │ O │ N │▐█▌│ A │ L │ I │ G │▐█▌│ E │ L │ E │ N │ A │ goddess? ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Major │ F │ E │ N │ D │▐█▌│ G │ A │ L │ S │▐█▌│ T │ O │ N │ E │ S │ quadrennial └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ international
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Freestyle 843 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ R │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ I │ T │ C │ H │ F │ E │ S │ T │ S │ 1. Baseball ├14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ coach │ E │ R │ O │ S │▐█▌│ A │ D │ I │ E │ U │ A │ D │ I │ E │ U │ Washington ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ depicted in the │ C │ A │ R │ A │▐█▌│ M │ E │ A │ N │ N │ U │ M │ B │ E │ R │ film ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Moneyball" │ E │ C │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 4. Occasions to ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┼28─┤ vent, vent, │ S │ L │ O │ G │▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ U │ S │▐█▌│ R │ K │ O │ S │ vent ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. One of the │ S │ E │ M │ I │▐█▌│ N │ U │ T │ S │▐█▌│ B │ U │ I │ L │ T │ five primordial ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ deities, per │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ F │ R │ E │ A │ K │ I │ N │ W │ A │ Y │ Hesiod ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "Farewell │ F │ I │ T │ T │ H │ E │ N │ A │ R │ R │ A │ T │ I │ V │ E │ to all of you!" ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Apple of │ A │ L │ B │ U │ M │ R │ E │ L │ E │ A │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ one's eye, on ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┼44─┤ the Appian Way │ C │ L │ A │ N │ S │▐█▌│ D │ E │ A │ F │▐█▌│ S │ P │ A │ N │ 18. ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ Representative │ T │ Y │ R │ E │▐█▌│ W │ O │ R │ S │ T │▐█▌│ T │ O │ R │ O │ of a sample, ├───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ sometimes │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ U │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ P │ E │ C │ 19. Field in ├50─┼51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ which crashes │ C │ A │ N │ D │ Y │ S │ T │ O │ R │ E │▐█▌│ O │ H │ N │ O │ are studied, ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ C │ L │ E │ A │ N │ T │ O │ W │ E │ L │▐█▌│ N │ I │ T │ S │ 20. What a ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ boarder boards │ S │ P │ A │ W │ E │ E │ K │ E │ N │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ T │ at: Abbr. └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Not the
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 844 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ A │ B │ A │ L │ O │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ M │ M │ E │ 1. Edible ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ univalves │ N │ O │ V │ E │ L │ I │ D │ E │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ O │ O │ K │ 9. Request to ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ take the convo │ G │ O │ O │ D │ E │ N │ E │ R │ G │ Y │▐█▌│ I │ B │ E │ G │ off-thread ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. One might │ I │ T │ W │ A │ S │ O │ N │ E │ T │ I │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ lead to an ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼25─┤ original │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ I │ S │ S │ U │ P │ solution ├───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Newbie, in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ T │ U │ R │ N │▐█▌│ I │ T │ I │ S │ I │ sports slang ├33─┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Downers │ S │ O │ D │ A │ S │ T │ R │ E │ A │ M │▐█▌│ H │ E │ A │ T │ don't bring it ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "Please, │ P │ L │ E │ N │ T │ Y │ B │ I │ G │ E │ N │ O │ U │ G │ H │ please, ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ please..." │ A │ I │ R │ S │▐█▌│ L │ A │ N │ A │ D │ E │ L │ R │ E │ Y │ 19. "Stop ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ teasing me... │ T │ V │ M │ O │ M │▐█▌│ N │ A │ T │ I │ V │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I've never even ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┤ thought about │ S │ E │ A │ M │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ doing that ├───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ again!" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ H │ A │ T │ A │ L │ E │ T │ D │ O │ W │ N │ 21. Traffic- ├57─┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ calming road │ P │ I │ T │ A │▐█▌│ H │ I │ R │ E │ S │ A │ U │ D │ I │ O │ stretch ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Drinking │ R │ O │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ N │ T │ O │ R │ I │ N │ G │ party, in ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ British slang │ Y │ U │ G │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ D │ S │ A │ C │ K │ S │ 26. Key for └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ rapid
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--- Binbrook, ON: Light snow, low drifting snow +0°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 845 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ Y │ A │ H │▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │▐█▌│ A │ M │ O │ E │ B │ A │ S │ 1. "Eh, to hell ├14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ with that!" │ E │ L │ E │ A │ N │ O │ R │▐█▌│ S │ O │ C │ R │ A │ Z │ Y │ 4. Rolling-in ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ figure, briefly │ S │ P │ I │ N │ G │ Y │ M │▐█▌│ N │ O │ H │ I │ N │ T │ S │ 7. Their forms ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ are constantly │ Y │ E │ N │ T │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ S │ S │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ changing ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼26─┤ 14. First name │ O │ R │ I │ S │ I │ T │▐█▌│ I │ R │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ H │ of the ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ character that │ U │ T │ E │▐█▌│ S │ H │ I │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ R │ E │ T │ E │ Paul McCartney ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ originally │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ B │ I │ G │ F │ O │ U │ R │ O │ H │ named "Miss ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Daisy Hawkins" │ F │ R │ E │ E │ T │ O │ A │ G │ O │ O │ D │ H │ O │ M │ E │ 16. "Wild!" ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Where │ R │ U │ N │ N │ E │ R │ R │ U │ N │ N │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ there's a ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ constant │ A │ E │ T │ N │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ G │ D │ N │▐█▌│ N │ G │ L │ cycling of ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ people │ U │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ M │ P │▐█▌│ A │ U │ R │ O │ R │ A │ 18. "I want to ├───┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ get it myself" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ M │ S │ A │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ D │ A │ M │ 19. Fictional ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ daughter of │ B │ U │ S │ L │ O │ A │ D │▐█▌│ S │ O │ B │ R │ A │ V │ E │ Rebbe Mendel ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Out of │ I │ G │ O │ T │ C │ H │ A │▐█▌│ S │ W │ E │ E │ T │ E │ N │ order, with ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ "up" │ C │ A │ N │ I │ S │ I │ T │▐█▌│ H │ E │ R │▐█▌│ A │ L │ T │ 21. "...but └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ there may be
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--- Binbrook, ON: Light snow -10°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 846 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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