Freestyle 850 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ H │ E │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ T │ O │ M │▐█▌│ C │ L │ A │ S │ P │ 1. Aware of ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ older times? │ I │ R │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ U │ D │ E │▐█▌│ R │ A │ S │ T │ A │ 4. Setting for ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a small orbiter │ P │ R │ E │▐█▌│ H │ E │ X │ E │ S │▐█▌│ A │ M │ I │ U │ P │ 8. Closer for a ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ring, maybe │ P │ A │ T │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│ S │ A │ D │ P │ A │ N │ D │ A │ 13. Not ending ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the way you'd │ O │ T │ T │ A │ W │ A │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ expect, briefly ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ 14. "Did you │ S │ A │ Y │ H │ I │▐█▌│ A │ F │ R │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ N │ really just say ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ that?!" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ I │ S │ S │ L │ O │ U │ I │ S │ I │ A │ N │ A │ 15. "_____ Got ├37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Soul" (Grammy- │ Y │ O │ U │ T │ H │ O │ U │ G │ H │ T │ W │ R │ O │ N │ G │ nominated 2009 ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Buju Banton │ A │ N │ C │ I │ E │ N │ T │ G │ R │ E │ E │ K │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ album) ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┤ 16. Before, at │ M │ E │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ Y │ O │▐█▌│ P │ I │ P │ I │ T │ the beginning ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Tiles in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ C │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ O │ T │ N │ U │ T │ S │ the Catan board ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ game │ S │ T │ I │ L │ L │ T │ B │ D │▐█▌│ H │ U │ G │ E │ S │ T │ 18. "My turn?" ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ 19. He's │ T │ I │ B │ I │ A │▐█▌│ R │ E │ C │ A │ P │▐█▌│ B │ A │ R │ featured in a ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ museum on the │ E │ V │ E │ N │ S │▐█▌│ A │ F │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ G │ A │ grounds of Fort ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┤ Knox │ M │ O │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│ H │ O │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ O │ P │ 21. └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Disappointed
person, in slang, from a 61. Letters associated flight, to and from "South Park" episode with the PANYNJ Paris in 2020 23. Speakers of an 62. Barely discernible 22. Main _____ (right Ojibwa dialect bits hand, in French) 25. Monitor number, 63. Target of many 24. Superior briefly drives recognition, maybe 26. "Don't be shy!" 64. "Didn't mean to bump 28. Necessitating a 27. ABA star Darnell you there" holding pattern, maybe "Dr. Dunk" Hillman 29. "Something's very famously wore one DOWN wrong," jocularly 30. Shortest element 30. UNESCO World 33. Queen of the boot? 1. Creatures whose eye Heritage Site featuring 37. "Au contraire!" sockets are on the top adobe houses in New 39. Stoics and such of their skulls Mexico 40. Shrug equivalent 2. They've run before 31. Tourist spot? 41. R&B singer who co- they could get caught 32. Stay on wrote Mario's #1 hit 3. "Basically, yeah" 34. Where you might see "Let Me Love You" 4. Big thing to box in ABBA featured twice? 42. Tiny songbird 5. Certain wedding 35. Gathered dirt from resembling a lark (the dress, informally 36. Frustrating word is acceptable in 6. Really nice things to 37. Purple _____ Spelling Bee, so it say about people (another name for the can't be THAT obscure) 7. Southwest plane's Filipino staple food 45. It's worth 38-Down, potential obstacle? ube) sometimes 8. Variety of myrtle 38. See 45-Across 47. Spicy bar snack used as an ornamental 43. "We're clear" 49. "We don't know when 9. Analogues of gurus 44. Feature of some yet" 10. "An example of that thongs 54. Stretching out more is...?" 45. Style with a flare than anything 11. It's great to have 46. One may be dismissed 55. It gives you a leg an ace in the hole in 48. Midway "neighbor"
to stand on this 49. Thorny spot 56. Benefit for one who 12. Word becoming its 50. Brand that has came late opposite when its partnered with Nielsen 58. Where bread may be consonants are changed to share viewer habits exchanged for rye to M's 51. "Pssssh" 59. Half of all perfect 17. Question to an ER 52. "My dude" squares doctor 53. Certainly, in 60. Magazine with the 20. One end of the British slang tagline "Travelers who longest-ever domestic 57. One might catch you care" commercial airline when hidden

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

Freestyle 851 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ D │ O │ R │ S │ A │ L │▐█▌│ Y │ A │ S │ S │▐█▌│ G │ S │ T │ 1. Coming out ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ from the back │ R │ H │ U │ M │ B │ A │▐█▌│ O │ N │ T │ H │ E │ I │ C │ E │ 7. "Whoo- ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hoo!!!" │ A │ B │ B │ A │ C │ Y │▐█▌│ U │ C │ L │ A │ B │ L │ U │ E │ 11. NASA std. ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ based at the │ G │ U │ S │▐█▌│ S │ L │ I │ C │ E │▐█▌│ Q │ B │ E │ R │ T │ Prime Meridian ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. 1930s music │ S │ T │ I │ M │▐█▌│ A │ N │ A │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ A │ V │ E │ craze among ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ American big │ H │ I │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│ A │ T │ T │▐█▌│ A │ D │ D │ E │ R │ bands ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Executing a │ O │ D │ I │ O │ U │ S │▐█▌│ C │ R │ O │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ power play, say ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ 17. Local │ W │ O │ N │ D │ E │ R │ W │ H │ Y │ T │ H │ A │ T │ I │ S │ religious ├───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ office │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ V │ A │ I │ O │▐█▌│ S │ E │ D │ U │ C │ E │ 18. Official ├43─┼44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ school color │ B │ O │ W │ I │ E │▐█▌│ N │ N │ E │▐█▌│ D │ A │ B │ A │ T │ that goes with ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ Westwood Gold │ I │ N │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ Q │ E │ D │▐█▌│ S │ A │ N │ D │ 19. _____ ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ Johnson, │ T │ E │ P │ I │ D │▐█▌│ L │ U │ G │ E │ R │▐█▌│ M │ T │ A │ sportscaster ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ known for his │ E │ P │ I │ S │ O │ D │ E │ I │▐█▌│ L │ O │ C │ U │ S │ T │ energetic ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ commentary │ M │ I │ N │ I │ D │ I │ S │ C │▐█▌│ T │ O │ A │ T │ E │ E │ 20. One may ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ leave you among │ E │ N │ G │▐█▌│ O │ M │ S │ K │▐█▌│ A │ D │ F │ E │ E │ S │ the trees └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. Classic
1980s video game whose 59. Pilot, maybe in a row, maybe more name is spelled with an 61. Cause of some 13. Have one's weight asterisk historical famines shift rapidly, in a way 23. Coping mechanism for 63. Old Sony medium that 16. Made more room on the neurodivergent was made to succeed the the beach? 25. Collections of folk cassette tape 21. With 24-Down, not to tales, say 64. Bang on be bothered 26. Drip line spot 65. You're reading it 24. See 21-Down 27. Lean in front of, now: Abbr. 28. Number of sides for maybe 66. City about 300 miles "un nonágono" 29. The record for the north of Astana 30. Hampered one's most by a QB in a single 67. Big ones are movement, in a way NCAA football game is 94 commanded for the Super 32. Title from the Latin (!): Abbr. Bowl for "elder": Abbr. 30. Reptile causing 34. Shootout lead-ins, discombobulated dread? DOWN briefly 31. Easy to revile 36. Still outside 33. Lyle, in a 1. Event that may 37. Seconds at the bar?: children's book, feature lots of disco Abbr. informally and dance music 38. Large musical 35. "Gee, what could the 2. Cheeky reply to "You obstruction reason be...?" couldn't possibly!" 39. Obscure comment? 41. Computer brand that 3. Adds salt, but not to 40. They're fixed with started under Sony's taste? some reservations ownership 4. Not great, to a Scot 43. "...and the horse 42. Draw badly? 5. Elemental stuff you rode in on!" 43. Singer who altered 6. Addressee of the 44. Corner of a his birth name to his classic rock lyric triangular array stage name to avoid "Please don't say we'll 45. Dusting, say confusion with a member never find a way" 46. Ham's intro
of the Monkees 7. "Boy, I don't even 48. Leads to the crown 47. 12:45, essentially: have to explain 52. Its first logo was Abbr. anything!" the words "Speed, 49. Try to absorb, say 8. What covers issue Safety, Comfort" in a 50. Not just playing after issue? triangle spoiler 9. Central U.S. airport 55. Not the best adapter 51. Made to leave, that was the hub for TWA 57. _____ screen (church briefly 10. Very well-built partition that features 53. Take a little off athlete whose name a crucifix) the top sounds like he wasn't 60. Romantic, in a way 54. Obviously not well-built? 62. Amenity at some straight out of the oven 11. Land east of the large corporate 56. One going belly-up? Jordan River in the buildings, informally 58. _____ Bridges and Bible
Tunnels (public agency) 12. One taking two turns

--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +19°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 852 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ U │ L │ T │ A │ N │ A │ G │ R │ A │ P │ E │ S │ 1. Fruits named ├───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for a royal │▐█▌│ O │ H │ S │ A │ Y │ C │ A │ N │ Y │ O │ U │ S │ E │ E │ 14. First thing ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ heard after │ S │ W │ E │ E │ T │ R │ E │ D │ E │ M │ P │ T │ I │ O │ N │ rising, maybe ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Ultra- │ P │ E │ R │ S │ E │▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ S │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ satisfying ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼22─┼23─┤ comeback from │ A │ D │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ A │ R │ R │▐█▌│ S │ E │ D │ G │ E │ abject failure ├───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 16. Excluding │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ S │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ C │ extraneous ├───┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ influences │▐█▌│ G │ A │ R │ A │ G │ E │ M │ E │ C │ H │ A │ N │ I │ C │ 17. Complex ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ manager, often │ W │ E │ V │ E │ G │ O │ T │ A │ G │ O │ O │ D │ O │ N │ E │ 18. One may be ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ able to sue │ A │ N │ G │ R │ Y │ N │ E │ I │ G │ H │ B │ O │ R │ S │▐█▌│ under it for ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ not being │ L │ O │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ provided ├39─┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ Braille │ K │ A │ S │ H │ I │▐█▌│ S │ O │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ I │ N │ materials, for ├───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ short │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ M │ S │ O │ R │ E │▐█▌│ M │ O │ A │ N │ A │ 19. Actress who ├52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ asked Wilder's │ I │ S │ T │ H │ A │ T │ A │ L │ L │ F │ O │ R │ N │ O │ W │ character for a ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "roll in ze │ N │ E │ W │ A │ G │ E │ M │ O │ V │ E │ M │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│ hay" in "Young ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Frankenstein" │ S │ T │ A │ T │ E │ M │ I │ N │ E │ R │ A │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 20. Relative of └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ a rush
24. Org. that Big Gay Al Ragnarök" 29. Solstice d'_____ was unjustly barred from 5. Penn Station is on 30. It comes a little participating in, in a its route before 29-Down "South Park" episode 6. Major figure in the 31. Source of all 26. Fictional creature downfall of the Chevy dinosaurs whose name is derived Corvair 32. Fish also known as from the Latin name for 7. "And soon I heard a silver salmon the god of the roaring wind / It did 33. Cutting implements underworld not come _____" ("The for making gears 27. Bug fixer, maybe Rime of the Ancient 34. Big upsets 35. "This game is so Mariner") 35. With 52-Down, some exciting!" 8. See 9-Down unscheduled appearances 36. They may be put off 9. They may be suspended 40. It's played by a
by parties in 8-Down foot 37. Time off to deal 10. Not this or that, in 41. Graphic display with personal matters, French 42. "You're not alone" maybe: Abbr. 11. What goes up when 43. Popular women's 38. Org. in "The Catcher things get blown up, sweater makeup of the Was a Spy" briefly 1950s 39. Onetime maker of 7 12. Legally, sexual 44. Try to get some Whole Grain Puffs cereal orientation has been a answers 42. Makes green quickly factor in it since 2020: 45. Engagement 45. Organizational aid Abbr. announcement once meant 48. "Things are very 13. Over whom a veep to give the public the uncomfortable" presides: Abbr. chance to raise legal 50. 2016 title film 14. Needed to fork over objections to the character whose name 15. Where to get some marriage translates to "ocean" special treatment 46. Tied up at the 52. "Done?" 19. Don't down moment, maybe? 56. People often effectively, to say the 47. "Pass" meditate in it least 49. Academic letters 57. Some rock symbols 21. Buyer of influence, 50. Whose collection
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +24°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 853 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ H │ I │ T │ E │▐█▌│ E │ D │ I │ T │▐█▌│ U │ S │ D │ A │ 1. Utter ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ rubbish, to a │ E │ A │ T │ I │ N │▐█▌│ G │ A │ B │ E │▐█▌│ N │ A │ A │ N │ Brit ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. One may be │ T │ H │ A │ T │ D │ O │ G │ W │ O │ N │ T │ H │ U │ N │ T │ made for radio ├───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Chop │▐█▌│ A │ L │ L │ G │ A │ S │ N │ O │ B │ R │ A │ K │ E │ S │ checker, ├───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ E │ A │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ K │ E │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Make use of ├───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┤ one's range, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ M │ E │ A │ R │▐█▌│ S │ E │ D │ A │ T │ E │ say ├30─┼31─┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "The │ A │ S │ S │▐█▌│ E │ S │ C │ O │ R │ T │▐█▌│ M │ U │ R │ K │ Office" ├36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ character who │ C │ H │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ L │ O │ O │▐█▌│ R │ E │ R │ I │ G │ yells, "Shut up ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ about the sun!" │ H │ O │ S │ T │▐█▌│ P │ U │ M │ B │ A │ A │▐█▌│ A │ B │ S │ 16. Kebab go- ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ with │ Y │ O │ H │ O │ H │ O │▐█▌│ S │ E │ D │ G │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "Fat chance ├───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ it'll work" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ A │ P │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ O │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 20. "I'm never ├52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┤ gonna slow │ P │ I │ C │ K │ L │ I │ N │ G │ L │ I │ Q │ U │ I │ D │▐█▌│ down!" ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┤ 21. They may be │ A │ D │ D │ T │ O │ C │ A │ R │ T │ B │ U │ T │ T │ O │ N │ unanimous ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Newly │ T │ E │ R │ I │▐█▌│ O │ K │ E │ D │▐█▌│ I │ R │ U │ L │ E │ whetted ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Bad thing │ H │ A │ S │ P │▐█▌│ N │ E │ W │ S │▐█▌│ T │ Y │ P │ E │ O │ to do in a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ campaign
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Freestyle 854 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ A │ G │ S │▐█▌│ F │ T │ W │▐█▌│ M │ R │ M │ A │ C │ H │ O │ 1. High bar ├14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ members: Abbr. │ S │ O │ T │ H │ E │ R │ E │▐█▌│ G │ E │ E │ K │ O │ U │ T │ 4. "...is ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ frickin' │ K │ D │ R │ A │ M │ A │ S │▐█▌│ M │ A │ R │ I │ N │ E │ S │ awesome!", ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ online │ T │ I │ A │ R │ A │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ R │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 7. Rambo type ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┤ 14. "Hah... ya │ O │ V │ I │ D │▐█▌│ H │ W │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ D │ A │ like that?!" ├───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Freak for │▐█▌│ A │ N │ K │ H │▐█▌│ I │ O │ S │▐█▌│ M │ I │ N │ E │ D │ "Star Wars", ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ W │ N │ O │ T │ S │ O │ M │ U │ C │ H │ 17. TV shows ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ like "Squid │ I │ G │ N │ O │ R │ E │ W │ H │ A │ T │ I │ S │ A │ I │ D │ Game", ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ E │ D │ U │ C │ A │ T │ I │ O │ N │ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. President ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┤ Truman │ D │ A │ N │ K │ E │▐█▌│ N │ O │ N │▐█▌│ T │ R │ E │ F │▐█▌│ infamously ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┤ wrote that they │ S │ Y │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ E │ T │▐█▌│ I │ N │ R │ E │ "have a ├───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ propaganda │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ L │ M │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ B │ O │ D │ E │ S │ machine that is ├58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ almost equal to │ N │ O │ N │ O │ T │ M │ E │▐█▌│ A │ P │ L │ U │ S │ E │ S │ Stalin's" (he ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ quickly │ D │ I │ S │ C │ G │ U │ N │▐█▌│ P │ O │ T │ S │ I │ Z │ E │ apologized when ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┤ it went public) │ A │ L │ E │ K │ E │ G │ S │▐█▌│ E │ N │ S │▐█▌│ T │ E │ X │ 19. They may └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ have several
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Freestyle 855 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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│ I │ L │ S │ A │▐█▌│ B │ I │ A │ N │ C │ O │▐█▌│ P │ S │ Y │ 1. Main ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ character in │ D │ E │ C │ A │▐█▌│ O │ N │ L │ O │ A │ N │▐█▌│ I │ K │ E │ the 1998 book ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ "As Time Goes │ O │ D │ O │ R │▐█▌│ V │ A │ P │ O │ R │ T │ I │ N │ I │ S │ By" ├───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. What a bride │▐█▌│ U │ U │ P │▐█▌│ I │ W │ I │ N │▐█▌│ H │ A │ T │ H │ A │ wears, in Bari ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 11. He taught │ P │ C │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ N │▐█▌│ G │ E │ N │ O │ A │ N │ fellow ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┤ countryman │ I │ T │ L │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ L │ E │ C │▐█▌│ S │ T │ D │ then-UN head ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ Ban Ki-moon │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ U │ M │ S │ I │ T │ U │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ some dance ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ moves upon │ H │ O │ W │ D │ I │ D │ I │ N │ O │ T │ S │ E │ E │ I │ T │ meeting him in ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 2012 │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ E │ A │ S │ O │ N │ O │ P │ E │ N │ E │ R │ 14. Icosa- ├41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ halved │ M │ S │ M │▐█▌│ G │ L │ O │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ N │ E │ 15. Out with an ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ expectation of │ T │ H │ E │ C │ F │ L │▐█▌│ B │ A │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ V │ S │ return ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Role in the │ N │ I │ N │ E │ R │▐█▌│ C │ O │ P │ T │▐█▌│ I │ V │ Y │▐█▌│ 1993 film ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┤ "What's Love │ D │ N │ A │ L │ I │ B │ R │ A │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ M │ A │ Y │ I │ Got to Do with ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ It" │ E │ T │ C │▐█▌│ E │ M │ E │ R │ I │ L │▐█▌│ E │ T │ O │ N │ 17. Leak ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ giveaway │ W │ O │ E │▐█▌│ D │ I │ D │ D │ L │ E │▐█▌│ D │ E │ U │ S │ 18. Cocktails └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ that are
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Freestyle 857 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ A │ M │ P │ S │▐█▌│ L │ I │ N │ E │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ R │ E │ 1. They're for ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ the people in │ M │ A │ I │ N │ T │ E │ N │ A │ N │ C │ E │ F │ R │ E │ E │ the back ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Schedule's │ I │ N │ T │ U │ I │ T │ I │ V │ E │ E │ A │ T │ I │ N │ G │ first slot ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. It's │ O │ S │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│ T │ E │ M │▐█▌│ S │ H │ I │ E │ S │ positioned ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ before position │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ L │ A │ P │ I │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 13. Like some ├───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┤ townhome or │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ H │ A │ S │▐█▌│ E │ L │ T │ O │ R │ O │ condo ├───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ properties │▐█▌│ S │ E │ I │ D │ E │ L │▐█▌│ D │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ W │ E │ D │ 17. Diet ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ regimen that │ V │ O │ T │ E │ A │ Y │ E │▐█▌│ E │ B │ W │ H │ I │ T │ E │ relies on cues ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from one's own │ F │ D │ A │▐█▌│ M │ E │ D │▐█▌│ M │ O │ O │ R │ E │ D │▐█▌│ body to ├40─┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ determine │ W │ A │ L │ L │ S │ T │▐█▌│ D │ I │ D │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ what's best ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ (imagine that!) │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ C │ I │ D │ I │ T │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ B │ 18. Orange ├48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ tribe? │ S │ A │ L │ V │ O │▐█▌│ A │ N │ A │▐█▌│ B │ W │ A │ N │ A │ 19. Shortening ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in a US Senate │ C │ H │ E │ A │ T │ I │ N │ G │ S │ C │ A │ N │ D │ A │ L │ title ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Jumps back │ T │ H │ I │ S │ T │ A │ K │ E │ S │ M │ E │ B │ A │ C │ K │ 21. Platform ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ known as │ V │ H │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ D │ E │ A │▐█▌│ A │ R │ T │ Y │ Hyundai Comboy └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ in Korea, for
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Freestyle 858 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ A │ M │ P │ E │ R │ E │▐█▌│ T │ S │ W │ I │ Z │ Z │ L │ E │ 1. Formulator ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of an equation │ M │ I │ L │ I │ E │ U │▐█▌│ E │ A │ R │ T │ O │ E │ A │ R │ for attractive ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ force between │ P │ L │ A │ N │ A │ R │▐█▌│ T │ I │ E │ S │ O │ N │ T │ O │ two wires ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ carrying │ S │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ M │ O │ D │ E │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ H │ S │ currents ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. "Evermore" │ U │ N │ U │ M │▐█▌│ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ T │ A │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Grammy winner's ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┤ nickname │ P │ O │ P │ I │ D │ O │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ A │ R │ S │ 15. What's ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ around you │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ T │ U │ A │ T │ I │ O │ N │ M │ A │ P │ 16. Like a ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ broad beam │ T │ A │ L │ K │ T │ E │ X │ T │ A │ N │ D │ D │ A │ T │ A │ 17. Having no ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ depth, in a way │ S │ P │ L │ I │ T │ S │ E │ C │ O │ N │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Hooks with ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ 19. What you │ N │ E │ C │ C │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ S │ O │ R │ R │ Y │ don't do when ├───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ there's some │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ K │ S │ U │▐█▌│ R │ N │ S │▐█▌│ N │ E │ V │ A │ surprise? ├52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ 20. See 21-Down │ I │ C │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ R │ E │ M │ E │ D │▐█▌│ P │ A │ M │ 22. What you ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ hear from a │ T │ E │ N │ S │ P │ E │ E │ D │▐█▌│ N │ E │ P │ A │ L │ I │ group that gets ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it │ C │ D │ B │ U │ R │ N │ E │ R │▐█▌│ S │ E │ L │ S │ U │ N │ 23. Cent "one" ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25. │ H │ E │ Y │ B │ U │ D │ D │ Y │▐█▌│ E │ M │ O │ T │ E │ D │ "Excitebike" └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ runner
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Freestyle 859 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ L │ I │ M │ J │ I │ M │▐█▌│ F │ E │ L │ I │ N │ E │ S │ 1. Tool to ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ break in │ L │ S │ D │ T │ A │ B │ S │▐█▌│ A │ C │ A │ D │ E │ M │ E │ without ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ breaking │ I │ H │ E │ L │ P │ E │ D │▐█▌│ J │ O │ C │ K │ T │ A │ X │ 8. The fastest ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ ones are always │ C │ A │ V │▐█▌│ E │ X │ E │ F │ I │ L │ E │▐█▌│ G │ I │ T │ spotted ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "Keys" to │ E │ P │ I │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ T │ A │ L │ I │ enlightenment, ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for some │ R │ E │ C │ A │ P │▐█▌│ R │ N │ A │▐█▌│ P │ R │ I │ M │ P │ 16. Field in ├───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ which many │▐█▌│ D │ E │ R │ A │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ U │ N │ E │ S │ become ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bachelors │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ I │ D │ E │▐█▌│ M │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "You didn't ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┤ do all the │ B │ G │ I │ R │ L │ S │▐█▌│ K │ I │ N │ G │ R │ O │ W │▐█▌│ work" ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┤ 18. It's taken │ I │ O │ T │ A │ S │▐█▌│ R │ N │ C │▐█▌│ Y │ I │ K │ E │ S │ from a pro ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ athlete's │ G │ O │ S │ S │▐█▌│ S │ E │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ A │ N │ A │ income from ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ games played │ L │ G │ A │▐█▌│ H │ I │ V │ E │ O │ F │ F │▐█▌│ Y │ O │ W │ outside their ├54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ home city or │ O │ O │ H │ N │ I │ C │ E │▐█▌│ P │ A │ R │ E │ N │ T │ S │ state ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Pro in the │ S │ N │ I │ F │ F │ E │ R │▐█▌│ I │ C │ E │ D │ O │ M │ E │ same city as a ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Brown, │ S │ E │ T │ T │ I │ M │ E │▐█▌│ G │ E │ T │ S │ W │ E │ T │ informally └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Many a
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to pass it 58. Tool that detects 28. Castle building aids 26. They bear almost gas leaks 30. Hank Hill's wife on your entire body weight 59. Glacier with a "King of the Hill" 27. It hits the convex surface 32. One may sneak in for highlights 60. It can't be moved them: Abbr. 29. Viral base, later 33. Risked extra sometimes 61. Showers, e.g. charges, in a way 30. Get looking nice 35. Bit of a ham? 31. Lowers the allowed DOWN 36. It's very hard to working capacity of, as replace
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Freestyle 860 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ E │ C │ C │ E │▐█▌│ C │ U │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ P │ O │ T │ S │ 1. "Look at ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ that, Caesar!" │ G │ O │ A │ B │ O │ A │ R │ D │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ P │ O │ T │ 5. It should be ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a lot more │ G │ Y │ M │ B │ U │ N │ N │ Y │▐█▌│ P │ A │ R │ T │ L │ Y │ subtle than ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "HEY YOU! SAY │ O │ O │ P │ S │ I │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ E │ R │ V │ I │ D │▐█▌│ SOMETHING!" ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┤ 8. Metaphor for │ I │ T │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ K │ U │ N │ K │▐█▌│ M │ A │ R │ one's ingrained ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┤ nature, in an │ L │ E │ I │ F │▐█▌│ W │ H │ E │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ A │ L │ E │ idiom ├───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Get on │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ E │ N │ I │ U │ S │ L │ E │ V │ E │ L │ I │ Q │ 15. Like some ├33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ meals made in │ D │ O │ N │ T │ G │ E │ T │ S │ T │ R │ E │ S │ S │ E │ D │ pressure ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ cookers │ R │ A │ T │ I │ O │ N │ A │ L │ A │ G │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Type who ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼40─┤ obsesses over │ A │ T │ A │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ E │ N │ S │▐█▌│ O │ R │ C │ A │ presses, maybe ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ 17. Not 100% │ B │ C │ C │▐█▌│ S │ P │ A │ R │ K │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ M │ T │ 18. "Didn't ├───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ mean that!" │▐█▌│ A │ T │ P │ L │ A │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ O │ A │ T │ I │ T │ 19. Zealous ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "A little" │ A │ K │ I │ T │ A │ S │▐█▌│ B │ E │ E │ R │ M │ E │ N │ U │ Spanish ending ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. One putting │ P │ E │ C │ A │ N │ S │▐█▌│ S │ P │ A │ C │ E │ G │ U │ N │ out 26-Down ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ sprays │ P │ S │ S │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ I │ R │▐█▌│ N │ Y │ S │ E │ 23. Devalue └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ some
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 861 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ P │ I │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ T │ H │ E │ B │ E │ S │ T │ 1. See ├14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 42-Across │ A │ C │ A │ D │▐█▌│ P │ O │ K │ E │ R │ C │ O │ A │ C │ H │ 4. "Nothing ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ better!" │ S │ A │ R │ I │▐█▌│ A │ C │ I │ D │ T │ O │ N │ G │ U │ E │ 14. Offerer of ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ a specialized │ S │ N │ U │ C │ K │▐█▌│ K │ I │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ B │ S │ program: Abbr. ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ 16. One might │ O │ T │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ B │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ E │ tell you the ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ best times to │ F │ L │ O │ R │ A │▐█▌│ E │ G │ R │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ check ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ 17. Mother │ F │ O │ R │▐█▌│ M │ R │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ E │ T │ I │ S │ H │ Teresa's habit ├38─┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ was one │ A │ S │ U │ N │ D │ E │ R │▐█▌│ B │ I │ E │ N │ N │ I │ A │ 18. Sarcastic ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ quality │ S │ E │ N │ S │ E │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ T │ M │▐█▌│ S │ T │ L │ 19. Took under ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ cover, say │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ G │ S │ T │ Y │▐█▌│ S │ H │ E │ A │ F │ 21. Raised one ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Quinceañera │ U │ M │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ A │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ E │ R │ T │ A │ honorees, ├54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ essentially │ N │ A │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ E │ S │▐█▌│ O │ A │ T │ H │ S │ 23. The ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ Labrador │ G │ O │ T │ T │ H │ E │ S │ N │ I │ P │▐█▌│ T │ K │ O │ S │ Retriever's ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ tail is said to │ A │ R │ E │ Y │ O │ U │ H │ I │ G │ H │▐█▌│ S │ E │ M │ I │ resemble its ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┤ tail │ G │ I │ R │ L │ F │ R │ I │ E │ N │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ E │ T │ 24. Setting for └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Willa Cather's
"O Pioneers!": Abbr. represented by sequences 15. The Slap Chop of 26. Charlotte of of punctuation marks infomercial fame, e.g. "McMillan & Wife" 59. Cut off one's kids? 20. "The Honeymooners" 27. Nursery stock 63. Decisions that may family name 28. Something shown in a be made by doctors, 25. Go appropriately flight attendant's briefly with safety demonstration 64. "That's the most 28. Occupational ending 31. Word with once or nonsensical idea I've 29. "That's how it rent ever heard!" looks" 32. Square in a field, 65. Big honker? 30. Place to get out of for short 66. To whom you might the car: Abbr. 34. Subject of some NSFW say "boo" 33. Term of authority subreddits 67. "Not as of now, 35. Home neighbor, often 38. Way to tear anyways" 36. Lack a date, say something 37. Don't exactly go 40. Some mayors' terms DOWN all-out 41. One with an 39. For which IBM apprentice called an 1. Misrepresent to be developed the Lucifer "uchi-deshi" 2. "It's a good thing no algorithm in 1971 42. With 1-Across, matter what" 40. Animal sound or capital code? 3. Dash inspired by an animal color 43. Where the Lewis and anime 45. Doesn't stay in Clark expedition started 4. Sam Adams' Fenway one's shell, in a way and ended: Abbr. Faithful, e.g. 46. One word used to 44. Like many teen 5. Sound that rhymes describe the bikini in a dramas with its source 1960 hit song 47. Bound-together straw 6. One might choose a 48. Gets ready to eat, 49. First name in the diamond for it maybe credits of "The Truth 7. Singer/songwriter 49. Let talk again About Cats & Dogs" Ryan of OneRepublic 50. Whence the word (1996) 8. Treatment for those "taro" 52. "_____-body" (Robert with gender dysphoria, 51. Flower named for its Burns poem) briefly shape 53. Company that 9. Start caring about 55. Sign-off letters constantly uses lying to nature? 57. Stop, one might say boost their brand image? 10. Common thing 60. It recognizes all- 54. He added the goatee 11. What one may be to time greats: Abbr.
to Uncle Sam please 61. Its union was estd. 56. "That's awesome!" 12. Need to go under in 1993 58. They might be 13. The closer things 62. High school degree

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

Freestyle 862 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 863 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ W │ E │ E │▐█▌│ P │ S │ Y │ O │ P │▐█▌│ A │ S │ C │ O │ T │ 1. Not long ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from end to end │ E │ M │ T │▐█▌│ O │ P │ E │ N │ L │ E │ T │ T │ E │ R │ S │ 4. Propaganda ├17─┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ that gets in │ L │ A │ H │ D │ I │ F │ R │ E │ A │ K │ I │ N │ D │ A │ H │ your head, ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ informally │ L │ I │ N │ E │ N │ S │▐█▌│ P │ I │ E │ L │▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │ 9. Fashion ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┤ analogue to a │ F │ L │ O │ A │ T │▐█▌│ G │ A │ N │ D │ T │▐█▌│ T │ O │ P │ pussycat bow ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. One │ I │ B │ N │▐█▌│ D │ B │ A │ G │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ O │ R │ E │ sometimes ├29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ working on │ N │ O │ Y │ O │ U │ A │ R │ E │▐█▌│ P │ E │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ breaks ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ 15. Public │ E │ X │ M │ A │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ U │ N │ L │ A │ M │ P │ calls to ├───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ action, maybe │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ Y │ R │▐█▌│ F │ I │ R │ E │ S │ C │ A │ R │ 17. "Well, ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ aren't you │ A │ N │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│ H │ U │ E │ special!" ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. They go on │ D │ O │ H │▐█▌│ G │ L │ E │ N │ S │▐█▌│ G │ L │ I │ N │ T │ the table ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Any of a │ L │ S │ U │▐█▌│ R │ U │ F │ F │▐█▌│ S │ E │ E │ N │ A │ T │ trio of ├53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Brooklyn │ I │ T │ S │ G │ O │ N │ N │ A │ G │ E │ T │ U │ G │ L │ Y │ brewing ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ brothers who │ B │ E │ L │ L │ I │ G │ E │ R │ A │ T │ I │▐█▌│ L │ O │ O │ founded a ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┤ classic lager │ S │ P │ Y │ O │ N │▐█▌│ R │ E │ L │ I │ C │▐█▌│ Y │ A │ K │ brand └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Request in
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +18°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 864 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ B │ A │ S │ I │ S │▐█▌│ I │ N │ D │ U │ S │▐█▌│ O │ V │ A │ 1. Frequency ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ 6. River in │ A │ N │ O │ D │ E │▐█▌│ N │ E │ W │ M │ E │▐█▌│ T │ E │ L │ whose valley ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┤ the ancient │ I │ T │ F │ E │ L │ T │ G │ R │ E │ A │ T │▐█▌│ T │ R │ I │ Mohenjo-daro ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ settlement was │ L │ E │ A │ D │ F │ O │ O │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│ D │ A │ N │ E │ located ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 11. Where │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ T │ S │ B │▐█▌│ I │ O │ W │ A │ N │ people come ├24─┼25─┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from, in part │ T │ U │ R │ N │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ N │ A │ L │ S │ 14. One end of ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a charger │ I │ N │ T │ E │ R │ E │ S │ T │ F │ R │ E │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. See 27-Down ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ 16. One may │ T │ H │ E │ W │ E │ A │ T │ H │ E │ R │ S │ G │ O │ O │ D │ require an ├───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ extension, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ O │ U │ R │ E │ N │ O │ S │ A │ I │ N │ T │ briefly ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "So │ C │ A │ M │ E │ O │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ E │ L │ D │ O │ F │ cathartic!" ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. _____ suit │ A │ R │ I │ A │ S │▐█▌│ B │ A │ B │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ (certain ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┼52─┼53─┤ athletic wear, │ S │ C │ A │ R │▐█▌│ G │ E │ T │ I │ N │ A │ H │ O │ L │ E │ informally) ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Given to │ T │ A │ M │▐█▌│ O │ U │ T │ L │ E │ T │ C │ O │ V │ E │ R │ sailing ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. One living │ U │ N │ O │▐█▌│ A │ L │ T │ A │ R │▐█▌│ I │ H │ E │ A │ R │ by the concept ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of "hygge", a │ P │ E │ R │▐█▌│ R │ L │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ D │ O │ R │ K │ S │ sense of └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ convivial
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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +16°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 865 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ B │ I │ T │ C │ H │ T │ O │▐█▌│ S │ T │ R │ E │ A │ K │ Y │ 1. Use as a ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sounding board │ A │ M │ R │ A │ D │ I │ O │▐█▌│ C │ H │ E │ L │ S │ E │ A │ 8. Hot, but ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ only │ C │ H │ A │ L │ L │ A │ H │▐█▌│ R │ E │ L │ A │ C │ E │ S │ occasionally ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Lower- │ N │ O │ S │ E │▐█▌│ S │ I │ T │ A │ T │▐█▌│ L │ I │ P │ S │ frequency ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ medium │ E │ P │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ O │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ 16. New York ├───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ City area where │▐█▌│ I │ C │ K │▐█▌│ B │ R │ I │ B │ E │▐█▌│ S │ C │ H │▐█▌│ the ZIP code ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┤ 10001 is │ I │ N │ O │ N │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ L │ L │ S │▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ E │ assigned ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Salted │ O │ G │ L │ E │▐█▌│ T │ A │ L │ E │ S │▐█▌│ Y │ A │ L │ E │ holiday ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┤ offering │ T │ I │ L │ E │▐█▌│ E │ L │ U │ D │ E │▐█▌│ E │ R │ I │ S │ 18. Prevents ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ from causing a │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ G │ H │ trip, in a way ├───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. It's │▐█▌│ W │ C │ S │▐█▌│ A │ C │ T │ I │ V │▐█▌│ I │ C │ H │▐█▌│ pointed up to ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┤ take off │ T │ O │ T │ E │▐█▌│ S │ A │ R │ G │ E │▐█▌│ A │ T │ T │ N │ 20. Occupy for ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ dinner, say │ T │ R │ O │ T │▐█▌│ T │ R │ A │ N │ S │▐█▌│ M │ E │ S │ A │ 22. They may ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ get colored │ O │ K │ R │ A │▐█▌│ R │ E │ T │ A │ P │▐█▌│ B │ R │ O │ S │ with sticks ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Book │ P │ S │ S │ T │▐█▌│ A │ D │ E │ L │ A │▐█▌│ I │ S │ N │ T │ supposedly └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ written by St.
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Freestyle 866 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ B │ R │ I │ T │ A │ W │ A │ R │ D │▐█▌│ M │ O │ P │ U │ P │ 1. Album of the ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Year honor for │ L │ E │ N │ A │ R │ I │ V │ E │ R │▐█▌│ O │ B │ E │ S │ E │ Adele's "21", ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "25", and "30" │ I │ L │ L │ B │ E │ G │ O │ O │ D │▐█▌│ D │ O │ Z │ E │ N │ 10. Soak it all ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in? │ M │ E │ A │ L │▐█▌│ S │ W │ I │ R │ L │ I │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Feature ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┤ from which │ E │ N │ I │ A │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ F │▐█▌│ T │ A │ T │ Russia's first ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ president │ Y │ T │ D │▐█▌│ A │ R │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ C │ I │ L │ Y │ likely derived ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ his famous │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ S │ T │ A │ T │ E │ O │ V │ E │ R │ alias ├───┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Carrying │▐█▌│ W │ A │ N │ T │ S │ N │ O │ P │ A │ R │ T │ O │ F │▐█▌│ more than one ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ should │ T │ R │ I │ C │ K │ Y │ T │ R │ I │ C │ K │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "No ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┤ misbehaving, │ W │ E │ R │ E │ I │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ S │ B │ A │ swear to God" ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Apostles' │ A │ N │ Y │▐█▌│ L │ C │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ O │ K │ E │ D │ group, e.g. ├───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. You're │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ S │ A │ T │ I │ A │▐█▌│ P │ Y │ R │ O │ usually sitting ├55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ down for one │ G │ U │ T │ S │ Y │▐█▌│ Z │ O │ M │ B │ I │ E │ C │ A │ R │ 20. Immature ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ school prank in │ A │ P │ B │ I │ O │▐█▌│ E │ L │ A │ B │ O │ R │ A │ T │ E │ a bathroom ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. 1940s │ S │ N │ A │ F │ U │▐█▌│ S │ A │ M │ E │ N │ A │ M │ E │ S │ innovation that └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ had 18,000
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Freestyle 867 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ A │ M │ A │ S │▐█▌│ P │ U │ P │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ D │ D │ 1. Events where ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ posters pose │ P │ A │ S │ T │ E │ L │ H │ U │ E │▐█▌│ S │ E │ R │ V │ O │ questions ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. They're │ O │ K │ A │ Y │ M │ A │ Y │ B │ E │▐█▌│ H │ A │ R │ D │ G │ often littered ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. With │ P │ E │ N │▐█▌│ T │ I │ E │ G │ S │▐█▌│ I │ M │ A │ M │ S │ 52-Down, comic ├───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ who said, "We │▐█▌│ I │ A │ M │▐█▌│ T │ A │ R │ T │ A │ N │▐█▌│ T │ E │ A │ were poor. If I ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ wasn't a boy, I │ A │ T │ S │ E │ A │▐█▌│ H │ U │ A │ C │▐█▌│ S │ I │ N │ G │ wouldn't have ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ had nothing to │ P │ H │ I │ L │ I │ P │▐█▌│ B │ R │ E │ A │ K │ C │ U │ E │ play with" ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Lilac or │ R │ O │ D │ E │ O │ U │ T │▐█▌│ S │ I │ R │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ mint, e.g. ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼42─┤ 15. Regulator │ S │ T │ E │ E │ L │ T │ I │ P │▐█▌│ T │ E │ M │ P │ T │ S │ of velocity or ├───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ position on a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ S │ L │ E │ T │▐█▌│ S │ P │ O │ R │ E │ mechanical ├───┼46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ system │▐█▌│ L │ E │ D │ S │▐█▌│ E │ G │ O │ S │▐█▌│ S │ M │ E │ E │ 16. "Well, I ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┤ guess it's │ F │ I │ N │ E │▐█▌│ A │ S │ S │ U │ C │ H │▐█▌│ P │ B │ A │ fine" ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. One side of │ O │ R │ E │ M │ I │ N │ E │▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ H │ E │ L │ L │ the "GIF" ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ debate │ X │ A │ M │ O │ U │ N │ T │▐█▌│ E │ M │ P │ T │ I │ E │ S │ 18. You might ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ click to open │ X │ S │ A │ N │ D │ O │ S │▐█▌│ D │ O │ A │ S │ I │ D │ O │ it └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 19. Real-life
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Freestyle 868 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ R │ S │ V │ P │▐█▌│ B │ B │ W │▐█▌│ A │ W │ O │ L │ S │▐█▌│ 1. Aid in ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┤ planning a │ U │ N │ I │ T │▐█▌│ O │ A │ R │▐█▌│ S │ T │ R │ A │ T │ I │ party, in a way ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. "Pleasingly │ H │ O │ E │ S │▐█▌│ A │ B │ E │▐█▌│ T │ O │ A │ M │ A │ N │ plump" gal, for ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┤ short │ R │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ U │ N │ T │ O │▐█▌│ N │ I │ T │ S │ 8. They're gone ├24─┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from their │ O │ K │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│ S │ S │ H │▐█▌│ E │ G │ R │ E │ T │ 13-Across ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ 13. See │ H │ I │ A │ L │ E │ A │ H │▐█▌│ A │ S │ A │▐█▌│ A │ G │ O │ 8-Across ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. What a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ R │ K │ E │ T │ T │ R │ A │ D │ E │ R │ bowman wields ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. │ P │ O │ K │ E │ R │ H │ A │ L │ L │ O │ F │ F │ A │ M │ E │ Meteorological ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ features from │ G │ L │ A │ C │ I │ A │ L │ F │ L │ O │ U │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the Latin for ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ "layers" │ A │ D │ L │▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │▐█▌│ S │ P │ L │ I │ T │ I │ T │ 17. Certain ├47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ weed killers │ P │ L │ E │ B │ S │▐█▌│ D │ A │ H │▐█▌│ S │ N │ A │ F │ U │ 18. Five image ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┤ 19. Not just │ R │ I │ C │ A │▐█▌│ M │ Y │ G │ O │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ O │ N │ 80% or 90% ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Name that's │ O │ N │ H │ I │ R │ E │▐█▌│ A │ W │ E │▐█▌│ C │ O │ N │ N │ also a doo wop ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ syllable │ S │ E │ I │ Z │ E │ D │▐█▌│ M │ E │ N │▐█▌│ R │ U │ L │ E │ 21. Are in all ├───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Targets for │▐█▌│ S │ P │ E │ C │ S │▐█▌│ E │ M │ T │▐█▌│ T │ T │ Y │ L │ the detail- └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ oriented, to
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Freestyle 869 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ G │ L │ O │ V │ E │▐█▌│ G │ R │ A │ S │ S │ M │ A │ T │ S │ 1. Snow cover? ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. They're │ R │ O │ B │ E │ S │▐█▌│ Y │ A │ G │ O │ T │ T │ H │ A │ T │ rolled out to ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ simulate turf │ O │ U │ S │ T │ S │▐█▌│ M │ E │ E │ T │ I │ N │ G │ U │ P │ 15. Justice is ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ often delivered │ U │ S │ O │ T │ O │ U │ R │▐█▌│ D │ O │ M │▐█▌│ E │ P │ A │ in them ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "Capisce?" │ P │ Y │ L │ E │▐█▌│ S │ A │ A │ B │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ E │ E │ T │ 17. Boots to be ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ replaced │ S │ W │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ P │ E │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Gathering ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ 19. Some of its │ H │ I │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ S │ T │ I │ T │ C │ H │ audience spends ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ time in the │ O │ T │ C │ D │ R │ U │ G │▐█▌│ R │ A │ C │ E │ W │ A │ Y │ front ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. One in the │ T │ H │ E │ R │ E │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ O │ L │ D │ top position, ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ informally │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ D │ O │ R │ R │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ L │ R │ 22. Party to ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ air grievances? │ C │ L │ A │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ Y │ E │ D │▐█▌│ A │ P │ S │ O │ 23. Mechanic- ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ turned-Marine │ H │ O │ G │▐█▌│ A │ M │ C │▐█▌│ D │ E │ V │ K │ I │ T │ S │ on "The Andy ├59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Griffith Show" │ A │ I │ R │ P │ R │ O │ O │ F │ S │▐█▌│ A │ E │ R │ I │ E │ 24. Big name in ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ military jets │ F │ R │ E │ A │ K │ F │ O │ L │ K │▐█▌│ C │ L │ I │ M │ E │ 26. Raw ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ material for │ F │ E │ E │ L │ S │ O │ K │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ S │ A │ T │ E │ D │ some refineries └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 27. Home of
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Freestyle 870 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ L │ I │ S │ A │▐█▌│ I │ N │ C │ A │ S │ H │▐█▌│ I │ S │ T │ 1. Angelina's ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ "Girl, │ I │ N │ P │ R │ I │ N │ C │ I │ P │ L │ E │▐█▌│ T │ O │ E │ Interrupted" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ role │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ S │ O │ N │ E │ A │ T │▐█▌│ S │ S │ A │ 5. Without ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ credit, maybe │ H │ E │ Y │ Y │ O │ U │▐█▌│ N │ S │ W │▐█▌│ L │ A │ I │ C │ 11. Profession ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ finish │ O │ R │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ C │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ L │ M │ O │ 14. Generally, ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ not detail-wise │ S │ E │ D │ A │ N │▐█▌│ H │ M │ U │▐█▌│ D │ C │ U │ P │ S │ 16. Support for ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ one growing │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ O │ M │ E │ O │ N │ R │ E │ A │ L │ L │ Y │ taller? ├───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "Wow, │▐█▌│ B │ O │ T │ H │ C │ A │ N │ B │ E │ T │ R │ U │ E │▐█▌│ cool!" ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Largest │ T │ E │ N │ N │ I │ S │ P │ L │ A │ Y │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ U.S. govt. ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ program by │ H │ A │ S │ I │ T │▐█▌│ O │ I │ L │▐█▌│ R │ E │ S │ T │ S │ annual budget ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┤ 19. "Yeah... │ E │ R │ I │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Q │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ E │ T │ look at me" ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. St. founded │ I │ D │ L │ E │▐█▌│ C │ P │ U │▐█▌│ A │ L │ B │ E │ D │ O │ by the British ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ as a penal │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ C │ H │ E │ E │ R │ L │ E │ A │ D │ E │ R │ colony ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Like some │ W │ E │ N │▐█▌│ V │ I │ S │ U │ A │ L │ A │ L │ B │ U │ M │ choir members ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Metal, │ A │ T │ T │▐█▌│ S │ P │ O │ R │ T │ Y │▐█▌│ M │ Y │ M │ Y │ historically? └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. _____
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Freestyle 873 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 874 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ H │ O │ L │ E │ C │ A │ M │▐█▌│ S │ O │ W │▐█▌│ R │ S │ S │ 1. Invention ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ that │ A │ A │ A │ G │ A │ M │ E │▐█▌│ I │ M │ A │ M │ A │ T │ E │ revolutionized ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ poker │ S │ T │ O │ O │ D │ I │ N │▐█▌│ M │ A │ X │ I │ P │ A │ D │ broadcasting ├───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Agriculture- │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ E │ L │ F │ P │ R │ I │ M │ I │ N │ G │ related noun or ├21─┼22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ verb, depending │ P │ E │ E │ P │▐█▌│ S │ O │ I │ L │▐█▌│ N │ I │ E │ C │ E │ on its ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┤ pronunciation │ T │ R │ U │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ F │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ S │ 11. Aid in ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ reading news │ A │ I │ R │ R │ A │ I │ D │ S │ I │ R │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ updates, ├───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼───┤ briefly │▐█▌│ C │ O │ P │ Y │ C │ A │ T │ R │ E │ C │ I │ P │ E │▐█▌│ 14. One full of ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┤ major hopefuls? │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ H │ O │ U │ T │ A │ T │ T │ H │ E │ T │ V │ 15. Oman, from ├41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 751-1959 │ H │ I │ D │▐█▌│ I │ N │ G │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ N │ T │ A │ 17. Acted the ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ sub │ A │ N │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│ H │ A │ M │ S │▐█▌│ O │ D │ E │ S │ 18. Period ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ piece │ T │ A │ K │ E │ O │ U │ T │ M │ E │ N │ U │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. Like a pump ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼59─┼60─┤ that needs no │ A │ R │ I │ A │ D │ N │ E │▐█▌│ L │ O │ N │ G │ A │ R │ M │ human input to ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ start working │ C │ E │ N │ T │ A │ U │ R │▐█▌│ B │ U │ T │ A │ L │ A │ S │ 21. Feeble ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ report │ T │ A │ G │▐█▌│ D │ M │ S │▐█▌│ A │ T │ O │ M │ A │ N │ T │ 25. Foundation └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ engineer's
concern limbs opened in 1992) 26. One can be 24. Caught people, "fraternal" or "sororal" DOWN ideally 27. Gets straight 28. Request from a 29. They ideally have no 1. Can legally sell, say sibling not at a family missed calls 2. Stable food source gathering, maybe 31. It's lower in SD 3. The Mekong River's 30. Pressure point, in a 32. Prompt to find Thai-_____ Friendship sense shelter Bridge 33. All-timer 36. Imitation chicken, 4. A director often has 34. "Branches" of some say to manage at least one trees 39. Try to "influence" a 5. Not likely the 35. Sanskrit : namaste contestant, in a way monogamous types :: Mandarin : _____ 41. Tried not to show 6. Café date 37. Still be coming 44. Independence, participants 38. Kin of -cule Kansas' annual William 7. _____ Park, Facebook 40. Urological pathway _____ Theatre Festival headquarters locale 41. Oppressive 1732 45. One taking off and 8. Company-sponsored British fashion-related landing at a destination long-term financial colonial legislation with the code XMS, on savings plan 42. Like healthcare the Flightradar24 app 9. "Scarface" drug covered by insurance, 46. Inasmuch as, dealer played by F. likely quaintly Murray Abraham 43. Confusing on the ice 48. Smokers may turn 10. Creatures whose 47. Not all over the them out secretions are used to place 51. They show lots of make candles 49. Classical singer who appreciation 11. Implement for a took her stage name from 52. It's not to be used Renaissance duelist her home city
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Freestyle 875 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│ S │ O │ Y │ B │ E │ A │ N │ P │ O │ D │▐█▌│ G │ I │ T │ 1. Edamame bit ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┤ 11. "I don't │ W │ A │ K │ E │ A │ N │ D │ B │ A │ K │ E │▐█▌│ A │ D │ O │ wanna see ya!" ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┤ 14. Start the │ I │ T │ S │ A │ G │ O │ O │ D │ M │ I │ X │▐█▌│ S │ E │ P │ day on a high ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ note │ M │ I │ T │▐█▌│ S │ S │ R │▐█▌│ P │ E │ T │ S │ P │ A │ S │ 15. Reaction to ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an upsetting │ P │ R │ O │ B │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ H │ H │▐█▌│ E │ A │ R │ L │ E │ speech, say ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "I │ S │ E │ P │ A │ L │▐█▌│ S │ O │ L │ A │ R │ T │ I │ M │ E │ appreciate the ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ variety" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ U │ E │▐█▌│ W │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ C │ A │ D │ 17. Part of ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it's in fall, │ L │ I │ F │ T │ I │ E │ S │▐█▌│ T │ A │ U │ T │ E │ N │ S │ for some: Abbr. ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. One │ A │ C │ R │ E │▐█▌│ S │ K │ Y │▐█▌│ P │ H │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ employer of ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┤ World Wide Web │ B │ E │ E │ R │ T │ H │ I │ E │ F │▐█▌│ F │ L │ O │ S │ S │ inventor Tim ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ Berners-Lee │ S │ H │ E │ E │ R │▐█▌│ N │ H │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ U │ C │ A │ 19. Georgian ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼59─┼───┼60─┼───┼───┤ _____ │ C │ O │ R │ R │ U │ P │ T │▐█▌│ E │ I │ D │▐█▌│ T │ O │ Y │ 20. They may ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ look for some │ A │ L │ I │▐█▌│ D │ R │ O │ N │ E │ R │ A │ C │ E │ R │ S │ pointers for ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ grooming │ L │ E │ D │▐█▌│ G │ O │ N │ O │ C │ O │ N │ T │ A │ C │ T │ 22. Issue, ├67─┼───┼───┼───┼68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│ E │ M │ E │ R │ Y │ C │ L │ O │ T │ H │▐█▌│ 24. "I have my └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ reservations"
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 876 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ N │ E │ W │ T │ A │ B │▐█▌│ Q │ T │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ M │ I │ S │ 1. What ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ clicking on a + │ A │ N │ G │ O │ R │ A │▐█▌│ E │ R │ U │ P │ T │ I │ O │ N │ sign may get ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ you │ T │ E │ N │ N │ E │ R │▐█▌│ D │ I │ G │ I │ O │ R │ N │ O │ 7. They often ├───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ appear on │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ N │ T │ S │▐█▌│ B │ O │ N │ G │ R │ I │ P │ grocery ├22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ receipts: Abbr. │ M │ O │ M │ C │ A │ V │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ N │ O │ O │ Z │ E │ 11. Management ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┤ opening │ I │ C │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ L │ E │▐█▌│ R │ E │ S │ 14. Option for ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ a sweater │ C │ H │ A │ R │ A │ C │ T │ E │ R │ A │ R │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. In 1982, ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ British Airways │ D │ O │ N │ O │ T │ R │ E │ M │ O │ V │ E │ C │ A │ R │ D │ Flight 009 flew ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ through one and │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ H │ A │ T │ M │ U │ S │ T │ S │ U │ C │ K │ lost all four ├41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┤ engines, yet │ R │ I │ O │▐█▌│ E │ S │ S │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ A │ N │ was ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ miraculously │ U │ N │ H │ U │ N │ H │▐█▌│ D │ E │ T │ O │ X │ I │ F │ Y │ landed with no ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ injuries │ S │ U │ R │ P │ A │ S │ S │▐█▌│ S │ E │ H │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. Abe doubled ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼60─┤ 18. Delivery │ T │ R │ A │ D │ E │ I │ N │ S │▐█▌│ A │ M │ I │ B │ A │ D │ alternative? ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Some drive │ L │ E │ T │ O │ U │ T │ O │ F │▐█▌│ M │ A │ N │ I │ A │ S │ killers, ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ E │ D │ S │▐█▌│ M │ E │ O │ W │▐█▌│ O │ N │ G │ O │ A │ L │ 21. High hit? └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. Cousins of
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 877 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ S │ R │ S │▐█▌│ A │ N │ U │ S │▐█▌│ N │ O │ W │ I │ S │ E │ 1. Nothing to ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ LMAO about │ P │ O │ O │▐█▌│ M │ O │ P │ E │▐█▌│ E │ C │ H │ O │ E │ Y │ 4. Exit from ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the bottom? │ A │ M │ I │▐█▌│ E │ D │ D │ A │▐█▌│ S │ T │ Y │ M │ I │ E │ 8. Opposite of ├20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "in any way", │ R │ A │ G │ E │ R │ O │ O │ M │▐█▌│ S │ O │ H │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ dialectically ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┤ 14. "Business" │ R │ I │ N │ G │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ E │ T │ A │ S │ on a walk ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Get someone │ O │ N │ E │ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ P │ A │ P │ E │ R │ H │ A │ T │ to ask you ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ what's wrong, │ W │ E │ E │ L │ A │ D │▐█▌│ I │ D │ A │ R │ E │ S │ A │ Y │ maybe ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Bouncing │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ N │ L │ O │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ all over the ├35─┼36─┼37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼42─┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ place │ M │ A │ Y │ B │ E │ I │ D │ O │▐█▌│ D │ I │ G │ I │ T │ S │ 17. Response to ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a baseless │ R │ H │ E │ O │ S │ T │ A │ T │▐█▌│ I │ N │ A │ B │ I │ T │ question of ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ character │ S │ H │ A │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ C │ A │ L │ E │ N │ E │ 18. In which ├───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Ragnarök is │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ E │ E │ L │▐█▌│ Y │ O │ U │ G │ E │ T │ M │ E │ described ├53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┤ 19. Leave in a │ T │ O │ D │ D │ L │ E │▐█▌│ A │ F │ R │ O │▐█▌│ T │ I │ P │ fog ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┤ 20. Place to │ K │ N │ U │ R │ L │ S │▐█▌│ L │ I │ E │ N │▐█▌│ E │ N │ L │ take out ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┤ frustrations by │ O │ O │ H │ Y │ E │ S │▐█▌│ E │ A │ S │ Y │▐█▌│ R │ E │ Y │ wrecking stuff └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. Canal runs
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 878 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬───┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ F │ U │ R │ H │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ R │ A │ Y │ T │ O │ 1. Russian ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ winter wear │ A │ V │ O │ U │ C │ H │▐█▌│ M │ A │ H │ I │ M │ A │ H │ I │ 7. Invoke ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Say without │ D │ R │ Y │ S │ K │ I │▐█▌│ E │ N │ A │ M │ E │ L │ E │ D │ reservation ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. What echoes │ E │ A │ C │ H │▐█▌│ S │ A │ N │ D │ S │▐█▌│ S │ L │ R │▐█▌│ in tropical ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┤ waters? │ D │ Y │ E │▐█▌│ S │ I │ N │ U │ S │ E │ S │▐█▌│ Q │ U │ A │ 16. Go downhill ├───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ in the warm │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ S │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │ I │ L │ season ├───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Like some │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ W │ I │ S │ H │ I │ T │ W │ E │ R │ E │ N │ T │ cast-iron ├───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ cookware │▐█▌│ E │ V │ E │ N │ H │ O │ M │ E │ R │ N │ O │ D │ S │▐█▌│ 18. Not lumped ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ together │ I │ G │ O │ T │ N │ E │ W │ S │ F │ O │ R │ Y │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. Gets rid of ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a splinter, say │ N │ O │ R │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 21. Framing ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ device? │ S │ T │ Y │▐█▌│ R │ A │ T │ I │ O │ E │ D │▐█▌│ T │ D │ S │ 22. It can be ├───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ used for food │▐█▌│ R │ S │ S │▐█▌│ P │ O │ U │ N │ D │▐█▌│ C │ R │ E │ E │ or clothes ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. What some │ T │ I │ N │ E │ A │ R │ E │ D │▐█▌│ O │ C │ T │ A │ N │ E │ peppers can ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ open │ S │ P │ O │ T │ L │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ W │ A │ R │ N │ E │ D │ 25. Preposition ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ that means │ K │ S │ W │ I │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ F │ L │ Q │ B │ S │ "which way" in └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Latin
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to protect, for short 29. City rebuilt 8 times

--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +14°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 879 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┐
│ P │ S │ P │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ W │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ 1. Handhelds ├11─┼───┼───┼───┼12─┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ with the │ A │ P │ I │ T │ A │ L │ I │ A │ N │▐█▌│ A │ G │ O │ R │ A │ triangle, ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ circle, x, and │ C │ O │ M │ E │ G │ E │ T │ I │ T │▐█▌│ A │ D │ W │ A │ R │ square buttons, ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ S │ T │ A │ R │ E │ D │ A │ T │▐█▌│ D │ R │ P │ H │ I │ L │ 5. Home of ├───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ Avicii Arena, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ N │ G │ R │▐█▌│ L │ E │ G │▐█▌│ A │ N │ Y │ the world's ├23─┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┤ largest │ O │ F │ N │ O │ T │ E │▐█▌│ L │ O │ C │ H │▐█▌│ T │ B │ A │ spherical ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ building: Abbr. │ K │ I │ O │ S │ K │▐█▌│ M │ A │ Y │ A │▐█▌│ C │ O │ R │ P │ 8. Room in a ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ bldg., maybe │ A │ N │ N │ E │▐█▌│ X │ Y │ Z │ A │ L │▐█▌│ A │ F │ A │ R │ 11. Course in ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ which you might │ Y │ E │ E │ T │▐█▌│ R │ E │ E │ L │▐█▌│ R │ E │ I │ K │ I │ read about the ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ circles of Hell │ I │ W │ O │▐█▌│ C │ A │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ P │ A │ S │ T │ E │ L │ 14. Where one ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ could once hear │ G │ I │ F │▐█▌│ A │ Y │ E │▐█▌│ K │ A │ R │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ philosophical ├43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┤ speeches │ U │ T │ T │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│ V │ I │ N │ E │ R │ I │ P │ E │ 16. "I'm not ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bringing this │ E │ H │ H │ N │ O │▐█▌│ T │ A │ L │ K │ S │ E │ N │ S │ E │ over" ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Battle │ S │ M │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│ I │ M │ N │ O │ T │ A │ F │ A │ N │ through a ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ campaign │ S │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ P │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ O │ S │ Y │ 18. Tried to └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ figure out, to
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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +14°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 880 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ N │ O │ S │ I │ R │▐█▌│ P │ A │ P │ A │▐█▌│ T │ B │ S │ P │ 1. "I deny ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ that" │ E │ X │ P │ O │ S │▐█▌│ A │ G │ A │ R │▐█▌│ H │ I │ H │ O │ 6. Reb Mendel, ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ to Yentl │ W │ H │ A │ T │ A │ F │ L │ I │ R │ T │▐█▌│ A │ K │ O │ N │ 10. Scoop from ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ a spice jar, │ M │ I │ R │ A │▐█▌│ R │ E │ L │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ N │ E │ R │ D │ maybe: Abbr. ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Tom Brady │ O │ D │ S │▐█▌│ P │ E │ R │ E │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ P │ T │▐█▌│ was the last ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┤ active athlete │ M │ E │ E │ P │ L │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ A │ U │▐█▌│ O │ R │ E │ to be drafted ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ by them │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ U │ D │ D │ E │ N │ I │ N │ F │ L │ U │ X │ 15. Wobbly ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ dessert │ H │ A │ D │ S │ O │ M │ E │ W │ O │ R │ K │ D │ O │ N │ E │ component ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Erstwhile │ I │ G │ O │ T │ T │ A │ F │ E │ E │ L │ I │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ cracker brand ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ that sounds │ T │ E │ A │▐█▌│ S │ N │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ Y │ H │ O │ W │ like a Disney ├───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┤ song refrain │▐█▌│ D │ D │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ L │ A │ N │ D │▐█▌│ A │ H │ A │ 17. "He just ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ can't turn off │ S │ C │ A │ R │▐█▌│ S │ C │ O │ P │ E │▐█▌│ P │ U │ C │ K │ the charm, ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ huh?" │ W │ A │ N │ E │▐█▌│ I │ T │ W │ A │ S │ A │ L │ L │ M │ E │ 19. Singer who ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ has planned a │ A │ R │ C │ S │▐█▌│ K │ O │ F │ C │▐█▌│ L │ I │ E │ O │ N │ community in ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ his parents' │ P │ E │ E │ S │▐█▌│ E │ R │ I │ E │▐█▌│ T │ E │ R │ N │ S │ native Senegal └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ using a
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Freestyle 881 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ S │ A │ F │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ L │ I │ T │ E │▐█▌│ F │ D │ R │ 1. Not required ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┤ to leave the │ C │ R │ U │ X │▐█▌│ A │ N │ I │ M │ A │ L │▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ base? ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ 5. Topped by │ H │ E │ L │ P │ I │ N │ G │ V │ E │ R │ B │▐█▌│ A │ R │ T │ little to none ├───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. 2023 │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ O │ N │ G │▐█▌│ I │ D │ O │ A │ D │ M │ I │ T │ History Channel ├22─┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ miniseries │ F │ O │ B │▐█▌│ C │ O │ R │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ B │ E │ L │ whose first ├27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ episode was │ U │ N │ O │ S │▐█▌│ R │ I │ G │▐█▌│ S │ E │ R │ E │ N │ E │ titled "Nothing ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ To Fear" │ E │ M │ A │ I │ L │ A │ C │ C │ O │ U │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 13. Most ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ difficult │ L │ E │ T │ M │ E │ C │ O │ R │ R │ E │ C │ T │ Y │ O │ U │ passage, in ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ rock climbing │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ O │ A │ H │ E │ A │ D │ L │ A │ U │ G │ H │ 14. What you ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ are │ A │ T │ L │ A │ S │ T │▐█▌│ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ G │ A │ L │ S │ 15. Far from a ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ bustling │ H │ A │ I │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ S │ T │▐█▌│ N │ E │ O │ setting ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Part of the │ W │ I │ N │ E │ M │ E │ N │ U │▐█▌│ H │ I │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ perfect tense, ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┤ in grammar │ E │ P │ T │▐█▌│ U │ S │ E │ R │ H │ O │ S │ T │ I │ L │ E │ 18. What may be ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ done for its │ L │ E │ E │▐█▌│ S │ P │ H │ E │ R │ E │▐█▌│ E │ G │ O │ T │ own sake ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Cross- │ L │ I │ L │▐█▌│ K │ N │ I │ S │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ N │ B │ A │ country, say └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Lead-in to
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Freestyle 883 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

--- Binbrook, ON: Mist +15°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 884 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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

Freestyle 885 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +22°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 886 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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│ P │ C │ S │▐█▌│ S │ C │ H │ M │ E │ N │ D │ R │ I │ C │ K │ 1. Monitored ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ things at work? │ I │ L │ E │▐█▌│ P │ L │ E │ A │ S │ U │ R │ A │ B │ L │ E │ 4. Complete ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ idiot, from │ T │ O │ X │▐█▌│ R │ A │ I │ N │ S │ D │ O │ W │ N │ O │ N │ Yiddish ├19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. It may be │ C │ O │ R │ S │ A │ I │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ L │ I │ S │ T │▐█▌│ in the middle ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┤ of "une │ A │ N │ O │ N │ Y │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ S │ A │ T │ S │ cuisine" ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Feeling │ V │ E │ L │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ O │ D │ O │▐█▌│ H │ U │ E │ Y │ nice ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┤ 17. Kind of │ E │ Y │ E │ B │ R │ O │ W │ R │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ D │ D │ S │ criminal ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ screen, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ U │ P │ E │ R │ T │ E │ A │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ informally ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┤ 18. Showers │ F │ G │ S │▐█▌│ M │ I │ L │ I │ T │ A │ R │ Y │ J │ E │ T │ from above ├45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Old pirate │ D │ R │ A │ W │▐█▌│ E │ T │ S │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ U │ N │ E │ raiding ships ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ at war with │ R │ A │ G │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ N │ S │ E │ N │ France ├───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Something │▐█▌│ P │ U │ N │ I │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ H │ A │ T │ M │ A │ to unsubscribe ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┤ from │ W │ H │ A │ T │ N │ O │ T │ T │ O │ D │ O │▐█▌│ F │ I │ N │ 22. Alternate ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┤ moniker │ A │ I │ R │ T │ E │ R │ M │ I │ N │ A │ L │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ T │ 23. Evaluations ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┤ of case │ X │ C │ O │ O │ R │ D │ I │ N │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ I │ S │ S │ studies, └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ briefly
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in one off? when it grows no arms 47. Good place to search 7. Occupy 42. "OK, so this is good for a patchwork 8. Two-turn form to know..." 48. Either of two 9. Like some body 43. People stand against combined to make the doubles them Bluetooth symbol 10. Quaintly funny 44. Jerry, Elaine, and 49. Threw stuff all over 11. Rather unpolished Kramer on "Seinfeld", the place, say 12. Erstwhile ruler also e.g. 51. Chris who hosted "To known as King Abdulaziz 46. Visited Catch a Predator" 13. Stopped the bleeding 50. Special place? 53. Ancient 14. He's come in a box 51. Combatted Mediterranean language since 1961 52. Total jerk, in slang 55. Honorable title 20. Unlikely soup 54. Trendy thing to cut translating to "great kitchen volunteers 55. First name of the spirit" 24. One to operate on, mustachioed model in 56. Subject of much for short Duchamp's "L.H.O.O.Q." important advice 26. Didn't let go, with 56. Razor alternative 59. One on a perch "on" 57. "I'm your coworker, 60. Part of a "sterile 27. Source of an oil not your urologist" area" used in skin lotions 58. Bad ear material? 61. "...but maybe it's 28. Cute little number
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Freestyle 888 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ T │ H │ A │ W │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ E │ S │ T │▐█▌│ G │ A │ B │ 1. Liquidates? ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Venusian │ V │ E │ D │ I │ C │▐█▌│ H │ O │ T │ C │ O │ L │ O │ R │ S │ sunrise setting ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Flap │ N │ A │ D │ I │ A │▐█▌│ A │ N │ D │ I │ Q │ U │ O │ T │ E │ without a stop ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Relating to │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│ N │ C │ R │▐█▌│ S │ O │ U │ N │ D │ E │ D │ classical ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Hinduism │ W │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ D │ P │▐█▌│ N │ E │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Very ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼32─┤ vibrant shades │ S │ T │ O │ W │▐█▌│ S │ A │ R │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ O │ S │ 16. Big name at ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the 1976 Summer │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ O │ S │ P │ I │ T │ A │ L │ B │ A │ L │ L │ Olympics ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "This is │ V │ O │ R │ A │ C │ I │ O │ U │ S │ R │ E │ A │ D │ E │ R │ definitely what ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I heard..." │ E │ J │ E │ C │ T │ O │ R │ S │ E │ A │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. "I swear, I ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ don't know how │ E │ S │ T │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ A │ R │▐█▌│ E │ W │ E │ S │ it got there" ├───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ spots, for │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ M │ I │ D │▐█▌│ S │ S │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ T │ short ├52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ 19. Big self- │ O │ R │ I │ O │ L │ E │ S │▐█▌│ Y │ T │ D │▐█▌│ A │ T │ E │ checkout ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ station maker │ H │ E │ L │ L │ O │ M │ O │ T │ O │▐█▌│ O │ N │ T │ O │ P │ 21. Went ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "hmmm", say │ S │ T │ E │ E │ L │ M │ A │ R │ K │▐█▌│ M │ A │ N │ U │ P │ 22. It's ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ difficult to │ O │ D │ D │▐█▌│ D │ E │ K │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ M │ O │ T │ E │ respond to a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ quick one
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to a brutal hit, in 3. Builds on 36. Not stand in the way slang 4. Sports or U preceder of 37. Novel consumer, say 5. Work on the feet of 37. Crotch form 40. They may toss out 6. Finished 60-Across 38. Bright glasses, flyers 7. Pushback stats briefly 41. "Dónde" follower, 8. Onetime maker of the 39. Offered publicly often xA, xB, and xD 44. Clumsy response 42. State in which you 9. Something found denying an accusation can't be stopped around the head of a 45. Take advantage of 43. Some stock for kitchen? another range? husbandry 10. One may help to 46. Prairielike land 47. In the context of break open a case 48. "Yeah, that was 50. Org. benefiting 11. Nome d'_____ funny", online 53-Down people (Italian "stage name") 49. "Married to the Mob" 51. Hider of dos 12. Wanted to appear director, 1988 52. Team whose fans smart, maybe 52. Adverb often said shout their team's first 14. Nautical command to sarcastically letter during the "Star swerve the wheel left 53. Answering to no one, Spangled Banner" 15. Space living space say, briefly 55. Initials found on 20. Iago stabs him, but 54. Get into some suds many paychecks doesn't kill him (and, 56. They may have you in 57. Took stock in, say as far as we know, he is chains 58. Old mobile phone not the inspiration for 59. Second "numero catchphrase naming a calculator primo" 60. See 6-Down company) 61. Subject of some Ali 62. Feature of a famed 24. Common victims of quips, informally Pittsburgh logo rolling coal
63. 10-on-9 situation in 27. Boring, hard work

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Freestyle 889 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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to turn informally

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

Freestyle 890 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ V │ I │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ T │ F │ A │ R │ M │ S │ 1. One may ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ carry a single │ I │ N │ R │ E │▐█▌│ T │ I │ N │ F │ O │ I │ L │ H │ A │ T │ dose ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. They │ E │ F │ T │ S │▐█▌│ C │ A │ N │ C │ O │ N │ F │ I │ R │ M │ represent ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ underground │ D │ R │ S │▐█▌│ P │ M │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ N │ K │ A │ communities ├───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. _____ │▐█▌│ A │ C │ E │ R │▐█▌│ S │ X │ S │ W │▐█▌│ S │ O │ U │ R │ Marriage Cases ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┤ (influential │ A │ D │ E │ X │ E │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ H │ I │▐█▌│ S │ P │ Y │ 2008 California ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ ruling) │ M │ I │ N │ I │ M │ A │ L │ S │ T │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. One keeping ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ thoughts in, │ I │ G │ E │ T │ I │ T │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ F │ I │ N │ E │ supposedly ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Direct │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ U │ D │ D │ E │ N │ I │ N │ F │ L │ U │ X │ debit payments, ├41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ e.g., for short │ D │ B │ S │▐█▌│ M │ O │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ E │ E │ L │ I │ T │ 17. "That's ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ right!" │ E │ E │ O │ C │▐█▌│ G │ N │ U │ S │▐█▌│ A │ D │ O │ S │▐█▌│ 18. They may ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┤ get into you │ V │ E │ N │ U │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ H │ U │ T │▐█▌│ M │ A │ C │ while you're ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ out, briefly │ I │ G │ O │ T │ N │ O │ T │ H │ I │ N │▐█▌│ M │ E │ N │ U │ 19. "I don't ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ want anyone │ L │ E │ F │ T │ O │ N │ R │ E │ A │ D │▐█▌│ O │ N │ C │ E │ else to see ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ this thread" │ S │ E │ A │ O │ T │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ S │ E │ D │ 20. "Cool └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Runnings"
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +18°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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│ S │ T │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ Z │ D │ A │ M │ I │ A │ T │ A │ 1. Initials ├14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shared by an │ O │ O │ O │ H │▐█▌│ P │ L │ E │ A │ S │ E │ S │ T │ O │ P │ auto product ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and a '90s alt │ L │ O │ K │ I │▐█▌│ S │ A │ D │ G │ I │ R │ L │ P │ O │ P │ rock band ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ 4. Alliterative │ O │ K │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ W │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ H │ O │ ride made in ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ Hiroshima │ T │ H │ R │ E │ E │▐█▌│ U │ N │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ R │ O │ S │ 14. "Really, ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ really │ R │ O │ B │▐█▌│ S │ H │ A │ K │ O │ S │▐█▌│ R │ O │ T │ E │ interesting!" ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "You're │ I │ M │ O │ U │ T │ I │ E │▐█▌│ D │ A │ C │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ bothering me" ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ 17. God who │ P │ E │ T │ R │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ A │ R │ T │ W │ O │ tried to shape- ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shift into a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ B │ I │ T │▐█▌│ A │ I │ L │ E │ R │ O │ N │ salmon and hide ├43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ in a waterfall │ B │ R │ E │ L │▐█▌│ T │ O │ C │ O │ D │ E │▐█▌│ I │ R │ L │ to escape the ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ wrath of fellow │ R │ O │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ U │ N │▐█▌│ B │ E │ C │ K │ Y │ gods (it didn't ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ work) │ E │ M │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ U │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ O │ O │ F │ 18. Musical ├56─┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ category for │ W │ A │ T │ C │ H │ I │ T │ K │ I │ D │▐█▌│ U │ L │ N │ A │ Billie Eilish ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ and Lana Del │ U │ N │ I │ T │ O │ F │ T │ I │ M │ E │▐█▌│ C │ O │ I │ N │ Rey, as some ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┤ call it │ P │ I │ N │ A │ G │ A │ I │ N │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ T │ S │ 19. Let go └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Basically
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--- Binbrook, ON: Overcast +16°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 892 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 893 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 894 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 895 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 896 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 897 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ E │ M │ O │ S │▐█▌│ L │ A │ D │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ H │ I │ S │ 1. Big fans of ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ the dark, maybe │ D │ O │ N │ T │ B │ E │ T │ O │ N │ I │ T │▐█▌│ A │ N │ T │ 5. Big step in ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ transportation │ M │ I │ C │ R │ O │ G │ R │ E │ E │ N │ S │▐█▌│ U │ T │ E │ of goods ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 11. Mine │ D │ R │ U │ I │ D │▐█▌│ E │ X │ P │ O │▐█▌│ S │ L │ O │ E │ alternative? ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "Fat │ J │ E │ E │ P │▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │ T │▐█▌│ D │ E │ V │ O │ N │ chance!" ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Contributor │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ D │ I │ D │▐█▌│ to agitation? ├27─┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┤ 17. Itty-bitty │ A │ C │ T │ S │▐█▌│ H │ I │ T │▐█▌│ B │ E │ A │ D │ E │ D │ garnishes for ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ soups │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ A │ L │ L │ Y │ O │ U │ N │ E │ E │ D │ 18. Part of ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ their land is │ L │ E │ B │ R │ O │ N │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ T │▐█▌│ S │ O │ P │ S │ in Great Sand ├───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Dunes National │▐█▌│ A │ L │ U │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ A │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Park ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ 19. Ancient │ U │ P │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ O │ S │ H │ A │▐█▌│ M │ O │ S │ T │ official who ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ purportedly │ S │ W │ I │ G │▐█▌│ L │ U │ I │ S │▐█▌│ P │ A │ L │ E │ O │ used "wicker ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ men" for animal │ A │ I │ D │▐█▌│ W │ A │ S │ S │ U │ P │ M │ Y │ M │ A │ N │ (including ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ human) │ I │ N │ T │▐█▌│ A │ S │ T │ A │ R │ I │ S │ B │ O │ R │ N │ sacrifice ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Wedding │ R │ E │ V │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ S │ Y │ E │ S │▐█▌│ E │ S │ S │ E │ _____ └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Fruit tree
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--- Binbrook, ON: Mist +20°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 898 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ P │ A │ R │ T │ I │▐█▌│ O │ L │ D │ F │ O │ G │ I │ E │ S │ 1. Serial ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ introducer │ A │ T │ E │ O │ N │▐█▌│ C │ A │ L │ L │ A │ T │ A │ X │ I │ 6. Dodos ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Used for │ M │ T │ W │ T │ F │▐█▌│ T │ R │ I │ A │ T │ O │ M │ I │ C │ dinner ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ 16. Request to │ P │ R │ I │ O │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ S │ P │ S │▐█▌│ S │ T │ S │ be picked up, ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ perhaps │ A │ I │ R │ P │ O │ C │ K │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ G │ O │ V │▐█▌│ 17. Business ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┤ letters, maybe? │ S │ T │ E │▐█▌│ N │ H │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ M │ I │ L │ 18. Like ├───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ molecules of │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ I │ N │ E │ D │ G │ L │ A │ S │ S │ water or carbon ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ dioxide, to a │ B │ A │ N │ K │ O │ F │ M │ O │ M │ A │ N │ D │ D │ A │ D │ chemist ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Redundant │ S │ E │ E │ O │ F │ F │ T │ H │ E │ B │ U │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ descriptor for ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ "experience" │ A │ R │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ O │ C │▐█▌│ V │ E │ T │ 20. In ├───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ "Seinfeld", │▐█▌│ A │ C │ H │▐█▌│ M │ R │ D │ Y │ N │ A │ M │ I │ T │ E │ Kramer and ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Newman use one │ I │ T │ O │▐█▌│ D │ O │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ Y │ S │ O │ L │ of their trucks ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for a Michigan │ D │ I │ S │ K │ A │ R │ R │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ V │ M │ A │ I │ L │ bottle return ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ scheme that │ G │ O │ T │ I │ N │ T │ U │ N │ E │▐█▌│ E │ A │ G │ L │ E │ goes horribly ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ wrong: Abbr. │ O │ N │ S │ A │ L │ E │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│ S │ N │ E │ E │ R │ 21. Some block └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ bounds: Abbr.
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an address isn't enough talking to me?] 32. Material for a 27. Org. concerned with cheating baseball boarding DOWN pitcher 28. _____ Blonsky, alter 33. Spread with a light ego of Hulk enemy The 1. Word from the Quechua touch Abomination for "plain" 34. Savanna squirts 30. Shower of Jesus, 2. Wear away by wind or 35. _____ v. Dale, maybe water landmark 2000 U.S. 35. Much-relied upon 3. Alleviate the risk of Supreme Court decision capital source, fire in, maybe on L.G.B.T. rights facetiously 4. Link at the end of a 36. Step for some 38. Welcome back home, long webpage bottlers and golf course
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 899 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +19°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 899 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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

Freestyle 901 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ A │ C │ L │ S │▐█▌│ L │ O │ G │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ P │ S │ 1. Parts ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ involved in │ C │ H │ O │ U │▐█▌│ E │ R │ A │ S │▐█▌│ P │ O │ L │ L │ O │ many noncontact ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sports │ D │ O │ O │ M │ S │ D │ A │ Y │ P │ R │ E │ P │ P │ E │ R │ injuries, for ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ short │ C │ O │ M │ M │ I │ T │ M │ E │ N │ T │ P │ H │ O │ B │ E │ 5. Box for ├───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ plays │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ D │ O │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ P │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 9. American ├22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ equivalent of │ K │ I │ L │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ A │ C │▐█▌│ A │ T │ T │ I │ C │ the British ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┤ "Last Post" │ E │ S │ A │ U │▐█▌│ A │ R │ R │ A │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ N │ O │ 13. Chinese ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ dynasty, or │ M │ S │ R │ P │▐█▌│ C │ O │ B │ R │ A │▐█▌│ S │ N │ A │ P │ Chinese leader ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┤ not in that │ P │ U │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│ K │ N │ O │ T │ S │▐█▌│ C │ E │ L │ S │ dynasty ├41─┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. │ T │ E │ E │ M │ S │▐█▌│ G │ R │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ L │ E │ Inaugurations ├───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ may start them │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ M │ P │ U │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Certain ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┤ "carne" serving │ O │ D │ D │ L │ Y │ S │ A │ T │ I │ S │ F │ Y │ I │ N │ G │ 16. One taking ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stock in │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ A │ B │ O │ L │ D │ C │ L │ A │ I │ M │ secretive ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ places │ T │ E │ N │ E │ T │▐█▌│ C │ L │ E │ O │▐█▌│ E │ N │ N │ E │ 19. Hardly a ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ steady type │ O │ D │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ L │ R │ S │▐█▌│ R │ O │ A │ N │ 20. "You aren't └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ alone"
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Freestyle 902 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ C │ A │ B │ L │ E │▐█▌│ B │ A │ W │ D │▐█▌│ C │ R │ U │ D │ 1. What can be ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in or on a TV │ O │ I │ L │ E │ R │▐█▌│ I │ T │ W │ A │ S │ F │ I │ N │ E │ 6. Procurer ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Baked-on │ B │ R │ A │ N │ D │▐█▌│ C │ O │ I │ N │ A │ L │ B │ U │ M │ grease, say ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. │ R │ O │ N │ D │ O │ S │▐█▌│ M │ I │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Northernmost ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┤ 58-Down pro │ A │ U │ K │▐█▌│ C │ A │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ D │ R │ A │ M │▐█▌│ 15. "I'd do ├29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┤ that again... │ S │ T │ E │ W │▐█▌│ V │ I │ D │ A │▐█▌│ T │ U │ M │ I │ D │ maybe" ├───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Awareness │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ L │ E │ D │ I │ L │ D │ O │ N │ I │ C │ S │ of it is often ├39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ measured │ W │ O │ R │ K │ O │ U │ T │ P │ L │ A │ Y │ L │ I │ S │ T │ 18. One ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ featuring │ S │ P │ A │ N │ I │ S │ H │ L │ E │ S │ S │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ tender displays ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼46─┤ 19. They may │ J │ E │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ O │ Y │ A │▐█▌│ W │ H │ E │ W │ have an ├───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┤ "ABACAB" form │▐█▌│ N │ E │ W │ L │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ N │ L │▐█▌│ E │ R │ R │ (the Genesis ├───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ song "Abacab" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ E │ O │ N │▐█▌│ I │ A │ M │ A │ M │ I │ is, sort of, an ├57─┼58─┼59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ example of │ E │ N │ G │ I │ N │ E │ B │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ L │ E │ V │ I │ S │ them) ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. How you │ T │ H │ E │ R │ E │ S │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ A │ G │ E │ N │ T │ appear ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Bird whose │ A │ L │ T │ S │▐█▌│ H │ E │ A │ P │▐█▌│ W │ A │ N │ E │ S │ name comes from └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ the Icelandic
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 903 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ G │ A │ G │ M │ E │▐█▌│ S │ C │ A │ R │ E │ H │ E │ A │ D │ 1. "Oh, yuck!" ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Sensational │ E │ N │ R │ O │ N │▐█▌│ I │ R │ R │ I │ T │ A │ B │ L │ E │ newspaper ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ article title │ E │ T │ A │ T │ S │▐█▌│ Z │ E │ R │ O │ C │ H │ I │ L │ L │ 15. See ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 28-Across │ Z │ I │ N │ E │▐█▌│ R │ E │ S │ A │ T │▐█▌│ A │ L │ O │ T │ 16. Easily ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ cross │ A │ N │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ T │ H │ A │ T │▐█▌│ L │ Y │ S │ 17. _____ ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ généraux │ G │ O │ P │▐█▌│ G │ A │ S │▐█▌│ M │ C │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ (onetime ├29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┼35─┤ advisory body │ A │ I │ R │ I │ E │ R │▐█▌│ K │ A │ T │ E │ M │ O │ S │ S │ to the French ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ king) │ I │ S │ I │ T │ I │▐█▌│ W │ I │ N │▐█▌│ B │ U │ O │ N │ O │ 18. Inability ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to remain calm, │ N │ E │ X │ T │ S │ T │ O │ P │▐█▌│ P │ A │ Y │ P │ A │ L │ in slang ├───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ 19. Pub for │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ R │▐█▌│ M │ I │ R │▐█▌│ S │ K │ A │ fans ├45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┤ 20. Took a │ V │ I │ C │▐█▌│ A │ N │ K │ L │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ R │ makeup exam ├51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. So much │ I │ D │ O │ S │▐█▌│ G │ L │ O │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ L │ Y │ F │ T │ that you're ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ used to it │ L │ I │ N │ E │ B │ R │ A │ W │ L │▐█▌│ B │ A │ B │ A │ R │ 22. "The ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ importance of │ L │ O │ V │ E │ Y │ A │ T │ O │ O │▐█▌│ S │ N │ A │ R │ E │ this is...?" ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. "Sure... │ A │ T │ O │ N │ E │ M │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│ A │ D │ D │ M │ E │ another └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ perfectly good
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 904 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ A │ L │ A │ B │ A │ M │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ D │ A │ P │ T │ S │ 1. The "you" in ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the classic │ C │ O │ T │ E │ N │ A │ N │ T │▐█▌│ M │ E │ R │ L │ O │ T │ song lyric "I'm ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ coming home to │ U │ V │ T │ A │ T │ T │ O │ O │▐█▌│ M │ E │ T │ E │ O │ R │ you" ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 8. Moves to │ M │ E │ A │ N │ S │▐█▌│ T │ S │ T │ O │ P │▐█▌│ T │ R │ I │ plan B ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. One living │ E │ T │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ H │ I │ P │ upstairs from ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ you, say │ N │ O │ K │ I │ A │▐█▌│ E │ Y │ E │ S │▐█▌│ H │ O │ S │ E │ 16. Beverage ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from the French │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ M │ A │ R │ T │ R │ E │ M │ A │ R │ K │ S │ for "little ├───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ blackbird", due │▐█▌│ H │ O │ W │ I │ S │ T │ H │ A │ T │ O │ K │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ to its color ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Design that │ R │ I │ D │ E │ S │ T │ H │ E │ P │ I │ N │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ may become ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ visible when │ A │ R │ I │ A │▐█▌│ O │ I │ L │ Y │▐█▌│ T │ R │ U │ S │ S │ dancing at a ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ nightclub │ V │ E │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ L │ 18. What a ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ neutral fan │ E │ D │ T │▐█▌│ E │ L │ G │ A │ R │▐█▌│ A │ L │ A │ M │ O │ might ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ facetiously say │ U │ G │ A │ N │ D │ A │▐█▌│ S │ O │ A │ N │ Y │ H │ O │ W │ they'll root ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for when two │ P │ U │ M │ P │ I │ N │▐█▌│ T │ U │ R │ N │ L │ A │ N │ E │ undesirable ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ teams play in a │ S │ N │ O │ R │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ R │ E │ E │ N │ E │ D │ big game └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 19. Instrument
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Freestyle 905 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ W │ E │ T │ B │ I │ A │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Q │ U │ A │ H │ O │ G │ 1. Phenomenon ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in which │ I │ N │ E │ R │ T │ G │ A │ S │▐█▌│ U │ N │ M │ A │ D │ E │ weather ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ forecasters │ S │ O │ L │ O │ C │ U │ P │ S │▐█▌│ I │ B │ E │ R │ I │ A │ overreport a ├───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ chance of rain │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ H │ A │ T │ A │ S │ T │ I │ N │ K │ E │ R │ 8. Littleneck, ├21─┼22─┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for one │ A │ S │ L │▐█▌│ I │ L │ U │▐█▌│ C │ O │ N │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Contents of ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┤ many an │ S │ T │ E │ R │ E │ O │ B │ L │ I │ N │ D │▐█▌│ A │ B │ S │ incandescent ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ bulb │ D │ I │ V │ O │ R │ C │ E │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ T │ I │ T │ 16. Still ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ messed up from │ I │ R │ I │ S │▐█▌│ A │ S │ T │ R │ O │▐█▌│ B │ O │ G │ O │ the night ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ before │ D │ I │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ E │ W │ I │ L │ D │ E │ R │ 17. Containers ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ not likely seen │ I │ N │ D │▐█▌│ C │ H │ E │ E │ S │ E │ W │ E │ D │ G │ E │ at fancy ├───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ receptions │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ E │ E │ P │▐█▌│ I │ D │ A │▐█▌│ S │ O │ D │ 18. Home to ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ Eurasia's │ B │ E │ L │ L │ Y │ L │ A │ N │ D │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ westernmost ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┤ point │ O │ N │ E │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│ P │ U │ T │ T │ O │ U │ S │ E │ 19. "Man, that ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ SOB!" │ O │ D │ E │ D │ O │ N │▐█▌│ C │ U │ T │ E │ N │ S │ I │ L │ 21. One often ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ uses an index │ M │ O │ R │ E │ N │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ O │ M │ E │ N │ T │ S │ for it, briefly └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 24. Texter's
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Freestyle 907 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ D │ E │ W │▐█▌│ M │ E │ O │ W │ S │▐█▌│ S │ I │ T │ O │ N │ 1. It has a ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "point" │ R │ H │ O │▐█▌│ A │ P │ B │ I │ O │▐█▌│ E │ T │ H │ N │ O │ 4. Asks to put ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a plate down, │ A │ F │ R │▐█▌│ G │ I │ V │ E │ N │▐█▌│ A │ R │ A │ M │ E │ maybe ├20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Have without │ W │ O │ K │ R │ A │ C │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ C │ I │ T │ E │ S │ using ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. │▐█▌│ R │ S │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Representation ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┤ of 100 in Greek │ E │ G │ O │ T │▐█▌│ S │ E │ T │ T │ H │ E │ D │ A │ T │ E │ numerals ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┤ 15. It takes an │ D │ E │ U │ S │▐█▌│ L │ A │ S │ H │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ H │ A │ in-depth look ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┤ at genetics, │ I │ T │ T │▐█▌│ F │ A │ R │ L │ E │ F │ T │▐█▌│ J │ A │ M │ informally ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Cultural │ T │ I │ P │▐█▌│ I │ N │ T │ O │ T │ O │▐█▌│ L │ U │ G │ E │ introduction? ├41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Part of │ S │ T │ E │ A │ L │ T │ H │ T │ A │ X │▐█▌│ I │ S │ O │ S │ 23-Across: ├───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ Abbr. │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ T │ M │▐█▌│ 18. Unearned, ├46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┤ maybe │ S │ O │ F │ T │ C │▐█▌│ I │ K │ I │ L │ L │ E │ D │ I │ T │ 19. Versatile ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┤ seaweed used in │ A │ D │ E │ L │ A │▐█▌│ W │ A │ H │ O │ O │▐█▌│ U │ Z │ I │ Japanese ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┤ cooking │ R │ I │ C │ E │ R │▐█▌│ I │ R │ O │ N │ S │▐█▌│ M │ E │ N │ 20. Wacky ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┤ German-invented │ A │ N │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│ N │ A │ P │ E │ S │▐█▌│ B │ R │ A │ "sport" in └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ which people,
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