Freestyle 909 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ O │ O │ T │ S │ A │ N │ D │ C │ A │ T │ S │ 1. Phrase ├───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ repeated to │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ O │ O │ K │ U │ P │ C │ U │ L │ T │ U │ R │ E │ simulate ├───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ beatboxing │▐█▌│ S │ P │ A │ R │ E │ T │ I │ R │ E │ C │ O │ V │ E │ R │ 13. Some dating ├───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┤ apps keep it │▐█▌│ O │ C │ T │ A │ D │▐█▌│ C │ O │ S │▐█▌│ S │ I │ S │ I │ going ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ 14. Protection │ F │ R │ O │ S │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ P │ T │ S │▐█▌│ N │ S │ F │ on the back of ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ some vans │ I │ B │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Pips on a ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ poker player's │ C │ A │ P │ E │ K │▐█▌│ A │ L │ L │ O │ W │ A │ B │ L │ E │ "snowman", e.g. ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "Just │ U │ T │ A │ H │ N │▐█▌│ R │ E │ I │▐█▌│ T │ I │ E │ I │ N │ _____" (British ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "for no │ S │ E │ Q │ U │ E │ N │ C │ E │ S │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ N │ D │ reason") ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┤ 17. │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ E │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ E │ O │ Interjection ├41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ akin to │ R │ A │ M │▐█▌│ L │ U │ I │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ S │ H │ A │ W │ "Claro!" ├48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Brown green │ A │ B │ E │ D │▐█▌│ R │ N │ A │▐█▌│ S │ U │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ person? ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Super │ S │ O │ M │ E │ W │ O │ U │ L │ D │ A │ R │ G │ U │ E │▐█▌│ charges, for ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ short? │ P │ R │ E │ S │ E │ N │ T │ M │ O │ M │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 21. Unwanted ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ check mark? │ S │ T │ R │ E │ S │ S │ E │ A │ T │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 22. OS/2 co- └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ developer
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Freestyle 910 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ P │ A │ S │ M │▐█▌│ O │ F │ U │ S │ E │▐█▌│ E │ P │ I │ 1. Painful ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ thing in the │ H │ A │ S │ T │ E │▐█▌│ O │ O │ H │ E │ D │▐█▌│ R │ E │ M │ back ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Able to help │ A │ R │ M │ E │ D │▐█▌│ F │ R │ U │ I │ T │ T │ R │ E │ E │ 11. Pre-birth ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ administration, │ D │ A │ R │ E │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│ H │ O │ W │ L │ colloquially ├───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Rash │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ C │ A │▐█▌│ N │ U │ M │ B │ E │ R │ E │ D │ quality, often ├27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Reacted to │ A │ T │ M │▐█▌│ I │ L │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ T │ S │ E │ A │ an insult, in a ├33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ way │ M │ A │ T │ I │ N │ E │ E │ I │ D │ O │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Segment of ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┤ a hypnogram │ C │ O │ N │ T │ E │ X │ T │ C │ O │ L │ L │ A │ P │ S │ E │ 17. Prepared ├───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for drawing, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ H │ A │ T │ S │ T │ O │ A │ R │ G │ U │ E │ say ├42─┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ 18. Cherry │ S │ A │ N │ A │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ E │ G │ S │▐█▌│ A │ S │ K │ picker's target ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Question of │ C │ H │ E │ S │ T │ W │ A │ X │▐█▌│ Y │ T │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ risk assessment ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼56─┼57─┤ 21. Clinics may │ R │ I │ T │ E │▐█▌│ A │ P │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ C │ H │ S │ send people to ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ them, briefly │ I │ S │ T │ H │ I │ S │ N │ E │ W │▐█▌│ A │ M │ I │ O │ K │ 22. Kin of a ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bay │ P │ E │ E │▐█▌│ F │ I │ E │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ N │ O │ T │ M │ E │ 23. Kind of ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ jack found on │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ K │ N │ E │ E │ D │ many TVs └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 25. Like some
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│ E │ V │ A │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ R │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ P │ E │ C │ 1. Op after ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ some huge │ P │ A │ R │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ A │ L │ A │▐█▌│ A │ R │ C │ H │ floods ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Situation │ A │ L │ T │ A │ R │▐█▌│ O │ D │ D │ S │▐█▌│ G │ I │ Z │ A │ where you can't ├───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sit down, for │▐█▌│ I │ M │ B │ A │ D │ W │ I │ T │ H │ N │ A │ M │ E │ S │ short ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Spacing of │ I │ D │ U │ N │ N │ O │ Y │ O │ U │ T │ E │ L │ L │ M │ E │ wall studs, ├24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ e.g. │ R │ I │ S │ E │ T │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ O │ M │▐█▌│ Y │ A │ S │ 12. The one who ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "survived" in │ A │ T │ I │ T │▐█▌│ F │ R │ E │ S │ N │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the "divorced, ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼35─┤ beheaded, died, │ N │ Y │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ T │ S │ divorced, ├───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ beheaded, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ R │ N │ S │▐█▌│ T │ H │ O │ U │ survived" ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sequence │ R │ S │ S │▐█▌│ A │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ G │ E │ O │ N │ E │ 13. Sarafina's ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ daughter, in │ A │ C │ T │ I │ V │ I │ T │ Y │ B │ L │ A │ N │ K │ E │ T │ the Disney ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ canon │ G │ O │ A │ S │ A │ D │ V │ E │ R │ T │ I │ S │ E │ D │▐█▌│ 15. Verb for a ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┤ yoga instructor │ L │ O │ L │ L │▐█▌│ E │ E │ N │ Y │▐█▌│ T │ E │ J │ A │ S │ 16. Bows are ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ often seen │ A │ B │ L │ E │▐█▌│ D │ A │ T │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ B │ A │ around one ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Things │ N │ A │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ B │ S │ P │ aren't expected └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ when they're
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Freestyle 912 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ R │ A │ S │ H │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ B │ T │ O │ B │ 1. You might ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ get one from │ I │ T │ W │ O │ N │ T │ H │ U │ R │ T │▐█▌│ I │ R │ A │ S │ the heat ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Matter of │ S │ O │ A │ P │ O │ P │ E │ R │ A │ S │▐█▌│ L │ U │ R │ E │ matter ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Trade │ I │ N │ P │ E │ N │▐█▌│ P │ I │ C │▐█▌│ R │ L │ E │ S │ S │ activity that ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ doesn't involve │ N │ C │ I │ S │▐█▌│ B │ A │ C │ K │ P │ A │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the consumer, ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ briefly │ G │ E │ N │▐█▌│ B │ U │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ I │ G │ H │ U │ R │ 14. "Gotta at ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ least try" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ I │ R │ P │ O │ R │ T │ N │ O │ I │ S │ E │ 16. Many ├34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ late-60s income │ I │ J │ U │ S │ T │ M │ A │ D │ E │ T │ H │ A │ T │ U │ P │ sources ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Series of │ M │ E │ A │ T │ L │ E │ S │ S │ M │ E │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ dramatic events ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼42─┤ 18. Vibrator │ F │ R │ E │ R │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ R │ T │▐█▌│ C │ A │ W │ with a hook ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Not with a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ S │ E │ P │ S │ I │ S │▐█▌│ F │ A │ S │ H │ lead, say? ├47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Memory │ P │ A │ R │ K │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ N │▐█▌│ F │ E │ R │ M │ I │ preserver, ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ U │ H │ O │ H │▐█▌│ I │ M │ A │ D │ E │ A │ D │ M │ A │ N │ 21. Like ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Harvard, to │ M │ E │ T │ A │▐█▌│ D │ A │ T │ E │ S │ Q │ U │ A │ R │ E │ many Bostonians ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Harmon-ic │ A │ M │ E │ N │▐█▌│ S │ N │ O │ R │ E │▐█▌│ P │ T │ A │ S │ TV franchise? └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. Subject of
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--- Binbrook, ON: Light drizzle, mist +18°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 913 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ E │ M │ I │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ E │ T │ A │ L │ E │ A │ D │ 1. Line from ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the House of │ V │ O │ G │ U │ E │▐█▌│ T │ O │ L │ E │ R │ A │ N │ C │ E │ Sabah ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Score to │ A │ R │ E │ N │ A │▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ S │ O │ D │ U │ M │ B │ break the tie, ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┤ say │ C │ A │ T │ T │ L │ E │ C │ L │ A │ S │ S │▐█▌│ F │ E │ T │ 14. What an ├───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ outfit might be │▐█▌│ L │ T │ S │▐█▌│ R │ K │ O │▐█▌│ A │ E │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ in ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ 15. Quality │ I │ S │ O │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ Y │ P │ O │ control ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ consideration │ R │ E │ P │▐█▌│ V │ E │ R │ T │▐█▌│ I │ N │ R │ O │ O │ M │ 16. Wizards' ├35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ milieu │ K │ N │ I │ F │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ L │ U │ K │ I │ 17. "Ugh, don't ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┤ even get me │ E │ S │ C │ O │ R │ T │▐█▌│ T │ H │ I │ N │▐█▌│ R │ E │ T │ started on ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ that" │ D │ E │ K │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ E │ R │ S │ 18. Back-of- ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ the-plane │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ N │▐█▌│ E │ L │ M │▐█▌│ S │ A │ T │▐█▌│ seats, in slang ├50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┤ 20. Unusual │ I │ S │ H │▐█▌│ W │ I │ T │ H │ M │ E │ S │ O │ F │ A │ R │ source of ├57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ arousal, │ S │ T │ A │ T │ E │ T │ R │ E │ E │▐█▌│ A │ D │ O │ B │ E │ informally ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Leslie │ N │ O │ C │ O │ N │ T │ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ W │ O │ O │ L │ F │ Nielsen's ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Naked Gun 33 │ T │ A │ K │ E │ S │ I │ C │ K │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ I │ L │ E │ S │ 1/3" character └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ and others:
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +17°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 914 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬───┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ H │ A │ H │ A │ H │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ C │ H │ I │ S │ M │ 1. "OK, now ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ tell me what │ O │ N │ A │ G │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ H │ O │ A │ T │ M │ I │ REALLY ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ happened" │ T │ E │ N │ N │ I │ S │▐█▌│ G │ O │ O │ D │ S │ H │ I │ T │ 7. Evidence of ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┤ a difference in │ I │ M │ G │ U │ R │▐█▌│ F │ O │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ T │ opinion ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Wild equine │ T │ O │ S │ S │▐█▌│ H │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ I │ C │ E │ S │ that's an ├24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ anagram of a │ E │ N │ E │▐█▌│ R │ A │ N │ D │ O │▐█▌│ A │ F │ A │ R │▐█▌│ popular fruit ├28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "Hey, I did │ M │ E │ S │ S │ E │ N │ G │ E │ R │ R │ N │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ NOT need to ├───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┤ hear that!" │▐█▌│ S │ H │ O │ C │ K │ I │ N │ G │ I │ K │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│ 15. You might ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┤ get tips for │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ R │ E │ A │ L │ L │ Y │ N │ O │ T │ good service in ├───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┤ it │▐█▌│ O │ S │ L │ O │▐█▌│ L │ A │ N │ K │ Y │▐█▌│ N │ O │ H │ 16. Really top- ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┤ shelf stuff │ S │ W │ I │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ I │ E │▐█▌│ N │ O │ D │ E │ 17. Picture- ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hosting website │ T │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ L │ C │▐█▌│ P │ O │ T │ T │ Y │ once very ├47─┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ popular for │ E │ D │ G │ E │ C │ A │ S │ E │▐█▌│ T │ A │ P │ I │ R │ S │ Reddit posts ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. One might │ I │ T │ L │ L │ F │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ C │ A │ C │ I │ A │ offer a bold ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ choice │ G │ O │ E │ S │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ J │ E │ R │ E │ M │ Y │ 19. Account └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ used to prevent
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--- Binbrook, ON: Mist +12°C, UV Index: 1
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 915 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬───┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ R │ O │ S │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│ M │ A │ G │ I │ C │ S │ E │ T │ 1. One getting ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hurt may be │ E │ N │ R │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│ O │ R │ I │ S │ I │ T │ M │ E │ taken off one ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 7. Gift for │ H │ E │ S │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│ S │ O │ G │ O │ D │ O │ I │ T │ making ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┤ disappearances? │ A │ T │ L │ A │ S │▐█▌│ E │ Q │ U │ U │ S │▐█▌│ N │ G │ O │ 15. Get fired ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ up │ B │ O │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ C │ A │ U │ S │ E │▐█▌│ T │ E │ R │ N │ 16. "...but ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe I'm the │ B │ O │ W │▐█▌│ G │ O │ S │ E │ E │▐█▌│ B │ O │ R │ E │ S │ one?" ├28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Portrayer │ E │ N │ T │ W │ I │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ A │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ of 11-Down in a ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼35─┤ 1961 epic film │ D │ E │ F │ I │ L │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ R │ A │ W │ L │ S │ 18. "Well, no ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ one's stopping │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ D │ S │▐█▌│ O │ V │ E │ R │ S │ H │ O │ T │ you...!" ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┤ 19. In which │ I │ C │ B │ M │ S │▐█▌│ A │ N │ I │ M │ E │▐█▌│ O │ O │ P │ the coast is ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ clear? │ C │ A │ R │ A │▐█▌│ M │ U │ T │ T │ S │▐█▌│ V │ A │ S │ E │ 20. Play with a ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stable setting │ A │ R │ O │▐█▌│ F │ O │ S │ H │ O │▐█▌│ T │ I │ B │ E │ T │ 21. Certain ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ service grp. │ N │ E │ W │ H │ O │ U │ S │ E │▐█▌│ A │ E │ R │ A │ T │ E │ 22. Buddies, ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maybe │ G │ E │ N │ I │ U │ S │ I │ Q │▐█▌│ G │ R │ U │ B │ E │ R │ 23. Part of an ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ NTSB report │ O │ N │ S │ T │ R │ E │ E │ T │▐█▌│ E │ A │ S │ Y │ A │ S │ 24. "Roseate" └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ bird
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Freestyle 916 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ U │ B │ E │ R │ C │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ U │ T │ O │ I │ L │ 1. Hack in ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ modern times │ S │ E │ A │ C │ A │ B │ I │ N │▐█▌│ O │ M │ E │ R │ T │ A │ 8. Extract from ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a pine, maybe │ I │ T │ S │ A │ L │ I │ V │ E │▐█▌│ G │ O │ P │ A │ S │ T │ 14. Salt ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ storage place? │ E │ R │ E │▐█▌│ I │ D │ E │ A │ S │▐█▌│ K │ E │ N │ S │▐█▌│ 16. What may be ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┤ fatal to break │ S │ A │ D │ D │▐█▌│ E │ S │ T │ A │ B │▐█▌│ E │ G │ O │ S │ 17. Shout after ├───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ an unexpected │▐█▌│ Y │ U │ R │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ R │▐█▌│ E │ Y │ E │ animation ├───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Drive by │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ O │ T │ H │ O │ L │ E │ S │ E │ A │ S │ O │ N │ 19. "...we must ├───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ away, _____ │▐█▌│ H │ O │ W │ S │ U │ R │ E │ A │ R │ E │ Y │ O │ U │▐█▌│ break of day, ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to seek our │ C │ A │ N │ N │ O │ T │ B │ E │ S │ A │ V │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ pale enchanted ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┤ gold" ("The │ B │ L │ T │▐█▌│ N │ U │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ R │ A │ S │▐█▌│ Hobbit") ├45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┤ 20. "Any of you │ D │ O │ H │ A │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ S │ H │▐█▌│ S │ F │ P │ D │ got anything to ├───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ contribute?" │▐█▌│ W │ E │ R │ E │▐█▌│ Z │ I │ P │ O │ N │▐█▌│ L │ O │ O │ 22. Wish-Bone ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ competitor │ P │ A │ G │ O │ D │ A │▐█▌│ R │ A │ P │ I │ C │ O │ N │ S │ 23. Teen-led ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ risk prevention │ E │ R │ A │ S │ E │ D │▐█▌│ S │ T │ O │ N │ E │ A │ G │ E │ org. ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25. Here since, │ A │ S │ S │ E │ N │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ N │ O │ O │ T │ E │ D │ for short └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 27. There are
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 917 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┐
│ A │ T │ M │ E │▐█▌│ A │ R │ C │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ G │ I │ 1. "Tag my name ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ on the socials" │ C │ H │ E │ V │ Y │ T │ A │ H │ O │ E │▐█▌│ B │ U │ R │ S │ 5. Prominent ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┤ feature of │ R │ E │ D │ E │ E │ M │ T │ E │ A │ M │▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │ L │ Gothic churches ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. "Cats" made │ O │ P │ A │ R │ T │▐█▌│ E │ A │ R │ T │ H │ T │ I │ D │ E │ use of it in ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 2019 │ S │ I │ L │ T │▐█▌│ A │ P │ P │ S │▐█▌│ O │ R │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 12. SUV that's ├24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┤ rebadged and │ S │ T │ S │▐█▌│ D │ U │ L │ S │ E │▐█▌│ R │ O │ P │ E │ S │ sold as the GMC ├───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Yukon │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ J │ A │ H │▐█▌│ S │ A │ T │ I │ R │ E │ 15. Annoying ├31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ things brought │ H │ A │ V │ E │ F │ U │ N │ O │ U │ T │ T │ H │ E │ R │ E │ home from ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ trails │ A │ D │ E │ P │ T │ S │▐█▌│ T │ H │ A │ I │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Nickname ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼41─┤ for the 2008 │ S │ T │ A │ L │ E │▐█▌│ G │ A │ R │ B │ O │▐█▌│ G │ E │ R │ Olympic gold ├───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ medal-winning │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ A │ R │ E │ S │▐█▌│ H │ E │ R │ O │ American men's ├45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ basketball │ Z │ A │ P │ A │ T │ I │ S │ T │ A │▐█▌│ N │ I │ T │ R │ O │ squad ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. "It goes on │ A │ N │ A │ L │▐█▌│ D │ O │ I │ L │ O │ O │ K │ F │ A │ T │ more" ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. It messes │ C │ T │ R │ L │▐█▌│ A │ I │ S │ L │ E │ S │ E │ A │ T │ S │ with your eyes ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Land │ H │ I │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ T │ Y │ R │▐█▌│ D │ R │ A │ Y │ movement due to └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ the Sun's and
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 918 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ N │ O │ R │ M │▐█▌│ H │ U │ L │ A │▐█▌│ P │ R │ I │ C │ E │ 1. Not an ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ exception │ O │ H │ I │ O │▐█▌│ I │ N │ O │ N │▐█▌│ O │ U │ T │ E │ R │ 5. Movement ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ around a │ W │ I │ T │ S │▐█▌│ T │ I │ L │ T │ S │ E │ N │ S │ O │ R │ volcano, ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ perhaps │ A │ B │ A │ S │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ I │ T │ M │ U │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 9. Point at ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┤ which one can │ V │ E │ R │ Y │ O │ D │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ S │ P │ O │ R │ T │ be bribed ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ 14. Where the │ E │ T │ D │▐█▌│ B │ E │ A │ N │ I │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ R │ old man lives, ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ in the Jax hit │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ J │ A │ C │ K │ E │ T │ P │ O │ T │ A │ T │ O │ "Victoria's ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Secret" │ T │ O │ M │ O │ R │ R │ O │ W │ S │ F │ R │ I │ D │ A │ Y │ 15. Knowing, ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ unlike most │ A │ R │ I │ S │ T │ O │ T │ E │ L │ I │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ others ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ 16. On the │ M │ A │ X │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ A │ R │ I │ N │ C │▐█▌│ T │ A │ S │ fringes ├46─┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Some game │ E │ L │ E │ V │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ L │ L │ A │ L │ L │ show ├───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ contestants │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ D │ E │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ A │ R │ L │ Y │ match them ├55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼58─┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Device in a │ S │ I │ T │ S │ I │ D │ L │ Y │ B │ Y │▐█▌│ R │ O │ O │ F │ pinball machine ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Make turn │ A │ D │ A │ P │ T │▐█▌│ A │ F │ R │ O │▐█▌│ V │ I │ N │ O │ red ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. It might │ P │ A │ P │ A │ S │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ N │▐█▌│ A │ L │ E │ X │ turn red └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. "Curious"
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on TV version 58. Way away, long ago

--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +10°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 919 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ O │ H │ G │ E │ E │▐█▌│ R │ C │ C │ A │ R │▐█▌│ M │ R │ I │ 1. "Color me ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ surprised!" │ R │ O │ O │ M │ Y │▐█▌│ P │ R │ U │ N │ E │ S │ K │ I │ N │ 6. Toy steered ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from afar │ D │ O │ G │ I │ E │▐█▌│ G │ E │ T │ O │ N │ T │ A │ S │ K │ 11. What ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ involves a test │ O │ V │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ I │ D │▐█▌│ A │ Y │ E │ S │ tube, for ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ short? │ N │ E │ G │ E │ V │▐█▌│ P │ E │ T │ E │ R │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. A size or ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ two too big │ T │ R │ A │ D │ E │ D │ I │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ A │ M │ A │ 15. Reaction to ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ getting soaked │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ R │ E │ A │ T │ N │ O │ W │ W │ H │ A │ T │ 17. One alone ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ on the range │ C │ E │ R │ E │ M │ O │ N │ I │ A │ L │ D │ E │ I │ S │ M │ 18. Refocus ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Larva │ B │ U │ T │ T │ O │ N │ O │ A │ V │ A │ I │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ predecessors ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┤ 20. Committed │ C │ R │ E │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ V │ E │ L │ O │ U │ T │ 21. They have ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it in passing │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ T │ H │ I │ C │ S │▐█▌│ R │ S │ V │ P │ D │ 22. Geographic ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ region in which │ U │ M │ A │ D │▐█▌│ E │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ S │ P │ Ben-Gurion ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ University is │ L │ O │ N │ G │ A │ R │ M │ E │ D │▐█▌│ A │ T │ R │ I │ A │ found ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25. Leader │ T │ A │ K │ E │ T │ O │ B │ E │ D │▐█▌│ R │ O │ I │ D │ S │ chronicled in ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the Pushkin │ A │ S │ H │▐█▌│ S │ N │ I │ P │ S │▐█▌│ T │ O │ T │ E │ S │ poem "The └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Bronze
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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +11°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 920 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ D │ E │ C │ O │▐█▌│ S │ C │ R │ I │ P │▐█▌│ C │ A │ B │ S │ 1. Like Rio's ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ Christ the │ U │ P │ O │ N │▐█▌│ E │ L │ O │ P │ E │▐█▌│ A │ L │ B │ A │ Redeemer statue ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Green │ H │ I │ L │ T │▐█▌│ W │ O │ M │ A │ N │ O │ N │ T │ O │ P │ substitute ├───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. It's said │▐█▌│ C │ L │ A │ S │ S │ Y │ A │ S │ A │ L │ W │ A │ Y │ S │ that they're ├───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hard to find │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ R │ I │ O │ S │ I │▐█▌│ L │ E │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│ when it's ├24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ raining │ M │ A │ R │ I │ A │ N │▐█▌│ N │ I │ L │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Word with ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ call or touch │ U │ L │ T │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ D │ A │ L │▐█▌│ M │ A │ N │ 15. Link up ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ remotely? │ T │ A │ I │ N │ T │ S │ O │▐█▌│ E │ W │ O │ K │ E │ S │ E │ 16. Actress ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ whose surname │ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│ U │ H │ U │ R │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ T │ T │ A │ is Latin for ├───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "white" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ I │ E │ U │▐█▌│ C │ A │ R │ R │ O │ T │ 17. Something ├───┼45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to hold onto │▐█▌│ I │ O │ W │ A │ N │▐█▌│ S │ B │ A │ R │ R │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ when thrusting ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┤ 18. Cowgirl, │ I │ M │ F │ I │ N │ E │ W │ H │ E │ R │ E │ I │ A │ M │▐█▌│ say ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┤ 20. Sarcastic │ L │ E │ A │ V │ E │ S │ A │ J │ A │ R │▐█▌│ G │ R │ A │ B │ reply to a ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ crude comment │ L │ A │ C │ E │▐█▌│ U │ P │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ A │ E │ R │ O │ 22. Opera forms ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ more melodic │ S │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ P │ O │ B │ O │ Y │▐█▌│ N │ A │ S │ A │ than └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ recitatives
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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +14°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 921 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +7°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Anagram Crossword 14 (***see notepad***) - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬───┐
│ A │ N │ G │ L │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ D │ A │ I │ N │ S │▐█▌│ 1. Sound in ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┤ "wake" and │ D │ A │ R │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ R │ A │ I │ N │ C │ O │ A │ T │ "bake" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. People │ S │ P │ A │ C │ E │ R │▐█▌│ D │ I │ S │ T │ A │ S │ T │ E │ making initial ├───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ progress are │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ E │ S │ I │ R │ E │ D │▐█▌│ S │ L │ I │ E │ R │ "making" them ├22─┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Introduce │ I │ M │ I │ N │▐█▌│ P │ E │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ E │ R │ to the house, ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┤ as a cat's prey │ D │ O │ E │ S │ T │▐█▌│ P │ L │ A │ T │ S │▐█▌│ R │ N │ A │ 15. Resident of ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ Split │ L │ O │ N │ E │ R │▐█▌│ A │ S │ L │ E │ E │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. Wild and ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼41─┤ wacky pranks │ E │ N │ T │ R │ E │ E │ S │▐█▌│ T │ E │ R │ R │ A │ I │ N │ 18. Most prim ├───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and proper │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ R │ T │ R │ E │▐█▌│ V │ E │ R │ D │ I │ 19. Lived ├45─┼46─┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Angers, │ P │ A │ C │▐█▌│ T │ A │ S │ E │ R │▐█▌│ E │ S │ T │ O │ P │ with "up" ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Old iPod │ I │ R │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ D │▐█▌│ E │ E │ L │ S │ model ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 24. Lake │ P │ I │ N │ O │ T │▐█▌│ W │ A │ R │ R │ E │ N │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ preservation ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼63─┤ org. │ E │ S │ O │ T │ E │ R │ I │ C │▐█▌│ A │ T │ T │ I │ C │ S │ 25. Bring back ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ into the boat │ S │ T │ E │ E │ R │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│ G │ R │ E │ A │ S │ E │ 26. Gives tons ├───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ of attention, │▐█▌│ O │ D │ D │ N │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ R │ N │ I │ E │ with "on" └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 28. Messy
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +8°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 922 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ G │ O │ G │ O │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ T │ M │▐█▌│ M │ B │ A │ S │ 1. First all- ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ female rock │ I │ N │ A │ N │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ G │ N │ A │ L │ T │ O │ band to have a ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Billboard #1 │ R │ E │ M │ I │ T │▐█▌│ W │ I │ L │ D │ O │ N │ I │ O │ N │ album ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. You might │ D │ I │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ A │ C │ T │▐█▌│ N │ I │ N │ N │ Y │ get odd looks ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ if you shout │ U │ S │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ T │ S │▐█▌│ D │ P │ A │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ "Jackpot!!" at ├24─┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┤ it │ P │ H │ I │ L │ L │ I │ E │▐█▌│ T │ I │ A │▐█▌│ B │ R │ O │ 9. Mike ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ Bloomberg and │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ E │ A │ R │ O │ V │ E │ R │ Y │ E │ A │ R │ George W. Bush ├34─┼35─┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ have them │ T │ H │ I │ N │ G │ S │ G │ O │ T │ H │ E │ A │ T │ E │ D │ 13. Like first- ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ grade class │ I │ A │ M │ N │ O │ T │ A │ F │ R │ A │ I │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ material, to ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ typical high- │ E │ L │ F │▐█▌│ S │ E │ P │▐█▌│ O │ R │ L │ A │ N │ D │ O │ schoolers ├───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┤ 14. Cue │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ O │ T │ R │▐█▌│ P │ P │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ R │ O │ 16. Send to ├48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ settle │ S │ A │ Y │ S │ O │▐█▌│ U │ A │ E │▐█▌│ A │ C │ H │ E │ D │ something ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Bulb plant │ A │ P │ I │ A │ R │ I │ S │ T │ S │▐█▌│ J │ A │ M │ A │ L │ also known as a ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ramp │ W │ I │ N │ G │ E │ D │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ R │ A │ M │ E │ 18. Spare tire ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ adjustments? │ S │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│ K │ E │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ N │ T │ S │ 19. Music └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ group, say
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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +10°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 923 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ D │ A │ M │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ L │ O │ S │ E │ R │ S │ 1. Problem to ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ fix... or what │ E │ C │ I │ G │ A │ R │▐█▌│ O │ P │ E │ N │ I │ T │ U │ P │ it costs to fix ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it │ A │ T │ N │ O │ O │ N │▐█▌│ N │ A │ M │ E │ T │ A │ P │ E │ 7. Encore ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ preceders │ D │ I │ T │▐█▌│ L │ I │ M │ E │ S │▐█▌│ K │ A │ L │ E │ L │ 14. Fancy puff ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ piece? │ S │ N │ O │ T │▐█▌│ E │ S │ Q │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ I │ E │ L │ 15. "See what's ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┤ in there" │ E │ G │ R │ E │ T │▐█▌│ S │ U │ N │ U │ P │▐█▌│ A │ S │ S │ 16. Upon ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ starting lunch, │ A │ G │ E │ N │ C │ E │▐█▌│ I │ O │ T │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ maybe ├───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┼───┤ 17. │▐█▌│ M │ O │ D │ E │ R │ N │ C │ L │ A │ S │ S │ I │ C │▐█▌│ Personalized ├───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┤ feature of a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ A │ R │ K │▐█▌│ H │ E │ A │ T │ H │ S │ military ├44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ uniform │ C │ C │ P │▐█▌│ L │ S │ A │ T │ S │▐█▌│ O │ K │ S │ O │ O │ 18. One of ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ three for an S │ A │ L │ E │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ G │▐█▌│ S │ N │ O │ B │ 19. Wedges in a ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼59─┼───┼───┤ bottle, maybe │ T │ E │ N │ A │ M │▐█▌│ R │ I │ G │ I │ D │▐█▌│ O │ S │ E │ 21. Traveler in ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ a spaceship │ D │ O │ N │ T │ E │ V │ E │ N │▐█▌│ R │ E │ E │ F │ E │ R │ that landed in ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Smallville, │ A │ M │ I │ W │ R │ O │ N │ G │▐█▌│ L │ E │ G │ U │ M │ E │ Kansas ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Little │ D │ E │ B │ A │ C │ L │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ O │ N │ E │ R │ annoying shin- └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ kicker
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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +12°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 924 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ C │ H │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ D │ A │ S │▐█▌│ A │ N │ A │ L │ 1. Tech support ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ option │ A │ B │ L │ E │▐█▌│ C │ R │ A │ F │ T │ S │ T │ O │ R │ E │ 5. State law ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ higher-ups: │ N │ O │ T │ E │▐█▌│ A │ R │ M │ R │ E │ S │ T │ H │ O │ G │ Abbr. ├───┼───┼18─┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┤ 9. Appreciative │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ T │ V │ E │ N │ O │ M │ S │▐█▌│ E │ M │ U │ of order ├21─┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. See 1-Down │ N │ O │ M │▐█▌│ H │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ L │ A │ M │ 14. One might ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ pull in drawers │ S │ P │ I │ N │ E │ T │▐█▌│ D │ U │ N │▐█▌│ A │ P │ S │ E │ 16. Bass output ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. One with a │ F │ A │ R │ F │ R │ O │ M │ I │ D │ E │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ limb in the way ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ 18. Hazards of │ W │ H │ A │ T │ A │ M │ I │ Y │ O │ U │ R │ M │ A │ I │ D │ some picnic ├───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bites │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ M │ B │ I │ E │ N │ T │ N │ O │ I │ S │ E │ 20. Doug's ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ partner in │ S │ T │ A │ R │▐█▌│ S │ S │ R │▐█▌│ R │ E │ N │ D │ E │ R │ popular ads ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ 21. Tony │ P │ I │ C │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ A │ S │▐█▌│ S │ E │ P │ consideration, ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ A │ P │ T │▐█▌│ A │ E │ R │ I │ A │ L │ S │ A │ W │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 23. See 56-Down ├53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼57─┤ 24. Come to a │ W │ H │ I │ S │ T │ L │ E │ T │ I │ P │▐█▌│ L │ A │ C │ E │ dramatic close? ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ 25. Instrument │ N │ A │ I │ L │ P │ O │ L │ I │ S │ H │▐█▌│ S │ L │ I │ M │ mentioned in ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ the "Mame" song │ S │ T │ I │ R │▐█▌│ N │ O │ S │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ K │ S │ O │ "We Need a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Little
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +13°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 925 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ E │ M │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ E │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ A │ B │ 1. Rig for ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┤ delivery │ A │ L │ A │ N │▐█▌│ F │ A │ T │ C │ A │ T │▐█▌│ R │ B │ I │ 5. See ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ 12-Across │ R │ I │ S │ K │ W │ O │ R │ T │ H │ T │ A │ K │ I │ N │ G │ 9. Analog to a ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ cockpit │ I │ M │ T │ H │ E │ O │ N │ E │ Y │ O │ U │ N │ E │ E │ D │ 12. With ├───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5-Across, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ C │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ E │ D │ R │ O │ fourth person ├22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to walk on the │ B │ E │ T │ R │ A │ Y │ A │ L │▐█▌│ D │ I │ E │ U │▐█▌│▐█▌│ moon ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ 13. Snobby, │ U │ C │ O │ N │ N │▐█▌│ R │ O │ M │ A │ N │▐█▌│ N │ I │ N │ loaded type ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Homeric │ T │ H │ U │ S │▐█▌│ A │ S │ W │ A │ N │▐█▌│ E │ C │ T │ O │ stat? ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Its │ T │ O │ R │▐█▌│ T │ I │ E │ I │ N │▐█▌│ T │ U │ L │ L │ E │ potential ├───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ reward is too │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ P │ A │ L │▐█▌│ Q │ U │ I │ R │ R │ E │ L │ L │ good to pass up ├44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. "Ask me for │ L │ I │ F │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ O │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ help" ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼54─┤ 20. It ends │ I │ N │ D │ O │ O │ R │ S │ K │ Y │ D │ I │ V │ I │ N │ G │ with a lot of ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ fright: Abbr. │ M │ O │ U │ N │ T │ A │ I │ N │ O │ U │ S │ A │ R │ E │ A │ 21. Spanish ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ Prime Minister │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│ S │ T │ R │ I │ K │ E │▐█▌│ N │ O │ R │ I │ Sánchez ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Treachery │ D │ E │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ N │ O │ T │ 27. "Grand └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ _____!" (French
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--- Binbrook, ON: Shallow fog +13°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 926 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 927 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ A │ B │ A │ C │ I │▐█▌│ C │ A │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ A │ W │ K │ 1. Additional ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ items? │ L │ O │ R │ A │ N │▐█▌│ A │ G │ O │ G │▐█▌│ U │ T │ E │ S │ 6. You can't go ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ higher than │ E │ X │ T │ R │ A │▐█▌│ M │ E │ L │ O │▐█▌│ S │ E │ C │ T │ this ├───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼23─┼───┼───┤ 9. Be stupidly │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ O │ R │ S │ E │ B │ I │ T │ S │▐█▌│ M │ O │ A │ curious ├24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. World War │ T │ R │ E │ B │ U │ C │ H │ E │ T │▐█▌│ P │ S │ P │ O │ T │ II pilot's ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ navigation aid │ O │ U │ I │▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ F │ I │ V │ E │ H │ O │ L │ E │ 14. Bright-eyed ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and bushy- │ D │ I │ S │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ O │ C │ O │ C │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ tailed ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ 16. Team that │ O │ N │ T │ O │▐█▌│ R │ E │ R │ A │ N │▐█▌│ T │ P │ E │ D │ went, in less ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┤ than 30 years, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ A │ R │ F │ E │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ R │ I │ from the ├43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ Western │ W │ E │ W │ A │ S │ R │ O │ B │ B │ E │ D │▐█▌│ X │ I │ N │ Athletic ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ Conference to │ A │ T │ A │ R │ I │▐█▌│ R │ E │ U │ N │ I │ T │ I │ N │ G │ the Mountain ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ West to the │ I │ R │ L │▐█▌│ S │ E │ T │ A │ T │ E │ A │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Pac-12 to the ├55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┤ Big 12... ay, │ T │ A │ K │ E │▐█▌│ S │ H │ U │ T │▐█▌│ B │ L │ I │ N │ I │ ay, ay... ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. On top │ U │ D │ O │ N │▐█▌│ T │ I │ T │ O │▐█▌│ L │ O │ S │ E │ R │ 18. Former NBA ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ star for whom │ P │ E │ N │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ Y │ N │▐█▌│ O │ T │ H │ E │ R │ Syracuse's └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ basketball
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 928 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
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Freestyle 929 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ C │ C │ L │ E │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│ J │ I │ G │ G │ L │ E │ T │ V │ 1. It was once ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ commonly used │ R │ O │ O │ B │ A │ R │▐█▌│ E │ M │ U │ L │ A │ T │ O │ R │ for alto parts ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Shows that │ A │ M │ A │ T │ I │ S │▐█▌│ S │ A │ Y │ O │ N │ A │ R │ A │ use the sex ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ appeal of full- │ Z │ E │ D │▐█▌│ L │ A │ S │ T │ F │ E │ W │▐█▌│ L │ O │ P │ figured women, ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ derogatorily │ Y │ E │ E │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ D │▐█▌│ W │ I │ S │ P │ 14. Frame ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ protecting │ H │ A │ D │ E │ S │▐█▌│ U │ R │ N │▐█▌│ S │ H │ I │ E │ S │ vehicles from ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ front-end │ U │ S │ U │ R │ P │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ O │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ collisions, in ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ Australian │ H │ Y │ P │ N │ O │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ H │ I │ P │ I │ T │ slang ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Program │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ O │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ W │ O │ S │ O │ M │ E │ that lets you ├41─┼42─┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ run obsolete │ C │ A │ I │ R │ N │▐█▌│ P │ E │ R │▐█▌│ T │ I │ K │ I │ S │ software on a ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┤ current │ O │ L │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ N │ E │ R │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ N │ S │ computer ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┤ 17. Fine pieces │ R │ P │ M │▐█▌│ E │ A │ T │ E │ N │ A │ T │▐█▌│ R │ T │ E │ of music? ├55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "Nice │ G │ A │ M │ I │ N │ G │ P │ C │▐█▌│ T │ O │ R │ P │ O │ R │ seeing ya!" ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. What's │ I │ C │ A │ N │ D │ O │ I │ T │▐█▌│ P │ E │ O │ R │ I │ A │ spelt in pizza? ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Dwindling │ S │ A │ D │ S │ O │ N │ G │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ M │ O │ T │ E │ but still └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ available
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 930 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ T │ I │ K │ K │ A │▐█▌│ A │ F │ I │ R │ E │▐█▌│ S │ K │ A │ 1. Popular ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ Indian marinade │ C │ S │ P │ A │ N │▐█▌│ R │ I │ V │ A │ L │▐█▌│ A │ I │ L │ 6. Being ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ fought, maybe │ M │ O │ O │ L │ A │▐█▌│ S │ T │ I │ C │ K │ S │ I │ D │ E │ 11. Style in ├───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┤ Rancid's "Time │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ A │ L │ M │▐█▌│ N │ E │ E │▐█▌│ T │ L │ D │ R │ Bomb" ├───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Senators │▐█▌│ P │ I │ M │▐█▌│ R │ U │ E │ S │▐█▌│ G │ R │ O │ O │ T │ often vote on ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it │ D │ A │ D │ A │ I │ S │ T │ S │▐█▌│ G │ O │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│ 15. Boeing or ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Airbus, e.g. │ A │ L │ O │ T │ S │ A │ T │ S │ T │ A │ K │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Not be 100% ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ right │ S │ P │ L │ A │ T │ T │ E │ R │ P │ L │ A │ T │ T │ E │ R │ 17. Lottery ├───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ winnings, in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ H │ A │ R │ E │ A │ I │ R │ P │ O │ R │ T │ slang ├───┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. One way to │▐█▌│ A │ S │ L │ A │ N │▐█▌│ G │ I │ L │ T │ E │ D │ G │ E │ beat the goalie ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┤ with a shot, in │ F │ R │ U │ I │ T │▐█▌│ F │ I │ N │ E │▐█▌│ D │ I │ O │▐█▌│ hockey ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. One struck │ U │ N │ L │ V │▐█▌│ G │ E │ M │▐█▌│ O │ L │ D │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ with applause ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┤ 22. ...but she │ B │ I │ K │ E │ V │ A │ L │ E │ T │▐█▌│ A │ L │ F │ A │ S │ was born... ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Brief │ A │ C │ E │▐█▌│ A │ L │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ L │ E │ O │ N │ A │ response to a ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ verbose post │ R │ A │ D │▐█▌│ T │ E │ N │ S │ E │▐█▌│ A │ R │ R │ A │ Y │ 24. Carraway └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ _____, title
character of an A.A. it can also be low if 21. "Dragon Ball Z" hero Milne play you need it to be known by an (ironically) 25. Wants to have been 55. Way, way in the "evil" nickname negated minority 24. Arachnid's 27. Marvel Comics 56. Name that's an appendage, from the character with a very anagram of 55-Across Latin for "feel" limited vocabulary 57. Wicked sweet 26. Flat-out 28. Marcel Duchamp and 58. What denotes a 27. Soapbox, e.g. others moment in time 28. Officials publicly 30. People with tickets, 59. Impressive selection elected in 47 U.S. e.g. states 31. "So much rides on DOWN 29. Start of an this" identification question 33. Dramatic song about 1. It debuted 100 years 30. Real-life figure
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +8°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 931 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ P │ A │ C │ S │▐█▌│ I │ C │ B │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ L │ E │ E │ 1. They're used ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to skirt │ O │ P │ R │ Y │▐█▌│ M │ O │ L │ E │▐█▌│ S │ O │ O │ E │ Y │ spending ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ limits, briefly │ P │ E │ A │ R │▐█▌│ P │ R │ O │ M │▐█▌│ E │ F │ I │ L │ E │ 5. Canada's ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Distant Early │ E │ X │ P │ I │ R │ E │ D │ C │ O │ U │ P │ O │ N │ S │▐█▌│ Warning Line ├───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ served to warn │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ I │ L │ S │▐█▌│ I │ N │ T │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ of an ├24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┤ approaching │ I │ N │ A │ N │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ R │ E │ A │ M │ P │ O │ P │ one, briefly ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Feeling with │ S │ I │ S │▐█▌│ N │ U │ T │ R │ I │ A │▐█▌│ A │ L │ L │ Y │ big-grin energy ├35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Place for │ A │ P │ T │ S │▐█▌│ P │ R │ I │ S │ S │▐█▌│ L │ E │ E │ R │ country ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼───┤ exhibitions │ A │ P │ I │ A │▐█▌│ S │ E │ P │ T │ E │ T │▐█▌│ A │ D │ O │ 14. One mainly ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ working inside │ C │ Y │ C │ L │ O │ P │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ A │ S │ S │ S │ 15. "Dinner!" ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Snifter │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ N │ I │ T │▐█▌│ A │ P │ P │ L │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ shape ├───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┤ 17. Event that │▐█▌│ T │ R │ A │ I │ N │ O │ F │ T │ H │ O │ U │ G │ H │ T │ has lots of ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ dates │ T │ A │ E │ B │ O │▐█▌│ A │ R │ E │ A │▐█▌│ M │ O │ O │ R │ 18. Take care ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ of one's duties │ A │ S │ F │ A │ N │▐█▌│ D │ I │ A │ S │▐█▌│ N │ O │ N │ E │ on the computer ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. They can no │ M │ E │ I │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ M │ E │▐█▌│ I │ N │ K │ Y │ longer save you └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. 50/50
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 932 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ D │ E │ L │ I │▐█▌│ A │ C │ T │ S │▐█▌│ A │ M │ U │ C │ K │ 1. Where one ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ might be asked │ I │ C │ E │ M │ A │ L │ L │ E │ T │▐█▌│ C │ I │ R │ R │ I │ if it's okay to ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ go over │ D │ O │ N │ O │ T │ B │ E │ N │ D │▐█▌│ C │ A │ B │ O │ T │ 5. Set on stage ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. In an │ O │ L │ D │ F │ L │ A │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ C │ T │ uncontrolled ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼23─┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ way │ S │ E │ L │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ N │ M │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Bartender's ├───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ crusher │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ S │ C │ I │▐█▌│ P │ E │ A │ 16. ├───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ Unthreatening │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ H │ A │ T │ E │ T │ H │ I │ S │ P │ A │ R │ T │ things for ├37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ pilots to fly │ C │ A │ M │ E │ R │ A │ E │ A │ T │ S │ F │ I │ R │ S │ T │ through ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Hardly a │ I │ S │ E │ N │ T │ Y │ O │ U │ A │ L │ I │ N │ K │▐█▌│▐█▌│ flexible ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ warning? │ G │ P │ S │▐█▌│ H │ O │ U │▐█▌│ R │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Explorer ├───┼───┼43─┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼48─┼49─┤ memorialized │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ L │ A │ N │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ G │ S │ with a statue ├50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ on the coast of │ O │ L │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ I │ S │ E │ T │ E │ A │ Newfoundland's ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Bonavista │ S │ O │ D │ O │ M │▐█▌│ I │ W │ A │ N │ T │ S │ O │ N │ G │ Peninsula ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Historical │ L │ O │ U │ P │ E │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ R │ E │ I │ N │ T │ O │ date? ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Need for │ O │ K │ P │ A │ L │▐█▌│ H │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ N │ E │ S │ S │ the question └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ "How do I
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you say, man" actress/singer whom

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Freestyle 933 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬───┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ E │ N │ D │ T │ I │ M │ E │▐█▌│ F │ T │ D │▐█▌│ N │ A │ B │ 1. Shift closer ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Firm with │ L │ O │ C │ A │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│ S │ A │ O │ T │ O │ M │ E │ sprays ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 11. Throw in │ S │ T │ A │ N │ D │ O │ N │▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ A │ L │ P │ S │ the black-and- ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ white │ A │ B │ L │ Y │▐█▌│ W │ A │ H │ O │ O │▐█▌│ X │ O │ U │ T │ 14. Pinpointed ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. World │▐█▌│ A │ C │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ P │ E │▐█▌│ I │ S │ L │ E │ capital about ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25 miles north │ A │ D │ O │▐█▌│ S │ C │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ R │ E │ E │ D │ of the equator, ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ or the island │ M │ E │ D │ I │ C │ A │ L │ D │ R │ A │ M │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ it's on ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ 17. Use for a │ T │ H │ A │ T │ O │ N │ E │ W │ A │ S │ O │ N │ Y │ O │ U │ better vantage ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ point, maybe │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ J │ U │ I │ C │ E │ J │ A │ C │ K │ I │ N │ G │ 18. 2030 Winter ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ Olympics │ G │ A │ M │ U │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ A │ P │ S │▐█▌│ E │ G │ G │ setting ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. How you │ I │ T │ I │ S │▐█▌│ F │ I │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ F │ L │ U │▐█▌│ hope your pilot ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┤ flies your │ F │ E │ S │ T │▐█▌│ B │ R │ E │ A │ D │▐█▌│ E │ D │ I │ T │ plane ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "Oh, │ W │ A │ S │ I │ T │ O │ K │▐█▌│ S │ O │ N │ A │ S │ T │ Y │ yeah!!" ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Block with │ A │ M │ U │ S │ E │ M │ E │▐█▌│ T │ W │ O │ S │ T │ A │ R │ crosses ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Its │ R │ S │ S │▐█▌│ N │ B │ D │▐█▌│ I │ N │ S │ T │ O │ R │ E │ official name └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ begins with
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Freestyle 934 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ A │ B │ R │ I │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ S │ L │▐█▌│ H │ A │ N │ S │ 1. Slopping ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ over the sides │ L │ E │ A │ N │ I │ N │ T │ O │ I │ T │▐█▌│ A │ S │ H │ E │ 6. Something ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ that's hand- │ P │ A │ I │ D │ D │ E │ A │ R │ L │ Y │▐█▌│ O │ K │ L │ A │ delivered, ├───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ I │ S │ A │ S │ T │ E │ R │ C │ L │ A │ S │ S │ 9. Welsh : ├21─┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 56-Across :: │ T │ W │ E │ E │ T │▐█▌│ K │ A │ N │▐█▌│ L │ E │ N │ T │ O │ German : _____ ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┤ 13. Embrace an │ M │ E │ R │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ T │ T │ E │▐█▌│ C │ A │ N │ experience ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ wholeheartedly │ I │ T │ S │ R │ E │ A │ L │▐█▌│ B │ O │ O │ G │ E │ R │ S │ 16. Eponym of ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an annual award │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ U │ R │ O │▐█▌│ O │ N │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ that's been ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ given to Pat │ O │ U │ T │ D │ R │ E │ W │▐█▌│ B │ E │ E │ R │ H │ A │ T │ Summitt, Bill ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ Russell, and │ U │ N │ H │▐█▌│ E │ A │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ R │ E │ Pat Tillman ├48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Experienced │ T │ W │ E │ R │ K │▐█▌│ A │ P │ R │▐█▌│ D │ A │ N │ C │ E │ drastic ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ consequences │ S │ O │ C │ I │ A │ L │ L │ O │ A │ F │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. "Twister" ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┤ setting: Abbr. │ E │ V │ A │ N │▐█▌│ O │ K │ O │ K │ I │ G │ E │ T │ I │ T │ 19. ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Embarrassingly │ T │ E │ N │ D │▐█▌│ D │ E │ F │ I │ N │ I │ T │ E │ N │ O │ bad ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ performance, in │ S │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ O │ N │ T │ O │ slang └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Report from
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Freestyle 935 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ I │ F │ S │ O │ W │ H │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ D │ O │ N │ E │ 1. Question at ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the end of some │ N │ A │ P │ T │ I │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ S │ U │ R │ E │ R │ essay test ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ prompts │ S │ T │ I │ C │ K │ O │ N │▐█▌│ A │ S │ P │ E │ C │ T │ S │ 8. Not like it ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ used to be │ I │ T │ T │▐█▌│ I │ S │ T │▐█▌│ G │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Good ├21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┤ occasion for │ T │ E │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ F │ R │▐█▌│ U │ P │ T │ O │▐█▌│ parents to make ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┤ out, maybe │ U │ N │ D │ O │ C │ K │▐█▌│ R │ A │ W │▐█▌│ A │ U │ R │ A │ 15. One ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ bringing you │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ H │ I │ T │ E │ B │ E │ A │ R │ D │ E │ D │ the high ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ points? │ I │ C │ A │ N │ A │ L │ R │ E │ A │ D │ Y │ T │ E │ L │ L │ 16. Pin, say ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Components │ Q │ U │ I │ E │ T │ N │ I │ G │ H │ T │ I │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. "What ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ you're reading │ S │ E │ R │ A │▐█▌│ S │ E │ A │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ B │ I │ T │ here is...", on ├───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ Reddit │▐█▌│ S │ E │ S │ H │▐█▌│ S │ N │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ G │ E │ 19. Closer to ├───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ special? │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ L │ T │▐█▌│ O │ F │ F │▐█▌│ D │ U │ N │ 20. One giving ├59─┼60─┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ a hat tip │ J │ A │ N │ E │ R │ O │ E │▐█▌│ L │ A │ U │ G │ H │ A │ T │ 21. Raised to ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ be driven │ A │ D │ O │ R │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ J │ U │ S │ T │ O │ N │ E │ 23. What the ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ equator and │ M │ O │ U │ S │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ K │ N │ E │ E │ P │ A │ D │ prime meridian └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ run through:
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Freestyle 936 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ F │ I │ F │ O │▐█▌│ K │ A │ Y │ A │ K │ C │ R │ O │ S │ S │ 1. Accounting ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ acronym that's │ A │ T │ O │ P │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ C │ A │ N │ H │ O │ P │ E │ one letter off ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from a major │ S │ E │ X │ T │▐█▌│ T │ O │ R │ O │ N │ T │ O │ Z │ O │ O │ sports org. ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 5. Chaotic │ T │ R │ Y │ I │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│ U │ S │ O │▐█▌│ E │ D │ U │ event that ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ debuted at the │ L │ A │ B │ O │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ W │▐█▌│ D │ E │ L │ 2024 Paris ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ Olympics │ A │ T │ O │ N │ I │ C │▐█▌│ A │ T │ S │ E │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. In first ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ place in, as │ N │ I │ X │▐█▌│ G │ U │ M │ M │ I │▐█▌│ R │ A │ M │ I │ S │ the standings ├37─┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "That's an │ E │ V │ E │ S │▐█▌│ M │ I │ N │ C │ E │▐█▌│ H │ E │ M │ P │ ideal scenario" ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ 17. Tease at │ S │ E │ R │ U │ M │▐█▌│ S │ I │ S │ T │ A │▐█▌│ T │ I │ O │ work, say ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Where a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ Y │ T │ O │▐█▌│ A │ C │ C │ O │ S │ T │ zebra named ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Blue Jay was │ C │ B │ S │▐█▌│ I │ V │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ R │ N │ S │ T │ born in 1977 ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Request for │ L │ E │ I │▐█▌│ T │ O │ E │▐█▌│ S │ A │ R │ A │ L │ E │ E │ a slip, maybe ├60─┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. │ O │ H │ N │ O │ A │ N │ Y │ W │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ M │ I │ D │ S │ Entertainment ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ group that goes │ M │ A │ C │ H │ I │ N │ E │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│ I │ N │ I │ T │ to theaters, ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ P │ R │ E │ S │ S │ E │ D │ F │ O │ R │▐█▌│ N │ E │ T │ S │ 22. It's seen └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ after rice.
23. Pre-birth period 56. Freebie at Disney's since 1770 24. One might down an Polynesian Village 14. Where Florence apple Resort Griffith Joyner won 25. It's struck to 57. Heel's opposite three Olympic golds and strike 58. Onetime owner of a silver 26. Like the first Wonderbra and Playtex 20. Tan field? syllable in "amazing" or 60. Reply of mock 27. Sheepskin "exciting", disappointment preposition linguistically 63. US Naval Academy 28. Prenatal assessment, 28. Needing serious trainees, informally informally guidance 64. The Atomic Era 29. Opening remark 30. Sticks _____ Hick directly followed it 32. Experiencing some Pix (famous 1935 65. Playing for more strong emotions "Variety" magazine than pride 34. Clicked with a headline) 66. Strongly demanded mouse, maybe 31. "Adventures of the 67. Protection on some 35. "Whoa, whoa, whoa... _____ Bears" (1980s factory workers what?" Disney animated TV 36. Sticking litmus series) DOWN strips in beakers, e.g. 33. Director honored 38. Making one go with his own day, 1. Things to pass in "hmm...", informally February 2, by the city 2. Like the bass lines 40. "When u comin by?"
of Chicago of many pop songs 43. Trader Vic's kept 37. When kids might have 3. Scantily-clad their original recipe later bedtimes combatant in a ring secret for decades 39. Prepare for 4. True or false, e.g. 45. Tech company that shepherd's pie, in a way 5. Picks called "tsume" shares its name with the 41. Potted plant? are typically used with maple tree genus 42. Clear centrifuged one 48. Makeup-obsessed component 6. Like seven op-eds to "Miss" in "Pee-wee's 44. "Soul _____" (hit date in the New York Playhouse" from the "Love & Times' history, briefly 50. Find any available Basketball" movie 7. Informal lead-in to space for soundtrack) "kiddin'" 51. Step in clogs, say 46. One may be "paterno" 8. Sound concern 52. Host of the short-
or "materno" 9. Where you can find, lived TLC talk show 47. Notify or inform, interestingly enough, "Late Night Joy" e.g. both the Republican 53. At any point after 49. Drag away from a River and a city named 58. Staple of New conversation, maybe Liberal Guinean cuisine 51. 1990s Winter 10. Landmark visible 59. "Hoy" minus one day Olympics carrier from many seats at 61. Honey _____ (Post 54. Place with a very Rogers Centre cereal) bright reputation, 11. Letter that starts a 62. High-flying informally US state 1940s-1970s U.S. mil. 55. Longtime friend of 12. Obviously showed group Arp 13. Fine china brand

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

Freestyle 937 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ B │ O │ O │ N │▐█▌│ A │ J │ A │ X │▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ A │ S │ 1. Thing to be ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ appreciative of │ O │ N │ L │ Y │▐█▌│ D │ O │ M │ E │▐█▌│ R │ U │ B │ U │ P │ 5. He lost out ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ on Achilles' │ B │ O │ Y │ S │ D │ O │ R │ M │ S │▐█▌│ A │ G │ O │ R │ A │ shield to ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Odysseus │ C │ A │ M │ E │ U │ P │ T │ O │▐█▌│ S │ C │ H │ W │ A │ S │ 9. Reggie ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Jackson has his │ A │ T │ P │▐█▌│ O │ T │ S │▐█▌│ F │ U │ E │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ number retired ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼31─┤ by them │ T │ H │ I │ R │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ O │ N │▐█▌│ A │ P │ I │ A │ 14. Right turn ├───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ follower, │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ R │ E │ A │ M │ A │ N │ D │ S │ U │ G │ A │ R │ sometimes ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. You might │ V │ E │ G │ A │ N │ R │ E │ S │ T │ A │ U │ R │ A │ N │ T │ see a bowl ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ under it │ I │ T │ O │ T │ A │ L │ L │ Y │ S │ E │ E │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Prepare for ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┤ play, as a new │ M │ A │ D │ E │▐█▌│ I │ D │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ E │ O │ U │ L │ baseball ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ 17. Some prep │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ I │ S │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ F │▐█▌│ U │ N │ A │ school ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ buildings │ C │ R │ A │ F │ T │ S │▐█▌│ S │ O │ L │ O │ T │ R │ I │ P │ 19. Ancient ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ site that │ M │ E │ D │ I │ A │▐█▌│ R │ E │ S │ C │ R │ I │ P │ T │ S │ becomes an ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ ancient │ A │ B │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│ A │ R │ E │ A │▐█▌│ F │ R │ E │ E │ Mediterranean ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ city when an N │ S │ A │ M │ M │ Y │▐█▌│ G │ A │ S │ P │▐█▌│ F │ O │ R │ D │ is placed after └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ its first
letter informally 29. One whose job often 20. Was as tall as 57. Common thing in a depends on avoiding 21. They're hardly ever dorm water at all costs stressed 58. Good way to get 30. John, to some Brits 22. Org. in which something at the store 31. Some use a brush for "tweeners" are splashy 59. Deli creation, it moves casually 33. 1990s-2000s HBO 23. You don't start them 60. Reaction to a twist series featuring many with an edge, for short 61. Get through, as a cameos from pro athletes 24. What often has a stream 34. Fusions premium option 35. Goes after, as 25. It's almost home DOWN damages 27. A bit over four 36. Go-go quality times around the Milky 1. Animal named for its 37. It's more defined Way for our Solar System short tail the closer you get, for 28. Site of the World 2. Sworn to tell the short War II-era Naval Base truth 42. Joining force Upolu 3. Apollo, e.g. 43. Became ineffective 32. What a "black" order 4. Site of an infamous 45. Home of airports lacks 1929 crash, for short with codes PSA and TRN 36. Not a good place to 5. Add to a house 46. Common sources of work on your chops? 6. Some cutoffs attar for perfumers 38. "That's definitely a 7. What might help win 47. Peak known for its strong resemblance!" an argument infamous climbing route 39. Prepared for a meal 8. Indicates consent, in called "The Nose", 40. Name that's also a a way popularly state abbreviation 9. Evidence of previous 49. In 2022, Peyton 41. City that sounds presence Manning was the first intimate? 10. Stephen Fry's non-singer to host them, 44. One may elicit a partner in a 1980s-90s for short drawn-out "Ooooh!" comedy duo 50. Five-time 49-Down 46. Judge of whether 11. High-tech host, popularly things are good alternative to a guitar 51. "The man" in the 48. _____ volta (Italian pick line "It is not good "formerly") 12. Idol surrounder that the man should be 49. Beads might be used 13. People often soak in alone"
in them them 52. Some 52. Vacation one takes 18. Intestinal parts biopharmaceuticals 54. They might be mixed 21. Parfait, say 53. Thing to make up for sculptors 24. Tribune choices after 55. Adapts for a new TV 26. Gore and bush might 55. Windshield wiper, audience, in a way be seen in one maybe 56. Low minors tier, 27. Breeze to pass

--- Binbrook, ON: Mist +15°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 938 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ T │ S │ A │ R │▐█▌│ C │ L │ U │ E │▐█▌│ M │ A │ N │ O │ R │ 1. Title ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ subject of │ I │ T │ S │ A │ L │ L │ O │ N │ T │ H │ E │ L │ I │ N │ E │ operas by ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Rimsky-Korsakov │ F │ I │ N │ E │ Y │ O │ U │ D │ O │ I │ T │ T │ H │ E │ N │ and Glinka ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┤ 5. "Give me │ F │ R │ A │▐█▌│ O │ N │ I │ O │ N │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ S │ O │ another word, I ├───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ don't know", on │▐█▌│ S │ P │ I │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ T │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ the game show ├───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┤ "Password" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ S │ S │▐█▌│ H │ U │ M │ O │ R │ I │ S │ T │ 9. It's landed ├31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "Everything │ C │ S │ G │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ A │ S │ Y │ T │ O │ S │ E │ E │ comes down to ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ this" │ O │ K │ E │ N │ O │ U │ G │ H │ A │ B │ O │ U │ T │ M │ E │ 17. Annoyed ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ response to a │ N │ U │ T │ R │ A │ L │ O │ A │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ S │ I │ S │ kibitzer ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Title from │ T │ A │ B │ O │ R │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ B │ A │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the Italian for ├───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┤ "brother" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ W │ O │ R │ S │ T │ S │▐█▌│ 19. Pearls, ├47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┤ e.g. │ B │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ H │ D │ A │ N │ G │▐█▌│ H │ A │ L │ 20. Method of ├54─┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ controlling a │ A │ C │ T │ O │ F │ P │ A │ R │ L │ I │ A │ M │ E │ N │ T │ spread, ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ T │ H │ E │ R │ E │ S │ J │ U │ S │ T │ N │ O │ W │ A │ Y │ 21. Titular ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ areas │ H │ E │ R │ B │ Y │▐█▌│ I │ M │ H │ O │▐█▌│ T │ B │ A │ R │ 23. "Jersey └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Shore" routine,
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 939 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ G │ R │ A │ D │ E │ A │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ T │ L │ A │ S │ T │ 1. Standards of ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ egg-cellence? │ R │ E │ P │ E │ A │ L │ E │ D │▐█▌│ P │ H │ O │ B │ I │ A │ 8. "Should've ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ been done a │ A │ G │ E │ N │ T │ F │ E │ E │▐█▌│ B │ A │ S │ E │ S │ T │ while ago, but ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I'll take it" │ B │ A │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ R │ M │ P │ I │ T │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Now ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┤ unenforceable │ B │ L │ E │ E │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ H │ O │ W │▐█▌│ E │ T │ C │ 16. One causing ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┤ you to shrink │ Y │ E │ N │ T │ L │▐█▌│ S │ R │ O │▐█▌│ A │ N │ C │ H │ O │ 17. ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Representative │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ A │ T │ H │ I │ N │ K │ S │ O │ H │ U │ H │ cut ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Like some │ I │ N │ S │ P │ I │ R │ A │ T │ I │ O │ N │ P │ O │ R │ N │ human urges ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. "All of a │ M │ E │ M │ E │ T │ E │ M │ P │ L │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ sudden..." ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ 20. Things │ A │ M │ U │ S │ E │▐█▌│ B │ O │ Y │▐█▌│ I │ T │ S │ O │ K │ exposed by hand ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ raisers │ C │ O │ T │▐█▌│ D │ A │ L │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ S │ P │ I │ N │ 22. It negates ├───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ a curse │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ H │ H │ E │ N │ R │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ E │ 25. Content- ├54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ mill website │ P │ R │ O │ G │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ T │ I │ A │ M │ A │ R │ I │ A │ offering ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ instructional │ C │ A │ R │ R │ I │ E │▐█▌│ S │ E │ L │ E │ C │ T │ E │ D │ videos and ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ articles │ S │ T │ E │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ W │ C │ A │ R │ S │ 26. "...that's └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ enough for now"
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 940 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ C │ A │ R │ E │ F │ O │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ G │ O │ T │ I │ N │ 1. Like a great ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ deal │ O │ R │ A │ L │ E │ X │ A │ M │▐█▌│ P │ U │ S │ H │ M │ E │ 8. Happy ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ announcement │ C │ A │ T │ E │ M │ O │ J │ I │▐█▌│ A │ S │ S │ I │ S │ T │ upon reading a ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ letter from │ C │ R │ E │ M │ A │▐█▌│ A │ L │ I │ S │ T │▐█▌│ S │ O │ L │ admissions ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Speaker │ I │ A │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ Q │ S │▐█▌│ E │ L │ M │ O │ test ├───┼26─┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Playground │▐█▌│ T │ E │ R │ I │▐█▌│ M │ L │ S │▐█▌│ E │ L │ L │ E │ S │ shout ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Text with a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ S │ S │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ P │ A │ N │ D │ A │ S │ tail ├───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. You can't │▐█▌│ A │ S │ I │ S │ T │ R │ A │ D │ I │ T │ I │ O │ N │▐█▌│ have one ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ without a goal │ F │ U │ N │ G │ U │ Y │▐█▌│ N │ O │ T │ I │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. Condiment ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼43─┼───┤ for chilaquiles │ A │ T │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ T │ N │ T │▐█▌│ N │ O │ S │ H │▐█▌│ or elote ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┤ 20. They're hot │ R │ O │ W │ S │▐█▌│ C │ O │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ E │ S │ in pictures ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. It's about │ L │ E │ G │▐█▌│ S │ A │ T │ Y │ R │▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │ I │ L │ 8 1/3 light- ├53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ minutes away │ E │ X │ O │ T │ I │ C │▐█▌│ E │ H │ I │ D │ U │ N │ N │ O │ 23. Former ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Apple service │ S │ P │ L │ A │ S │ H │▐█▌│ D │ O │ G │ G │ E │ D │ I │ T │ for embedding ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ banners within │ S │ O │ F │ T │ I │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ Y │ S │ Y │ E │ S │ apps └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 24. Boots,
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 941 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬───┬───┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┐
│ A │ T │ T │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ A │ W │ O │ M │ A │ N │ 1. "This is ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼14─┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for..." │ B │ A │ A │ E │ D │▐█▌│ A │ D │ U │ L │ T │ M │ A │ L │ E │ 5. Classic rock ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ hit that refers │ A │ S │ K │ I │ T │▐█▌│ N │ E │ X │ T │ A │ I │ S │ L │ E │ to "the little ├───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ girls in their │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ L │ F │▐█▌│ O │ N │ E │ S │▐█▌│ T │ A │ N │ S │ Hollywood ├21─┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┤ bungalows" │ K │ I │ A │ S │▐█▌│ A │ N │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ O │ 12. Pled for a ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ shear, maybe │ I │ M │ P │ E │ N │ D │▐█▌│ L │ E │ T │▐█▌│ H │ A │ W │ N │ 14. Big man ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "Out with │ T │ H │ E │ D │ A │ L │ A │ I │ L │ A │ M │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ your question!" ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼36─┼37─┤ 17. "You're │ H │ O │ W │ A │ M │ I │ T │ H │ E │ B │ A │ D │ G │ U │ Y │ pretty close", ├───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ K │ U │ B │ R │ I │ C │ K │ S │ T │ A │ R │ E │ supermarket ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. One who may │ B │ O │ S │ A │▐█▌│ S │ A │ G │▐█▌│ E │ T │ H │ N │ I │ C │ be doing lots ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ of screwing │ E │ X │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ E │ A │ C │ H │ before ├48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Christmas? │ G │ L │ O │ M │▐█▌│ B │ A │ W │ L │▐█▌│ P │ I │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. Things ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┤ often peeled │ F │ I │ N │ A │ L │ E │ X │ A │ M │▐█▌│ A │ D │ H │ O │ C │ off at grocery ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ stores │ O │ K │ A │ Y │ S │ E │ E │ Y │ A │▐█▌│ W │ E │ E │ D │ Y │ 20. They may be ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ worked on while │ R │ E │ S │ O │ U │ N │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ S │ E │ A │ people take └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ "legsies"
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Freestyle 942 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌───┬───┬───┬1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ U │ M │ A │ N │ C │ A │ P │ I │ T │ A │ L │ 1. Value of ├───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ personal │▐█▌│▐█▌│ H │ O │ L │ Y │ G │ U │ A │ C │ A │ M │ O │ L │ E │ creativity and ├───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ knowledge in │▐█▌│ L │ I │ T │ T │ L │ E │ G │ R │ E │ E │ N │ M │ E │ N │ the workforce ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. "That's │ T │ B │ D │▐█▌│ R │ A │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ O │ E │ S │ S │ unbelievable!" ├18─┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. They've │ P │ R │ E │ W │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ L │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ come a long way ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┤ 15. "You'll │ S │ A │ Y │ H │ I │▐█▌│ U │ P │ A │ G │ A │ I │ N │ S │ T │ know when we ├───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ know" │▐█▌│ C │ H │ A │ S │▐█▌│ R │ A │ W │ R │▐█▌│ T │ A │ L │ L │ 16. Hundredths ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┤ of joules per │ T │ K │ O │▐█▌│ M │ U │ G │ B │ O │ O │ K │▐█▌│ H │ I │ C │ kilogram ├36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Rich │ W │ E │ L │ K │▐█▌│ D │ I │ L │ F │▐█▌│ A │ V │ I │ D │▐█▌│ sand/silt/clay ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┤ mixture │ A │ T │ E │ A │ T │ O │ N │ O │ F │▐█▌│ L │ I │ M │ E │ D │ 18. Like the ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ first year of │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ N │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ P │ G │ O │ D │ Woodrow ├47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┤ Wilson's │ C │ I │ G │ A │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ M │▐█▌│ O │ F │ T │ presidency ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Common stew │ O │ N │ E │ S │ T │ E │ P │ A │ H │ E │ A │ D │ O │ F │▐█▌│ addition ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. "Since when │ D │ O │ N │ E │ A │ N │ D │ D │ U │ S │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ are you this ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shy?" │ A │ T │ L │ A │ N │ T │ A │ D │ R │ E │ A │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 23. Opposing └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 28. _____
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Freestyle 943 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ S │ A │ N │ D │ F │ L │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ O │ E │ A │ S │ T │ 1. Something to ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ brush off at │ A │ R │ E │ O │ L │ A │ E │▐█▌│ G │ O │ D │ S │ L │ A │ W │ the beach ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. What you │ P │ E │ T │ N │ U │ P │ S │▐█▌│ O │ S │ S │ I │ C │ L │ E │ can't do at the ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ North and South │ P │ A │ S │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│ W │ O │ E │▐█▌│ M │ O │ V │ E │ Poles, but can ├───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┤ do anywhere │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ S │ A │▐█▌│ I │ D │ E │ M │▐█▌│ V │ E │ T │ else in the ├25─┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ world │ S │ Q │ M │ I │▐█▌│ N │ A │ R │ K │▐█▌│ R │ L │ E │ S │ S │ 14. They may be ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ indecent on │ J │ U │ I │ C │ E │ C │ L │ E │ A │ N │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ television ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ 15. │ W │ A │ L │ K │ M │ E │ T │ H │ R │ O │ U │ G │ H │ I │ T │ Commandments ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and such │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ D │ E │ A │ M │ A │ N │ M │ I │ S │ S │ 16. Documents ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ that might │ D │ A │ R │ E │ I │▐█▌│ R │ I │ A │ L │▐█▌│ A │ M │ O │ K │ determine who'd ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ get the dog in │ O │ W │ E │▐█▌│ L │ E │ E │ R │▐█▌│ C │ O │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ a divorce, ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┤ informally │ R │ A │ I │ N │▐█▌│ A │ G │ S │▐█▌│ O │ N │ S │ A │ L │ E │ 17. Any of the ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ three teeny │ I │ K │ N │ O │ W │ S │ O │▐█▌│ S │ H │ E │ A │ V │ E │ S │ bones in the ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ear │ T │ E │ E │ T │ H │ E │ S │▐█▌│ H │ O │ A │ G │ I │ E │ S │ 18. Stuck on ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. It is me, │ O │ N │ R │ E │ A │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ D │ E │ S │ K │ O │ as some say └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Knight's
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Freestyle 944 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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Freestyle 945 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ I │ L │ I │ A │ D │▐█▌│ T │ R │ E │ F │▐█▌│ S │ W │ I │ M │ 1. The "Batrach ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ omyomachia", │ T │ A │ B │ L │ E │ D │ H │ O │ T │ E │▐█▌│ T │ H │ R │ U │ meaning ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ "frog/mouse │ C │ R │ I │ T │ T │ E │ R │ C │ A │ M │▐█▌│ R │ O │ O │ T │ battle", is a ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ parody of it │ H │ O │ D │ S │▐█▌│ R │ E │ K │ T │▐█▌│ S │ A │ I │ N │ T │ 6. Most ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ definitely │ E │ S │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ E │ B │▐█▌│ O │ O │ P │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ unsuitable for ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ Seder │ S │ A │ M │ E │ D │ I │▐█▌│ O │ U │ D │ S │▐█▌│ S │ P │ A │ 10. What you ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ might have to │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ R │ E │ A │ T │ N │ O │ W │ W │ H │ A │ T │ do to beat the ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ heat, in more │ E │ N │ J │ O │ Y │ R │ E │ T │ I │ R │ E │ M │ E │ N │ T │ than one sense ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Prix fixe │ C │ R │ I │ S │ S │ C │ R │ O │ S │ S │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ menu ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ 16. _____-hiker │ G │ A │ M │▐█▌│ P │ R │ O │ M │▐█▌│ C │ T │ S │ C │ A │ N │ (certain ├───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┤ Appalachian │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ H │ O │ I │▐█▌│ P │ T │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ N │ U │ Trail traveler) ├51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. It may be a │ S │ T │ R │ U │ T │▐█▌│ T │ R │ A │ P │▐█▌│ R │ E │ A │ M │ bear to watch ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. It can be │ E │ R │ O │ S │▐█▌│ C │ H │ I │ L │ E │ V │ E │ R │ D │ E │ square, but not ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ circular │ L │ I │ C │ K │▐█▌│ N │ E │ C │ K │ S │ H │ A │ V │ E │ R │ 19. Things ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ carried on │ F │ O │ E │ S │▐█▌│ N │ O │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ L │ O │ M │ O │ masons' └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ shoulders
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Freestyle 946 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 947 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ E │ P │ A │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ R │ A │ W │ S │ T │ O │ 1. Form of ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ floral support │ P │ I │ A │ N │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ O │ U │ T │ R │ Y │ I │ T │ 6. Goes for, as ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ a straight or │ A │ L │ I │ T │ O │▐█▌│ L │ A │ T │ E │ T │ I │ M │ E │ S │ flush ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. One often │ T │ I │ D │ E │ S │▐█▌│ A │ L │ E │ S │▐█▌│ S │ P │ R │▐█▌│ played in a ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ major way │ E │ S │ T │▐█▌│ E │ B │ B │ E │ D │▐█▌│ W │ T │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. ├───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┤ Demonstration │▐█▌│ H │ O │ G │ T │ I │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ I │ P │ O │ I │ L │ offer ├───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. He was │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ H │ G │ O │ S │ H │ I │ D │ U │ N │ N │ O │ discussed at ├32─┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the 2006 State │ U │ N │ F │ O │ R │ T │ U │ N │ A │ T │ E │ L │ Y │ N │ O │ of the Union ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Address │ P │ R │ I │ D │ E │ O │ F │ L │ I │ O │ N │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Evenings ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼───┤ for lunches, │ C │ A │ T │ N │ A │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ U │ T │ E │ E │ S │▐█▌│ say ├───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┤ 17. See │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ D │▐█▌│ K │ E │ I │ T │ H │▐█▌│ M │ O │ A │ 21-Across ├───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Yards of │▐█▌│ K │ O │ S │▐█▌│ T │ E │ V │ A │▐█▌│ E │ B │ O │ W │ S │ them often get ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ emptied │ L │ E │ D │ S │ C │ R │ E │ E │ N │▐█▌│ G │ O │ R │ E │ S │ 19. Alice ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ _____, Aust. │ A │ T │ E │ M │ B │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ G │ A │ T │ E │ (home of a U.S. ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Air Force unit) │ N │ O │ L │ E │ A │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ S │ P │ O │ T │ 20. Request └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ from a
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Freestyle 948 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ B │ R │ A │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ P │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ O │ W │▐█▌│ 1. "My guy" ├12─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┤ 5. Whom to take │ T │ O │ R │ O │▐█▌│ M │ D │ M │ A │▐█▌│ O │ R │ N │ I │ S │ on the track, ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ say │ S │ O │ F │ T │ S │ O │ A │ P │ S │▐█▌│ U │ N │ S │ E │ T │ 8. "Damn... ├───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ found the Lego │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ A │ D │ P │ R │▐█▌│ A │ S │ S │ I │ S │ I │ brick on the ├───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ floor!" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ O │ H │ E │ V │ E │ N │ B │ E │ T │ T │ E │ R │ 12. Grass ├23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┤ cutter's option │ P │ R │ N │ D │ L │▐█▌│ A │ Z │ U │ R │ E │▐█▌│ E │ L │ S │ 13. Rave drug, ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ to a chemist │ S │ E │ T │ I │▐█▌│ M │ C │ A │ D │ A │ M │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Fauna, but ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼35─┤ more │ A │ M │ O │ E │ B │ I │ C │▐█▌│ E │ M │ E │ T │ I │ C │ S │ specifically ├───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ the birds │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ E │ N │ I │ O │ R │ S │▐█▌│ A │ L │ U │ M │ 16. Tries to ├39─┼40─┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ suck up to, say │ C │ I │ S │▐█▌│ D │ U │ N │ N │ E │▐█▌│ S │ Y │ L │ P │ H │ 18. Like a ├44─┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ sidewalk you │ T │ H │ A │ T │ S │ E │ E │ M │ S │ O │ K │ A │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ don't want to ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ walk on │ R │ E │ V │ O │ L │ T │▐█▌│ Y │ O │ D │ E │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. Spinning is ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┤ one way to try │ L │ A │ I │ K │ A │▐█▌│ S │ C │ R │ E │ W │ E │ D │ U │ P │ to get rid of ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ it │ C │ R │ O │ A │ T │▐█▌│ O │ U │ T │ S │▐█▌│ R │ O │ K │ U │ 20. Italian ├───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ commune of less │▐█▌│ D │ R │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ N │ than 30,000 └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ people that
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Freestyle 949 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ F │ I │ N │ D │▐█▌│ I │ C │ A │ L │ L │▐█▌│ D │ E │ L │ I │ 1. Tag sale ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ shopper's brag │ A │ T │ O │ M │▐█▌│ S │ H │ R │ U │ B │▐█▌│ E │ M │ I │ R │ 5. "Whatcha got ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ there?" │ I │ S │ P │ S │▐█▌│ M │ A │ C │ C │ A │▐█▌│ R │ P │ M │ S │ 10. Where ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ cutting remarks │ T │ Y │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ T │ A │ R │▐█▌│ E │ T │ A │▐█▌│ might be heard ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┤ 14. One might │ H │ O │ O │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ I │ B │▐█▌│ E │ G │ Y │ P │ T │ be neon ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ 15. Holly, e.g. │ S │ U │ B │ A │ R │ U │▐█▌│ C │ R │ A │ N │▐█▌│ L │ E │ O │ 16. Who went ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┤ into exile │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ U │ N │ C │ H │ A │ L │ O │ S │ E │ R │ S │ within hours of ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the start of │ H │ U │ M │ O │ N │ G │ O │ U │ S │ F │ U │ N │ G │ U │ S │ the Gulf War ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Some public │ O │ P │ E │ N │ M │ A │ R │ R │ I │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ utilities, ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ briefly │ S │ T │ A │▐█▌│ A │ G │ A │ R │▐█▌│ S │ H │ E │ R │ P │ A │ 18. Sir Paul, ├47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ in British │ T │ O │ T │ E │ D │▐█▌│ L │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ A │ G │ U │ tabloids ├───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┤ 19. Things │▐█▌│ C │ G │ I │▐█▌│ O │ P │ C │ I │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ A │ G │ measured for ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ drag │ C │ O │ L │ D │▐█▌│ T │ I │ A │ M │ O │▐█▌│ N │ O │ P │ E │ competitions ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Swimwear │ A │ D │ U │ E │▐█▌│ I │ N │ N │ E │ T │▐█▌│ P │ U │ R │ R │ brand worn by ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ some US │ B │ E │ E │ R │▐█▌│ S │ K │ E │ D │ S │▐█▌│ C │ T │ O │ S │ Olympians └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. It's
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Freestyle 950 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ W │ A │ S │ T │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ D │ R │ U │ S │ H │ E │ S │ 1. Too much ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ food goes to it │ E │ L │ P │ A │ S │ O │▐█▌│ H │ E │ A │ T │ T │ I │ N │ T │ 6. Runs across ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ the line, for │ B │ O │ R │ D │ E │ N │▐█▌│ E │ A │ S │ E │ I │ N │ T │ O │ short ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Where "I │ C │ E │ E │ S │▐█▌│ C │ A │ R │ D │▐█▌│ S │ E │ T │ O │ N │ fell in love ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ with a Mexican │ O │ V │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ N │ E │ M │ A │▐█▌│ S │ A │ M │ E │ girl", in a ├27─┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┤ classic country │ M │ E │ D │ A │ L │▐█▌│ T │ V │ A │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ B │ D │ hit ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Rainbow- │ I │ R │ O │ N │ E │ D │▐█▌│ I │ L │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ colored stain ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼40─┼41─┤ on stainless │ C │ A │ N │ Y │ O │ U │ B │ E │ L │ I │ E │ V │ E │ I │ T │ steel pans ├───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Creator of │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│ B │ R │ O │ A │ C │ H │ a process to ├44─┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ manufacture │ A │ T │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ S │ O │▐█▌│ F │ A │ R │ C │ E │ condensed milk ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┤ 18. Don't │ S │ O │ A │ P │▐█▌│ T │ B │ A │ R │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ R │ attack from the ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ start │ A │ V │ R │ I │ L │▐█▌│ T │ R │ E │ E │▐█▌│ C │ O │ D │ E │ 19. They get ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ degrees, it's │ N │ E │ T │ V │ A │ L │ U │ E │▐█▌│ E │ V │ E │ L │ Y │ N │ said ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Straight │ A │ L │ O │ O │ G │ O │ B │ I │▐█▌│ P │ A │ C │ D │ O │ T │ part ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Absolutely │ S │ O │ F │ T │ O │ P │ E │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ J │ E │ S │ U │ S │ sure about └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 23. Human
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Freestyle 951 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ P │ A │ I │ R │▐█▌│ K │ A │ N │▐█▌│ A │ D │ L │ I │ B │ S │ 1. Jacks, say ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. St. whose │ A │ N │ G │ I │▐█▌│ I │ T │ E │▐█▌│ N │ O │ I │ D │ E │ A │ flagship ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ university's │ S │ T │ O │ O │ P │ L │ O │ W │▐█▌│ N │ O │ N │ E │ E │ D │ renowned ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ basketball │ T │ I │ T │▐█▌│ I │ N │ M │ Y │ D │ E │ F │ E │ N │ S │ E │ program was ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ founded by │ I │ F │ E │ A │ R │▐█▌│ S │ E │ E │▐█▌│ I │ S │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ basketball ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ inventor James │ S │ A │ M │ B │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ M │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ L │ L │ Naismith ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Makes up, as │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ N │ D │ P │ R │ O │ U │ D │ O │ F │ I │ T │ 10-Down ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Popular │ J │ A │ I │ L │ H │ O │ U │ S │ E │ L │ A │ W │ Y │ E │ R │ website to find ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ home │ A │ P │ P │ L │ A │ U │ S │ E │ S │ I │ G │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ improvement ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ pros │ M │ B │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ S │ V │▐█▌│▐█▌│ G │ U │ N │ I │ T │ 15. Ending ├───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ preferred for │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ I │ A │▐█▌│ E │ E │ G │▐█▌│ E │ P │ O │ C │ H │ residents of ├54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ Wisconsin and │ C │ H │ A │ N │ G │ E │ S │ G │ E │ A │ R │▐█▌│ D │ E │ E │ Wyoming ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Prompt to │ L │ A │ P │ D │ O │ G │▐█▌│ A │ N │ D │ S │ T │ U │ F │ F │ fill in the ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ blank? │ U │ M │ P │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ L │ E │ D │▐█▌│ A │ L │ O │ T │ 17. Seriously ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┤ sacrifice one's │ E │ S │ S │ A │ Y │ S │▐█▌│ A │ S │ S │▐█▌│ P │ E │ G │ S │ morals, say └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 19. "Save
yourself the trouble" 59. One wrapped around humans are very rarely 20. Its Wikipedia your finger fatal article is entertaining 60. Unnecessary sentence 22. Knocks down, for both ornithologists ending casually and immature teenagers 62. Making safe 24. It's far from the
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Freestyle 952 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│ N │ R │ A │▐█▌│ L │ E │ N │ D │ S │▐█▌│ O │ A │ T │ H │ 1. Org. ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ interested in │ G │ O │ A │ L │ I │ E │ G │ O │ A │ L │▐█▌│ H │ A │ V │ E │ the sights ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Is a good │ L │ I │ V │ I │ N │ G │ A │ L │ I │ E │▐█▌│ B │ A │ S │ H │ neighbor, in a ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ way │ A │ M │ I │ G │ O │ O │ D │ O │ R │ W │ H │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 9. It may be ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┤ illegal to │ S │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ O │ Y │▐█▌│ O │ B │ E │ S │ E │ break ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Very rare │ S │ K │ E │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ K │ C │ R │ O │ Y │ A │ L │ S │ NHL feat ├───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ 15. Last word │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ L │ I │ T │▐█▌│ S │ O │ O │ K │▐█▌│ M │ R │ T │ of a poker ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ player's │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ E │ A │ S │▐█▌│ W │ A │ I │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ question ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ 16. Many │ A │ P │ B │▐█▌│ D │ R │ E │ I │▐█▌│ S │ E │ R │ B │▐█▌│▐█▌│ reality show ├45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┤ stars are, │ M │ A │ R │ J │ O │ R │ A │ M │▐█▌│ T │ R │ O │ U │ P │ E │ ironically, ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ doing it on │ P │ R │ O │ O │ F │▐█▌│ D │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ O │ M │ their shows ├───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Occasion to │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ H │ F │ O │ R │ G │ O │ D │ S │ S │ A │ K │ E │ whoop it up ├59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "Round of │ P │ G │ D │ N │▐█▌│ M │ O │ O │ D │ K │ I │ L │ L │ E │ R │ applause for ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ me, huh?" │ C │ M │ O │ N │▐█▌│ I │ M │ E │ A │ N │ T │ O │ S │ A │ Y │ 20. One might ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┤ be adopted │ S │ O │ N │ Y │▐█▌│ T │ E │ S │ T │ Y │▐█▌│ B │ O │ T │▐█▌│ 21. Word with └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ ink or bacon
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Freestyle 953 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +9°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 954 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ W │ H │ O │ M │▐█▌│ C │ O │ M │ E │ O │ N │ G │ U │ Y │ S │ 1. Word in some ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ written │ W │ A │ K │ E │▐█▌│ L │ I │ A │ M │ N │ E │ E │ S │ O │ N │ salutations ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. "I mean, │ I │ R │ O │ N │▐█▌│ O │ L │ D │ I │ E │ S │ T │ U │ N │ E │ seriously...?" ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Junk │ I │ D │ K │▐█▌│ B │ U │ Y │ E │ R │ S │▐█▌│ B │ A │ D │ E │ trailer ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. His │ E │ T │ I │ H │ A │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ Y │ L │ E │ R │ character ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┤ shouted │ P │ A │ M │ E │ L │ A │▐█▌│ S │ O │ F │ A │▐█▌│ S │ R │ S │ "Release the ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ Kraken!" in │ I │ C │ U │ S │▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ N │ I │ N │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ "Clash of the ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ Titans", 2010 │ C │ O │ P │ S │▐█▌│ L │ E │ V │ E │ R │▐█▌│ P │ W │ N │ S │ 17. Press ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┤ before a date, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ N │ A │ M │ E │ L │ S │▐█▌│ R │ I │ A │ L │ maybe ├43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Sock hop │ I │ T │ S │▐█▌│ E │ S │ P │ N │▐█▌│ T │ O │ O │ N │ I │ E │ fare ├49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. [???] │ R │ A │ T │ I │ O │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ I │ N │ G │ L │ E │ 20. They may be ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ subject to │ A │ X │ E │ D │▐█▌│ P │ L │ A │ C │ E │ D │▐█▌│ S │ T │ P │ impulses ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Wished... │ Q │ C │ L │ E │ A │ R │ A │ N │ C │ E │▐█▌│ D │ U │ E │ S │ or commanded ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Airline │ I │ A │ M │ S │ H │ O │ C │ K │ E │ D │▐█▌│ R │ I │ C │ E │ whose hub is in ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ Abu Dhabi │ S │ P │ O │ T │ I │ F │ Y │ A │ D │ S │▐█▌│ K │ T │ H │ X │ 24. Classic └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ rock singer
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--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +7°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 955 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
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--- Binbrook, ON: Shallow fog +10°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 956 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ S │ H │ A │ K │ A │▐█▌│ G │ I │ R │ L │▐█▌│ P │ S │ S │ T │ 1. Hawaiian ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ hand gesture │ P │ O │ K │ E │ R │ S │ I │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│ U │ T │ A │ H │ 6. Labor ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ production, │ I │ M │ I │ N │ C │ E │ N │ S │ E │ D │▐█▌│ R │ I │ D │ E │ maybe ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. It's less │ T │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│ E │ G │ A │ D │▐█▌│ F │ I │ N │ D │ S │ subtle than a ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ throat clearing │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ Y │ E │ W │ S │▐█▌│ A │ N │ K │ L │ E │ 14. Places to ├24─┼25─┼26─┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ raise money │ A │ P │ S │ E │▐█▌│ A │ R │ F │▐█▌│ O │ R │ A │ L │ E │▐█▌│ online? ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┤ 16. Where one │ T │ A │ M │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│ J │ U │ J │ U │ S │▐█▌│ I │ P │ A │ could once find ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ "Zion curtains" │ C │ R │ O │ S │ S │ W │ A │ L │ K │ S │ I │ G │ N │ A │ L │ that blocked ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ restaurant │ O │ T │ C │▐█▌│ E │ A │ R │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ R │ E │ D │ S │ patrons from ├───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ seeing │▐█▌│ O │ K │ R │ A │ S │▐█▌│ Y │ I │ P │▐█▌│ E │ S │ S │ O │ bartenders ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ pouring drinks │ O │ F │ F │ E │ R │▐█▌│ S │ Q │ M │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "Don't... ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┤ even talk to me │ V │ I │ R │ U │ S │▐█▌│ P │ U │ M │ A │▐█▌│ B │ L │ A │ T │ right now" ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Word with │ E │ T │ O │ N │▐█▌│ O │ R │ I │ O │ N │ B │ L │ A │ C │ K │ plane or trail ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. One put up │ R │ I │ C │ E │▐█▌│ S │ E │ E │ N │ O │ P │ O │ I │ N │ T │ for the night ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Old gasped │ T │ S │ K │ S │▐█▌│ S │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ A │ C │ R │ E │ S │ word └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Determines
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--- Binbrook, ON: Mist, shallow fog +11°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 957 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ D │ I │ S │ C │ I │▐█▌│ C │ L │ I │ O │▐█▌│ T │ T │ F │ N │ 1. Field ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ projectile │ E │ T │ H │ O │ S │▐█▌│ A │ L │ F │ A │▐█▌│ R │ U │ L │ E │ 6. Reward for a ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ great jingle, │ F │ L │ A │ T │ T │▐█▌│ N │ O │ S │ H │▐█▌│ A │ R │ E │ S │ maybe ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Parting for │ I │ L │ L │ S │ H │ O │ W │ Y │ O │ U │▐█▌│ I │ N │ X │ S │ a chatter ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Big concept │ E │ G │ O │▐█▌│ A │ H │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ A │ L │ E │ F │▐█▌│ in sociology ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┤ 15. Pilot's │ D │ O │ M │ A │ T │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ O │ R │▐█▌│ D │ U │ D │ first letter ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Something │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ A │ D │ Y │ S │ T │ A │ T │ E │ S │ set by a house ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Bluegrass │ I │ W │ A │ S │ O │ N │ S │ U │ C │ H │ A │ R │ O │ L │ L │ legend Lester ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ who played on │ G │ R │ I │ N │ D │ R │ H │ O │ O │ K │ U │ P │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ "The Beverly ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ Hillbillies" │ Y │ A │ M │▐█▌│ A │ Y │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ C │ A │ S │ E │ K │ theme ├───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┤ 18. Satisfy a │▐█▌│ P │ I │ N │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ A │ S │ T │▐█▌│ E │ N │ E │ pang, in a way ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Olympian │ D │ R │ N │ O │▐█▌│ F │ O │ X │ W │ H │ I │ S │ T │ L │ E │ with legendary ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ status │ R │ A │ G │ A │▐█▌│ A │ B │ B │ A │▐█▌│ O │ N │ T │ A │ P │ 20. "Don't tell ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ME to give │ E │ G │ A │ D │▐█▌│ L │ I │ F │ I │▐█▌│ N │ I │ E │ C │ E │ up..." ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Band whose │ W │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ L │ E │ F │ T │▐█▌│ S │ T │ E │ E │ R │ 1985 album └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ "Listen Like
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 958 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ R │ E │ B │ A │ R │▐█▌│ P │ A │ Y │ I │ N │ G │ G │ I │ G │ 1. Sidewalk ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ builder's │ A │ X │ E │ L │ S │▐█▌│ A │ R │ E │ W │ E │ L │ I │ V │ E │ supply ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. It's not │ N │ C │ A │ A │ S │▐█▌│ G │ E │ L │ A │ T │ O │ B │ A │ R │ just for ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ exposure │ G │ E │ T │ S │▐█▌│ P │ E │ A │ L │ S │▐█▌│ B │ E │ N │ D │ 15. Athletic ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maneuvers that │ E │ L │ M │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ A │ M │ S │ O │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ start moving ├───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ forward and end │▐█▌│ M │ E │ T │▐█▌│ A │ D │ A │▐█▌│ K │ O │ S │ O │ V │ O │ facing the ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ opposite way │ R │ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ L │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ O │ R │ A │ H │ 16. Awkward ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ thing for a │ E │ C │ O │ N │ O │ M │ Y │▐█▌│ G │ Y │ M │ P │ A │ S │ S │ newscaster to ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┤ ask on air │ I │ R │ I │ S │ H │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ O │ E │▐█▌│ A │ L │ T │ O │ 17. Huge March ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ sports event, │ D │ O │ T │ E │ O │ N │▐█▌│ A │ T │ E │▐█▌│ S │ P │ A │▐█▌│ informally ├───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┤ 18. Fancy │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ K │ I │ B │ I │ T │ Z │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ B │ dessert ├51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ establishment │ I │ C │ B │ M │▐█▌│ C │ A │ M │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ T │ E │ M │ U │ 19. Doesn't ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ need │ P │ A │ R │ A │ D │ E │ L │ A │ P │▐█▌│ A │ S │ T │ I │ R │ explanation for ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Tinkles, │ O │ K │ I │ G │ O │ T │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│ C │ A │ R │ E │ S │ but more enthus ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ iastically │ S │ E │ T │ S │ L │ O │ O │ S │ E │▐█▌│ T │ R │ Y │ S │ T │ 21. Give some, └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ but not too
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--- Binbrook, ON: Shallow fog +14°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 959 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 960 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ C │ P │ A │ P │▐█▌│ L │ T │ D │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ N │ A │ G │ 1. It keeps ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ sleepers' │ R │ I │ L │ E │▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ O │ K │▐█▌│ T │ I │ L │ L │ airways open, ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ A │ V │ E │ R │▐█▌│ R │ E │ V │ U │ E │▐█▌│ E │ L │ B │ A │ 5. "Business- ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ like" old Fords │ G │ O │ P │ E │ E │▐█▌│ A │ I │ R │ S │ C │ R │ E │ E │ N │ 9. What might ├───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ cause a few │▐█▌│ T │ H │ A │ T │ A │ L │ L │ C │ H │ A │ N │ G │ E │ D │ tears to form ├───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Get │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ A │ S │ A │▐█▌│ E │ A │ T │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ disturbed ├28─┼29─┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┤ 14. You may │ Y │ E │ A │ H │ S │ A │ M │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ O │ R │ E │ O │ S │ need it to go ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┤ ahead │ A │ G │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ P │ O │ I │ N │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ M │ O │ 16. Ones place ├40─┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┤ and tens place, │ M │ O │ S │ B │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ U │ O │ L │ I │ N │ G │ O │ often ├───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Say with │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ R │ E │ A │ M │▐█▌│ D │ R │ U │ G │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ positivity ├50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┤ 18. Broadway's │ B │ E │ L │ I │ E │ V │ E │ M │ E │ I │ K │ N │ O │ W │▐█▌│ "Five Guys ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┤ Named Moe", │ A │ L │ O │ T │ T │ O │ S │ A │ Y │▐█▌│ A │ I │ L │ E │ D │ e.g. ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. It's east │ H │ E │ W │ N │▐█▌│ I │ S │ N │ O │ T │▐█▌│ T │ I │ C │ K │ of the Corsica ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ Channel │ A │ C │ N │ E │▐█▌│ D │ E │ I │ G │ N │▐█▌│ E │ V │ A │ N │ 20. Experience ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┤ personal │ I │ T │ S │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ C │ A │ T │▐█▌│ D │ E │ N │ Y │ relief, in a └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ way
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Freestyle 961 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ C │ O │ U │ P │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ I │ A │ S │ T │ A │ P │ E │ 1. Subject of a ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 1963 Beach Boys │ A │ N │ N │ U │ M │▐█▌│ M │ R │ S │ P │ E │ A │ K │ E │ R │ hit ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Stretchy │ R │ E │ T │ R │ O │▐█▌│ A │ U │ T │ O │ A │ L │ A │ R │ M │ strip of fabric ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ used for │ D │ E │ A │ R │ J │ O │ H │ N │▐█▌│ P │ S │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ finishing edges ├21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼25─┼26─┤ 14. Giga-_____ │ I │ A │ M │▐█▌│ I │ R │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ K │ U │ S │ (one synonym ├27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for "eon") │ B │ R │ E │ A │▐█▌│ E │ R │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ A │ N │ L │ Y │ 15. Formal ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ address first │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ I │ B │ L │ A │ M │ E │ M │ Y │ S │ E │ L │ F │ used in America ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ for Frederick │ T │ H │ E │ R │ E │ S │ J │ U │ S │ T │ N │ O │ W │ A │ Y │ Muhlenberg ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Like shag │ S │ I │ M │ P │ L │ E │ A │ S │ T │ H │ A │ T │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ carpets, some ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ might say │ K │ R │ I │ L │ L │▐█▌│▐█▌│ T │ I │ O │▐█▌│ O │ L │ D │ S │ 17. Accord- ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┤ protecting │ S │ E │ R │ A │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ O │ O │▐█▌│ A │ A │ A │ measure ├───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Lead-in to │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ N │ I │ P │▐█▌│ B │ A │ D │ K │ I │ T │ T │ Y │ breaking news? ├55─┼56─┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Things │ C │ A │ K │ E │ D │ O │ N │ U │ T │▐█▌│ D │ A │ V │ I │ S │ might burst if ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it's too high, │ T │ R │ A │ I │ L │ R │ I │ D │ E │▐█▌│ A │ M │ I │ N │ O │ briefly ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. "Guilty as │ E │ R │ N │ I │ E │ E │ L │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ B │ A │ G │ S │ charged" └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 22. Old
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Freestyle 962 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ S │ P │ L │ E │ N │ E │ T │ I │ C │▐█▌│ M │ C │ J │ O │ B │ 1. Irritable ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. There's not │ W │ H │ A │ T │ A │ L │ I │ F │ E │▐█▌│ A │ R │ E │ P │ A │ much hope for ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ promotion with │ A │ L │ M │ O │ N │ D │ O │ I │ L │▐█▌│ P │ O │ W │ E │ R │ it ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "Man, if I │ M │ O │ A │ N │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ H │ E │ A │▐█▌│ C │ E │ D │ E │ could be in ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┤ those shoes for │▐█▌│ X │ R │ I │ N │ G │▐█▌│ A │ B │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ L │ P │ S │ one day..." ├───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Filled │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ U │ R │ E │ D │▐█▌│ T │ H │ E │ C │ A │ T │ Colombian ├33─┼34─┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ street food │ A │ D │ D │▐█▌│ M │ I │ N │ K │ S │▐█▌│ I │ M │ A │ G │ E │ 17. Natural ├39─┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ emollient found │ P │ R │ E │ T │ E │ N │ D │ N │ O │ T │ T │ O │ S │ E │ E │ in hair and ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ skin care │ S │ O │ B │ E │ R │▐█▌│ S │ O │ D │ O │ M │▐█▌│ E │ S │ L │ products ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. It's often │ E │ N │ T │ D │ O │ C │▐█▌│ W │ A │ G │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ bad when it's ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼───┤ cut in the │ M │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ T │ N │▐█▌│ A │ N │ I │ T │ A │▐█▌│ winter ├55─┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┤ 19. React after │ I │ P │ A │ S │▐█▌│ R │ O │ T │ C │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ A │ R │ P │ a buffet, in ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼64─┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ more than one │ N │ I │ T │ T │ I │▐█▌│ S │ H │ O │ R │ T │ T │ I │ M │ E │ sense ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "The Last │ A │ P │ I │ A │ N │▐█▌│ C │ A │ N │ I │ O │ R │ N │ O │ T │ Play at _____" ├68─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼69─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ (2010 Billy │ R │ E │ O │ R │ G │▐█▌│ A │ T │ T │ H │ E │ C │ O │ R │ E │ Joel concert └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ film)
22. Give up in 66. Like those doing a 29. Tight ones may catch negotiations, say "waggle dance" 31. They make a killing 23. Piece of jewelry 67. "You tell me whether 32. Not the brightest of with an overlapping it's allowed" numbers design 68. Business scrambling, 33. Class for college 26. Poker style in which for short credit involving a one plays strong hands, 69. Essentially courselong research folds weak hands, and project and doesn't bluff DOWN presentation, briefly 27. Those finishing in 34. It plays a constant record time, briefly? 1. Stayed in one's lane, pitch in Scottish music 28. More than just out in a way 35. Measure of
of the woods 2. Popular ground cover liabilities as compared 30. Vietnamese zodiac choice to assets sign, as referred to in 3. Rapper whose 2012 hit 37. It's been taxed in
a 1976 Al Stewart hit album has spent more Philadelphia since 2017 33. Put on a list weeks on the Billboard 40. Title movie 36. Little weasels 200 than any other hip character who said, "Oh, 38. Graphic portrayal hop studio album in come on! I do NOT sound 39. Ignore, in a way history that much like Peter 42. Not under the table 4. Athletic shoe brand Griffin!" 43. Sea of _____ that sounds like a snake 41. Wear that differs (Talmudic name for the oil sold online? from a country name by Dead Sea) 5. Afghan meal staple its last letter 44. What one may take to 6. Back in the day, back 46. Big name in "swamp feel more comfortable in in the day rock", for short America, briefly 7. Felix and Bruno, for 48. No-cal Keurig Dr 45. Hearing examiner, Mirabel, in "Encanto" Pepper brand informally 8. Start of a lament 51. It was set in Rome 47. Carried out about missing useful in 1800... and premiered 49. Where to find information in Rome in 1900 dauphins 9. Very recognizable 53. Indigenous Caribbean 50. "Sorry, I'm type people encountered by unavailable at the 10. Feature of many Columbus moment", in texts shopping malls 54. Something to tilt in 52. _____ Van Buren, 11. Menace in the 1999 56. Part of a "big bear" "Law & Order" role for film "Lake Placid" that's not really a big
S. Epatha Merkerson 12. Music box of a sort bear? 55. They may be on tap 13. Places to break from 58. [This goes on]: 57. Org. running campus an air of objectivity Abbr. marches 14. Uncoated metal 60. Funnyman Holmes 59. Subject of a bronze pipeline material 62. Finish to start or statue in Dodge City, 21. Work on some soap, finish Kansas say 64. "California King 61. Chicago mob bigwig 24. It may be "primo" or Bed" singer, popularly who sounds like he was "imaginario" 65. It may be jammed or full of lice? 25. Sarcastic reaction, have jam 63. Snap maybe

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

Freestyle 963 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ T │ N │ G │▐█▌│ D │ E │ M │ I │▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ B │ O │ A │ T │ 1. Enterprise ├13─┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ series, to fans │ H │ O │ O │ V │ E │ R │ E │ D │▐█▌│▐█▌│ X │ A │ N │ N │ Y │ 4. One only ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ experiencing │ O │ S │ W │ E │ G │ O │ T │ E │ A │▐█▌│ I │ A │ M │ O │ K │ sexual ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ attraction │ R │ E │ I │ N │▐█▌│ S │ H │ E │ Q │ E │ L │▐█▌│ E │ N │ E │ after ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ developing an │ P │ I │ L │ A │ F │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ U │ T │ E │ S │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ emotional ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ attachment, │ E │ N │ D │ E │ A │ R │▐█▌│ U │ A │ E │▐█▌│ A │ T │ A │ D │ informally ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Small-agile │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ C │ L │ A │ S │ S │ V │ R │ A │ P │ I │ D │ S │ German craft of ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ World War II │ D │ E │ V │ A │ S │ T │ A │ T │ I │ N │ G │ B │ L │ O │ W │ 13. Vacuumed, ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in slang │ I │ L │ O │ V │ E │ T │ H │ A │ T │ A │ G │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Anti- ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ anxiety pill, │ N │ I │ N │ A │▐█▌│ L │ A │ X │▐█▌│ L │ I │ E │ S │ T │ O │ casually ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Brewed │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ V │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ E │ T │ H │ A │ N │ fragrant ├50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ beverage named │ E │ S │ S │▐█▌│ A │ D │ A │ G │ E │ S │▐█▌│ L │ A │ C │ E │ for a New York ├58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ city on Lake │ M │ I │ C │ U │ P │▐█▌│ N │ E │ C │ K │ R │ E │ S │ T │ S │ Ontario ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "No need to │ T │ Z │ O │ N │ E │▐█▌│▐█▌│ D │ R │ E │ S │ S │ T │ I │ E │ worry about me" ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┤ 19. Santa │ S │ E │ W │ E │ R │▐█▌│▐█▌│ S │ U │ D │ S │▐█▌│ A │ C │ C │ checks with one └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Ancient or
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--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +11°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 964 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ T │ A │ S │ T │ E │▐█▌│ D │ I │ E │▐█▌│ N │ A │ G │ A │ T │ 1. Concern for ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an interior │ H │ I │ P │ A │ A │▐█▌│ I │ N │ A │ M │ I │ N │ U │ T │ E │ designer ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Become free │ A │ R │ E │ N │ T │▐█▌│ S │ C │ R │ A │ P │ T │ I │ R │ E │ of charge? ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Give no │ T │ H │ E │ Y │▐█▌│ S │ C │ A │ L │ A │▐█▌│ S │ L │ I │ M │ peace ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ 14. It keeps │ S │ O │ D │ A │▐█▌│ I │ M │ S │ O │ L │ D │▐█▌│ T │ A │ S │ doctors from ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ blabbing about │ L │ C │ D │▐█▌│ M │ M │ A │▐█▌│ B │ O │ O │ B │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ a patient's ├30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┤ erectile │ O │ K │ A │ G │ A │ I │ N │▐█▌│ E │ X │ U │ R │ B │ S │▐█▌│ dysfunction, ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┤ briefly │ W │ E │ T │ L │ Y │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ B │ A │ A │ E │ D │ 15. Annoyed cry ├───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from the │▐█▌│ Y │ E │ A │ B │ I │ G │▐█▌│ S │ I │ L │ E │ N │ T │ E │ bathroom ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┤ 17. Word in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ M │ E │ M │ E │▐█▌│ H │ U │ E │▐█▌│ K │ O │ S │ many a tag ├46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ question │ M │ A │ G │▐█▌│ S │ O │ L │ O │ E │ D │▐█▌│ M │ O │ N │ K │ 18. One source ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ of artificial │ A │ L │ L │ O │▐█▌│ N │ A │ V │ E │ S │▐█▌│ O │ F │ F │ S │ mulch ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Originators │ C │ L │ A │ S │ S │ I │ T │ U │ P │▐█▌│ I │ N │ D │ I │ E │ of a lot of ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ common advice? │ Y │ E │ A │ H │ S │ T │ I │ L │ L │▐█▌│ S │ T │ A │ R │ T │ 20. Santa Maria ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ della _____ │ S │ E │ D │ A │ N │▐█▌│ N │ E │ E │▐█▌│ L │ E │ D │ E │ S │ (Milanese └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ church
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--- Binbrook, ON: Shallow fog +9°C, UV Index: 0
* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 965 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Anagram Crossword 15 (***see notepad***) - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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