Freestyle 929 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 930 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. Popular ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┤ Indian marinade │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 6. Being ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ fought, maybe │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 11. Style in ├───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┤ Rancid's "Time │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Bomb" ├───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Senators │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ often vote on ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ it │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 15. Boeing or ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Airbus, e.g. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Not be 100% ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ right │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Lottery ├───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ winnings, in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ slang ├───┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. One way to │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ beat the goalie ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┤ with a shot, in │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ hockey ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. One struck │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ with applause ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┤ 22. ...but she │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ was born... ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Brief │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ response to a ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ verbose post │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 24. Carraway └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ _____, title
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 931 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. They're used ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ to skirt │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ spending ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ limits, briefly │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 5. Canada's ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Distant Early │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ Warning Line ├───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ served to warn │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ of an ├24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┤ approaching │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ one, briefly ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Feeling with │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ big-grin energy ├35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Place for │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ country ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼───┤ exhibitions │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 14. One mainly ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ working inside │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. "Dinner!" ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Snifter │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ shape ├───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┤ 17. Event that │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ has lots of ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ dates │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. Take care ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ of one's duties │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ on the computer ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. They can no │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 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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you say, man" actress/singer whom

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Freestyle 933 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. Shift closer ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Firm with │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sprays ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 11. Throw in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ the black-and- ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ white │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 14. Pinpointed ├───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. World │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ capital about ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 25 miles north │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ of the equator, ├31─┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ or the island │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ it's on ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ 17. Use for a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ better vantage ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ point, maybe │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. 2030 Winter ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ Olympics │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ setting ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. How you │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ hope your pilot ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┤ flies your │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ plane ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. "Oh, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ yeah!!" ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Block with │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ crosses ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 23. Its │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ official name └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ begins with
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Freestyle 934 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Slopping ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ over the sides │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 6. Something ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ that's hand- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ delivered, ├───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Welsh : ├21─┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 56-Across :: │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ German : _____ ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┤ 13. Embrace an │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ experience ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┤ wholeheartedly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Eponym of ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an annual award │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ that's been ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼43─┤ given to Pat │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Summitt, Bill ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┤ Russell, and │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Pat Tillman ├48─┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Experienced │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ drastic ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ consequences │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. "Twister" ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┤ setting: Abbr. │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Embarrassingly │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ bad ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ performance, in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ slang └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Report from
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Freestyle 935 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Accounting ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ acronym that's │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ one letter off ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from a major │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sports org. ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ 5. Chaotic │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ event that ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ debuted at the │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 2024 Paris ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ Olympics │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. In first ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼36─┤ place in, as │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ the standings ├37─┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "That's an │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ ideal scenario" ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┤ 17. Tease at │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ work, say ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Where a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ zebra named ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Blue Jay was │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ born in 1977 ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Request for │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ a slip, maybe ├60─┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Entertainment ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┤ group that goes │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ to theaters, ├66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┤ briefly │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 22. It's seen └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ after rice.
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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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Freestyle 937 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬───┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Thing to be ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ appreciative of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 5. He lost out ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ on Achilles' │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ shield to ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Odysseus │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. Reggie ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Jackson has his │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ number retired ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼30─┼31─┤ by them │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 14. Right turn ├───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ follower, │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sometimes ├36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. You might │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ see a bowl ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ under it │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 16. Prepare for ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼43─┤ play, as a new │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ baseball ├───┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┤ 17. Some prep │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ school ├49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┤ buildings │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Ancient ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ site that │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ becomes an ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ ancient │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Mediterranean ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ city when an N │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 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

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Freestyle 938 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Title ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ subject of │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ operas by ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Rimsky-Korsakov │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ and Glinka ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┤ 5. "Give me │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ another word, I ├───┼21─┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┤ don't know", on │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ the game show ├───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┤ "Password" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 9. It's landed ├31─┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "Everything │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ comes down to ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ this" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Annoyed ├38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┤ response to a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ kibitzer ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Title from │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ the Italian for ├───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┤ "brother" │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 19. Pearls, ├47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┤ e.g. │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 20. Method of ├54─┼───┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ controlling a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ spread, ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ informally │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Titular ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ areas │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 23. "Jersey └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ Shore" routine,
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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Standards of ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ egg-cellence? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. "Should've ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ been done a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ while ago, but ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ I'll take it" │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 14. Now ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┤ unenforceable │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. One causing ├29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┤ you to shrink │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 17. ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Representative │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ cut ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Like some │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ human urges ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. "All of a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ sudden..." ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ 20. Things │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ exposed by hand ├46─┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ raisers │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 22. It negates ├───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ a curse │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ 25. Content- ├54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ mill website │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ offering ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ instructional │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ videos and ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ articles │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 26. "...that's └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ enough for now"
29. Title movie 62. They might be taken trial and the Red Scare character who studies for a drive 30. Walk while dragging Talmudic law 63. Pilots that haven't the feet 30. Sign about musical been tested, say 32. Anti-Persian decree chairs? 34. _____ Venezie 31. Chile relleno choice DOWN (historical region of 33. "Oh, is that right, northern Italy) now?" 1. Like clickbait video 35. Where pitchers can 36. Sympathetic thumbnails stay for the night? backstories of 2. Tell a big story, say 36. It had a notable Paralympic athletes, 3. They came before us, "Life Savers" ad with e.g. theoretically the song "She's a 39. Picture with an 4. Binge-watching Rainbow" empty thought bubble, setting 37. Title character who maybe 5. Have a frank moment? escaped captivity 40. Tell a big story, 6. Airplane starter, to through a sink drain say a pilot? 38. Family fare it ain't 41. Crush target, maybe 7. Whom you'd think 43. Where Telemachus 42. "You can cry, my would do really, really searched for his father dude" well in the stock market Odysseus 46. Part of a company 8. Cutting class for 44. Less likely to be retirement plan? college credit, briefly? sincerely friendly 47. Creator of the dream 9. Comment about a 45. Uses one's knuckles, sequence for Hitchcock mistaken identity in a way
in "Spellbound" 10. What causes a change 48. "That reminded me" 49. Tetris technique from 1-0 to 1-1 50. A statue in a involving waiting to 11. Five picture fountain in Bern, rotate a piece until 12. One with the key to Switzerland, depicts one it's right at the bottom your journal, maybe eating eight children
of the screen 13. Heart to show off, 51. "_____ de spécial" 50. Nestlé candy bar say (response to "Quoi de discontinued in the US 15. Penalties for neuf?")
in 2019 certain traffic 52. Home of the first 53. A toaster might hold violations bowl-shaped stadium in one 21. How charlatans act the US 54. Like some views on 23. Jaguar XK150 54. IT service charge, marriage successors maybe 57. Choice for an 24. Ponytail feature, 55. Animal at the gym? espresso martini maybe 56. Source of hidden 60. Character who got 26. One thing after gems pig blood dumped on her another? 58. Sound that becomes a (which, it turns out, 27. It's named for similar sound when an O was a really bad idea someone played by Chris is put between the for the perpetrators) Hemsworth: Abbr. second and third letter 61. Certain particular, 28. Attorney in the 59. One of the NCAA's not all Rosenberg espionage "Power Four"

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Like a great ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ deal │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. Happy ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ announcement │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ upon reading a ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ letter from │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ admissions ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Speaker │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ test ├───┼26─┼───┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Playground │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ shout ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Text with a │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ tail ├───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. You can't │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ have one ├37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ without a goal │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 19. Condiment ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼43─┼───┤ for chilaquiles │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ or elote ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┤ 20. They're hot │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ in pictures ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. It's about │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 8 1/3 light- ├53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ minutes away │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 23. Former ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Apple service │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ for embedding ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ banners within │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ apps └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 24. Boots,
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Freestyle 941 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 942 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Value of ├───┼───┼13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ personal │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ creativity and ├───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ knowledge in │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ the workforce ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. "That's │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ unbelievable!" ├18─┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. They've │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ come a long way ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼26─┼27─┤ 15. "You'll │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ know when we ├───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┤ know" │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 16. Hundredths ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼35─┼───┼───┤ of joules per │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ kilogram ├36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Rich │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ sand/silt/clay ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┤ mixture │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Like the ├───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ first year of │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Woodrow ├47─┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼───┼───┤ Wilson's │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ presidency ├53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Common stew │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ addition ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. "Since when │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ are you this ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shy?" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 23. Opposing └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 28. _____
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 943 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Something to ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ brush off at │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ the beach ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. What you │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ can't do at the ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┤ North and South │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Poles, but can ├───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼24─┼───┼───┤ do anywhere │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ else in the ├25─┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼───┼───┼───┤ world │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 14. They may be ├32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ indecent on │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ television ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┤ 15. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Commandments ├───┼───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and such │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Documents ├40─┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┤ that might │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ determine who'd ├45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ get the dog in │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ a divorce, ├50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┤ informally │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Any of the ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ three teeny │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ bones in the ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ear │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Stuck on ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. It is me, │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ as some say └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Knight's
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Freestyle 944 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 948 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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Freestyle 950 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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origins 64. Yellow bit "eaten" 28. "Whatever, just pick 24. Bottom dosage while being pursued by one" 26. Substitution for the ghosts Inky, Pinky, 29. Those for whom being repetition Blinky, and Clyde born was a mane event? 27. What one may be 65. Like hardware that 33. Player of the child sarcastically offered stops a door from flying vampire Claudia in after bragging about out violently "Interview with the doing an ordinary task 66. Cross personality Vampire", 1994 30. Pitch to watch 35. One of about 75% of 31. "More info coming" DOWN the population of Europe 32. Pressed for a date, in the early Middle Ages say 1. Strip on the 37. Child's 34. They need curing Internet, say "babysitter", sometimes 36. "How incredible!" 2. Topical for relief 38. Broadcast service 42. Blanket that's often 3. Coat at the dinner overseen by the U.S. pushed aside table Agency for Global Media 43. Begin a discussion 4. Young children, in 39. Plugs customized to about older slang fit in canals 44. Its members often 5. What linguists 40. Reassurance for one pull off smashes: Abbr. pronounce some languages being kept in the loop 47. [bobs the head with? 41. Old man and old alternately left and 6. "Everyone's had their lady, in slang right] say..." 44. Positions to stretch 49. Monty Python 7. Where to find a lot 45. "Habits (Stay High)" specialty of dropped anchors hitmaker, 2013 50. Stain fighter 8. They might rein in 46. Included with 52. Things you may carry floors, briefly 48. What may hold the boards on 9. First of the original gold 54. "Force navale" spot Mountain West Conference 51. Say you're for 55. Mars follower teams to leave the something, then say 57. Tundra rarity conference you're not 58. Concern for a 10. You'll have a hard 53. Pass through plumber time finding anything in unnoticed, say 59. Assets minus them 56. Spanish word that liabilities, for an 11. Say, sort of looks like a estate or company 12. Put away for good? Shakespearean role when 61. "Everything 13. Slow to react, maybe written in all lowercase Everywhere All at Once" 15. "Not even _____!" 58. Name that sounds protagonist 21. With "The", Ogden like an enthusiastic 63. Indian Nash poem that asks, assent cauliflower/potato dish "Would you be calm and 60. Take a segment from whose first word sounds placid / If you were 62. What most newborns like a famed baseball full of formic acid?" go through, in slang family 25. Line not prepared

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Freestyle 951 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Jacks, say ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. St. whose │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ flagship ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ university's │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ renowned ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ basketball │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ program was ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ founded by │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ basketball ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ inventor James │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ Naismith ├───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Makes up, as │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 10-Down ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Popular │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ website to find ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ home │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ improvement ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ pros │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Ending ├───┼───┼48─┼49─┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ preferred for │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ residents of ├54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┤ Wisconsin and │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ Wyoming ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Prompt to │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ fill in the ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ blank? │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 17. Seriously ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼67─┼───┼───┼───┤ sacrifice one'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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│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Org. ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┤ interested in │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ the sights ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┤ 4. Is a good │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ neighbor, in a ├18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ way │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 9. It may be ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼23─┼24─┤ illegal to │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ break ├25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Very rare │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ NHL feat ├───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┤ 15. Last word │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ of a poker ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ player's │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ question ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┤ 16. Many │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ reality show ├45─┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┤ stars are, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ ironically, ├50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┤ doing it on │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ their shows ├───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Occasion to │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ whoop it up ├59─┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "Round of │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ applause for ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ me, huh?" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 20. One might ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┤ be adopted │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ 21. Word with └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ ink or bacon
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in the White House hurt?" era 34. Reaper settings 2. Bridged gaps, maybe 37. Certain natural 36. One depicted on the 3. He called the UN the style, informally "Les Misérables" poster "United Nations of 38. Player of some solos 38. Alert about a Benetton" 39. It may be saved from flight, briefly 4. Danger for a barefoot the sand 41. Complement of "ein household walker 40. Stew about alone Triplett" 5. Antiquated equivalent 42. Fully mature bees, 43. Archduke Franz to a gasp e.g. Ferdinand's assassin 6. Fancy passes, 44. "Yet what's more..." Gavrilo Princip, e.g. informally 46. One might expose a 45. Plant from which 7. Cheesy guy? crack most oregano sold in 8. Amount of books in 48. Probe America derives the New York Public 49. Something used at 47. Moving act Library, e.g. the end of an index 50. Handle strength 9. "Suh-weet!" 52. Give the OK, in a 51. Yacht rock singer 10. Its members are a way Seals (not the Seals step from the big league 55. Snub, say from Seals and Crofts... 11. Sportsbook lineup 56. Brand founded by a his brother) 12. Remark while raking former head designer for 53. Angora in the chips after a Anne Klein classification bluff, maybe 57. Make a moon landing? 54. "Really, now?!" 13. One raised to be 58. One out of order 59. Key for rapid drunk 59. Some Bitcoin miners skipping 14. "Cute little" suffix 60. What may thrive in 61. Kid knocking on the in Italian normally inhospitable bedroom door, say 19. More catchy, as a conditions, briefly 62. "Really, now?!" pop song
63. Start of a 23. Some of its products

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Freestyle 953 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 1. See ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┤ 29-Across │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 6. Police ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┤ departments │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ often release ├───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ alerts about │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ one ├22─┼23─┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. "That's │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ what she said" ├29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 13. Athlete │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ with a popular ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ drink named for │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ him, to fans ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼38─┤ 14. Frequent │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ subject of ├───┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 1990s New York │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Post headlines ├40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. One with a │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ bleak view ├44─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼───┤ 16. Places to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ see jumpers, ├48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ casually │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 18. Weather, ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┤ e.g. │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Any ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ descendant of │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ Lech, Czech, ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ and Rus, per │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ legend └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Bump uglies
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Freestyle 954 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Word in some ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ written │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ salutations ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. "I mean, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ seriously...?" ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. Junk │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ trailer ├22─┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. His │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ character ├25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┤ shouted │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ "Release the ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ Kraken!" in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ "Clash of the ├34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼38─┼39─┤ Titans", 2010 │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 17. Press ├───┼───┼───┼40─┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┤ before a date, │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ maybe ├43─┼44─┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Sock hop │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ fare ├49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. [???] │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 20. They may be ├52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ subject to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ impulses ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┤ 21. Wished... │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ or commanded ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Airline │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ whose hub is in ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ Abu Dhabi │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 24. Classic └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ rock singer
nicknamed the "Demon of things that are songs 27. Newbie on the way to Screamin'" 64. [preciate ya] the bar 25. Real first name of 28. Favorites to win Poison Ivy, in DC Comics DOWN 32. Plant no longer 26. It doesn't offer as considered a controlled much support as it ages 1. "Dunkirk", e.g. substance per a 2018 US 29. [i aint kidding] 2. Item with an easily law 30. Places where breakable shell 33. It might bear a food pressure is scrutinized 3. "You don't have to pun 31. Historic caravel keep standing by my 37. Daredevil's gliding 34. Shout before a bed..." outfit hurried dispersal 4. See 7-Down 38. One working at your 35. Pair of scissors, 5. Pictorial aid for a fingertips, maybe e.g. meteorologist in 39. What takes the 36. Runs over with a training advice "If you dream it, mouse? 6. Having a low do it" to the extreme? 40. Pot covers, maybe coefficient of friction, 41. Start of an update 42. Mocha money in a way 43. Renowned architect 43. "_____ war" 7. With 4-Down, Zaha Hadid and others 46. Highlighter of many potential bosses 44. Limit of one's slams 8. House of Thani title duties 47. "Deux piastres", in 9. They're often handled 45. Namesake of a plasma French Canadian slang at lemonade stands phenomenon 49. It's just one thing 10. It came with an 48. Suffix with sinus
to another electronic "light gun" 50. To clarify 51. Little blooper, called the Zapper 53. One giving a lesson, maybe 11. Squeeze through informally 52. Down in a stand 12. When you ask, "Come 54. Like the flowers of 53. Set down here often?", they'll the wild carrot 57. Additive found at say, "Yes, actually" 55. Singer who's Jason Napa 13. Faraway but visible Bateman's father-in-law 58. Level required for 14. Indications that one 56. Didn't keep in the access to atomic weapons won't stoop dark, in a way secrets, per the US 20. NFL team nicknamed 59. Fish whose native Department of Energy after a poem, briefly name begins with an 60. Certain union 23. Author one of whose 'okina demands works inspired the name 60. Nickname for Dwight 61. "No... way" of the "Born to be Wild" Gooden, from his skill 62. It may be hulled band in striking out hitters 63. Things that aren't 24. Some lay out for it
songs in the middle of 26. & neighbor

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Freestyle 955 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬───┬5──┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┬14─┐
│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Group of ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "thousands" │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 5. "And why ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ does that │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ matter...?" ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. "Fine, sure │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ enough" ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. "Take me │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ home please" ├───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ 17. Step on it │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. Fumes ├───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼34─┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. One │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ employee of ├37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Fearless Leader │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ in "Rocky and ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Bullwinkle" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 21. Feature of ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼───┤ prescription │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ drugs in most ├───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┤ US states │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 22. Dreaded ├49─┼50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ genre? │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 23. A refugee ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼57─┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┤ might take it, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ for short ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ 24. It's │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ represented by ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┤ two circles and │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ a slash: Abbr. └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 26. School in
the Pac-12... 1. Result of tight 32. Animal that solved [eyeroll]... no, sneaks, maybe an instance of the actually the Big Ten 2. Repetitively-named traveling salesman 28. Make a hundred Thor Heyerdahl book problem in a 2010 study unlikely subtitled "the Secret of 34. Service that stops 29. It often happens in Easter Island" in Providence and New the dark 3. Noted double-checker Haven 33. Certain gray area of song 35. Sane 37. "Oh man, you two..." 4. Feline-sounding 36. Alcoholic drink, in 39. What results when rapper with the 2018 hit slang two siblings each have "Taste" 37. Products of children with two 5. Some poker tells keyboards: Abbr. siblings of a different 6. First player after 38. Grp. that often family Jordan to average at restricts property 40. Contents of a letter least 30 points a game appearance
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30. Part of some gender 58. Flavored beverage DOWN transitions mix brand
31. "_____ gave some..."

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Freestyle 956 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬4──┬5──┬───┬6──┬7──┬8──┬9──┬───┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Hawaiian ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ hand gesture │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 6. Labor ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┤ production, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ maybe ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. It's less │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ subtle than a ├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ throat clearing │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 14. Places to ├24─┼25─┼26─┼27─┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ raise money │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ online? ├30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┤ 16. Where one │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ could once find ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┤ "Zion curtains" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ that blocked ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┤ restaurant │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ patrons from ├───┼42─┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ seeing │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ bartenders ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ pouring drinks │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 17. "Don't... ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┤ even talk to me │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ right now" ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Word with │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ plane or trail ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. One put up │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ for the night ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Old gasped │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ word └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 21. Determines
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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 1. Field ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┤ projectile │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 6. Reward for a ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┤ great jingle, │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ maybe ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┤ 10. Parting for │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ a chatter ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. Big concept │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ in sociology ├26─┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼29─┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼31─┤ 15. Pilot's │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ first letter ├───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Something │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ set by a house ├36─┼37─┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 17. Bluegrass │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ legend Lester ├39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ who played on │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ "The Beverly ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼43─┼44─┼45─┤ Hillbillies" │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ theme ├───┼46─┼───┼47─┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┤ 18. Satisfy a │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ pang, in a way ├51─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Olympian │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ with legendary ├55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ status │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 20. "Don't tell ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ ME to give │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ up..." ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 22. Band whose │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1985 album └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ "Listen Like
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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Sidewalk ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ builder's │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ supply ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. It's not │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ just for ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ exposure │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 15. Athletic ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ maneuvers that │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ start moving ├───┼25─┼───┼26─┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼30─┼31─┼32─┤ forward and end │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ facing the ├33─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ opposite way │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 16. Awkward ├36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ thing for a │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ newscaster to ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┤ ask on air │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 17. Huge March ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼───┼───┼46─┼───┼───┼───┤ sports event, │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ informally ├───┼───┼───┼───┼47─┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼50─┤ 18. Fancy │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ dessert ├51─┼52─┼53─┼54─┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼───┼───┤ establishment │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 19. Doesn't ├57─┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ need │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ explanation for ├60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 20. Tinkles, │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ but more enthus ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ iastically │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 21. Give some, └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ but not too
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Freestyle 959 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 960 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 961 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 962 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Enterprise ├13─┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ series, to fans │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 4. One only ├16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼17─┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ experiencing │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ sexual ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ attraction │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ after ├23─┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ developing an │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ emotional ├27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼31─┼32─┼33─┤ attachment, │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ informally ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 8. Small-agile │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ German craft of ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ World War II │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Vacuumed, ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ in slang │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ 15. Anti- ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ anxiety pill, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ casually ├───┼───┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 16. Brewed │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ fragrant ├50─┼51─┼52─┼───┼53─┼───┼───┼54─┼55─┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┤ beverage named │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ for a New York ├58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ city on Lake │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Ontario ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. "No need to │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ worry about me" ├64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┤ 19. Santa │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ checks with one └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. Ancient or
modern currency of wedding on tree matter Israel 64. One helping to 28. Cracking under 22. First letter of handle a storm pressure, say "41-Across" 65. Dawn creation 29. Subject of the 23. It's often fluffed 66. _____ Network, ESPN- Internal Revenue Code, before serving owned TV channel briefly 25. Team whose nickname 31. "You just taught me begins with the same two DOWN something!", for short letters as its name 32. Collective 27. Make appealing 1. First Native American consternation 29. Country whose to win an Olympic gold 33. Florsheim competitor population is over 88% medal for the USA (1912) 35. Cloudless and immigrants as of its 2. Like parking for parched 2020 census: Abbr. angled parking spaces... 36. Many a land-grant 30. Very, when used RIGHT, PEOPLE?! school, in slang sarcastically 3. "Knock yourself out, 37. High-volume 34. Whitewater stretch I don't care" production that should only be 4. Prerequisite for many 38. One might see red attempted by expert jobs: Abbr. (not just in the color paddlers 5. The moons of Mars are sense) when seeing an H 37. Catastrophic event named for two of his 39. Preposition in that makes success very brothers German itineraries unlikely 6. Cause of many a 44. California mountain 40. Response from an disheveled mugshot important in New Age older parent after 7. _____ mère culture asking a younger parent (fundamental principle, 45. Word that becomes a how old their child is to the French) popular candy brand when 41. Certain "jardín de 8. Out-of-state its two syllables are infancia" attendee resident? switched 42. Not exactly paying 9. "There'll be big 46. "Don't go anywhere" attention to detail trouble if you even 48. Steam generator of a 43. Addresses, as during mention the word sort
a big poker hand, maybe mutton!" 50. Defenders against (or maybe not, hmm?) 10. "You got it last some attacks 47. "...for my whole time" 51. Concern for the fit life" 11. Follower of some 52. A wreck of one from 49. Name that's a fuel quotes 1918 can still be seen minus its last two 12. Little one with in pieces just upstream letters cheek of Niagara's Horseshoe 50. Good test of a car's 14. They end in an Falls handling atrium 54. Offerings for U.S. 53. Trite-and-true 17. Potent distilled federal prison inmates things? Nordic beverage 55. Cream-ish shade 57. Help in getting 21. Like the wait before 56. A mayor's is often something loose you receive your packed, informally 58. Prepare for hosting admissions exam results, 59. _____ fois (French duties, in a way often "as soon as") 60. Cervical supporters 24. Like some 61. Format read in the 62. Forehead and nose, impressions Feedly app
in skincare 26. Insects named for
63. Strip for a fancy their habit of feeding

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Freestyle 964 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. Concern for ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ an interior │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ designer ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 6. Become free │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ of charge? ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┤ 9. Give no │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ peace ├22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼23─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┤ 14. It keeps │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ doctors from ├26─┼───┼───┼───┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┤ blabbing about │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ a patient's ├30─┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼34─┼───┤ erectile │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ dysfunction, ├35─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼37─┤ briefly │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Annoyed cry ├───┼38─┼───┼───┼───┼39─┼40─┼───┼41─┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ from the │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ bathroom ├───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼───┼45─┼───┼───┤ 17. Word in │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ many a tag ├46─┼47─┼48─┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼───┤ question │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 18. One source ├52─┼───┼───┼53─┼───┼54─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┤ of artificial │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ mulch ├56─┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 19. Originators │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ of a lot of ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ common advice? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 20. Santa Maria ├61─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ della _____ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ (Milanese └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ church
demolished in 1776 to to a dive bar, say 20. Valley near make way for a building 58. Variety of pop Hollywood that still exists) 59. "So... what you said 24. Duplicate 21. Not much more than doesn't change my point" 27. They're useless to zero 60. Jump in organizers 22. It comes in a club 61. One boosting a 29. It borders a version leader Scottish valley 23. "You hooked me" 62. Word that sounds 31. Style of which the 25. They help with major like it applies to a 1972 hit "All the Young struggles, briefly hitched horse? Dudes" is considered an 26. Tech found in many 63. Article openers anthem cells 33. Teen's money source, 27. A good kicker may DOWN facetiously compete in it, briefly 34. Inflamed 28. Ding-dong 1. "Oof, you didn't have 37. Coordinated office 30. "Let's run that one to go there" buys more time" 2. Low-friction game 39. "You need not worry" 32. Transitional regions 3. See someone for a few 40. Makeup of an edible between cities and rural minutes? mold areas 4. Fievel's sister in 41. No free thinkers 35. How a newly washed "An American Tail" 42. They're practically car gleams 5. Enjoy a Tide pod, inconceivable! 36. Went off in a pen e.g. (but seriously, 46. Store whose New York 38. Part of an witness's folks... don't actually location has the most informal description do this) retail space of any 41. It's not said in 6. Product that allowed single store in America France you to listen to music (and includes its own 43. Frequent subject for on the go in 1984 jail) posters (imagine that!) 47. Tree-lined park path 44. Concern for an 7. Those invaded in the 48. Watchdog org. interior designer Peter Shaffer play "The promoting an annual 45. They're technically Royal Hunt of the Sun" anti-bullying Spirit Day not decisions, briefly 8. One hanging around a 50. Rudimentary plant 46. Item commonly found drum structure
in both doctor's offices 9. Small serving of rye, 51. Hustle on the and jet planes, e.g. street, say informally 10. Some birds rub them 53. They seek fault 49. Got on the horn? all over their feathers after the fall 51. One taking an order? 11. It may be 57. What ideally 52. Québécois greeting established by a panel shouldn't be publicized, 54. Where laypeople are 12. "Hearty" parts of briefly found buildings? 58. It might only be 55. Gets back at for 13. Is lousy reached through the air: singing, perhaps 16. Onetime acid Abbr. 56. Dress nicely to go neutralizer

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

Freestyle 965 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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

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

Freestyle 966 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS ┌1──┬2──┬3──┬───┬4──┬5──┬6──┬7──┬───┬8──┬9──┬10─┬11─┬12─┬13─┐
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 967 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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Freestyle 971 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1. "Just ├15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ revolting!" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 8. You can ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ touch on what's │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ happening with ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ one │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 15. Would ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼───┼25─┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ decline to │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ under any ├28─┼───┼───┼───┼29─┼30─┼───┼31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼33─┼34─┤ circumstance │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 16. ├───┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼37─┼───┼───┼───┤ "Geographic" │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ alternative ├38─┼39─┼40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ title with │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ which the movie ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ "Moana" was │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ released in ├42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼───┼45─┼46─┼47─┤ Italy (since │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ there was a ├───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┤ famous Italian │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ porn star named ├51─┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼55─┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ Moana) │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ 17. Marvel ├58─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼59─┼60─┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼62─┼───┼───┼───┤ supervillain │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ who's a human ├63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ capacitor │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. "Bo-o- ├65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼66─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ oring..." │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 19. Named, once └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 20. _____ notch
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Freestyle 973 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 974 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 975 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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Freestyle 977 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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Freestyle 978 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ 1. Celeb's ├13─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼14─┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┤ deliberate │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ public ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ appearance with │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ the full ├19─┼───┼───┼───┼20─┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┤ intention of │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ being ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼───┼25─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼26─┼───┼───┼───┤ photographed │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ 8. Is at an ├───┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼───┼───┼───┼30─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ angle │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 13. Stuff for a ├───┼───┼───┼31─┼───┼32─┼───┼33─┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ breather on the │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ beach? ├35─┼36─┼37─┼───┼───┼───┼38─┼───┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. The "you" │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ in the movie ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼41─┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ theme song │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ lyric "If you ├43─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼44─┼───┼45─┼───┼46─┼───┼47─┼48─┼───┤ get caught │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ between the ├49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼50─┼───┼───┼───┼51─┼───┼52─┼───┼───┼53─┤ moon and New │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ York City, the ├54─┼───┼───┼───┼55─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼56─┼───┼57─┼───┼───┤ best that you │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ can do... is ├58─┼───┼───┼59─┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ fall in love" │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 17. Offer for ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ consideration │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 18. Something ├───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼65─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ often cooked up │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ underground └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ 19. Some are
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Freestyle 982 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

Freestyle 983 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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or posters around it to, say households, briefly 33. "I should care 35. Stop motion why...?" DOWN 36. Retail chain that 34. Something to be split into "Nord" and invited to 1. Stirring setting "Süd" companies 35. Genre that comes 2. What follows a 38. Copper heads? from a Bantu word for scholarly point? 39. Reasons to take cars "belly bump" 3. "That's not supposed in for service 37. People often aren't to go anywhere" 40. Regional food that allowed to drive home 4. What a new house Anthony Bourdain enjoyed from them, for short visitor may be offered in the Bhutan episode of 38. "Stop, thief!", e.g. 5. Composer of the art "Parts Unknown" 41. Tagging along behind song "Erlkönig" 41. River near the 42. Comme _____ fleur 6. Bach's "Komm, Jesu, landmark known to (French "as if nothing komm" is one natives as the "Torre happened") 7. Admission from a Pendente" 43. Source of a cosmetic particular person 42. Some mementos of moisturizer 8. Onetime service for group vacations 44. Push through with plane passengers to make 43. Shot taker force calls 46. Symbol used for a 45. With 49-Across, 9. Villain in the 1933 trombone, not a trumpet purposeless department animated short "Seasin's 47. "Didn't think you'd that exists solely to Greetinks!" see me here, huh?" keep itself in 10. They've got caps on 50. Accessory that existence, in government what they're looking for sometimes (sadly) comes slang 11. "There's nothing with its own built-in 48. You can do it inside wrong with me on the video games, informally
at Dubai's Mall of the surface" 54. Its goal is getting Emirates 14. Got on the horn? to it 49. See 45-Across 16. Many of them are 55. Unlikely social 51. Substitute for some named for fruits butterfly authors, maybe 21. Vibrator in the 56. Opposite of "shed"

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

Freestyle 984 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ 1. "Find it ├14─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼15─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼16─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ somewhere in │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ your heart" ├17─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼18─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼19─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 5. Move from │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ one party to ├20─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼21─┼───┼───┼───┼22─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ another │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ 9. UK acting ├23─┼───┼───┼24─┼25─┼───┼───┼26─┼27─┼───┼───┼28─┼───┼29─┼30─┤ award that │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ becomes a ├31─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼32─┼───┼───┼───┼33─┼───┼───┼───┤ famous accord │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ when its first ├───┼───┼───┼34─┼───┼───┼35─┼───┼───┼───┼36─┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ letter is │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ changed ├37─┼38─┼39─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 14. "It's not │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ enough" ├40─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ 15. It might be │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│▐█▌│ exhausting ├41─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼42─┼───┼───┼───┼43─┼───┼───┼44─┼45─┼46─┤ 16. Major │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ corporate ├47─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼48─┼───┼───┼───┼49─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ shifting, │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ │ │ informally ├───┼───┼50─┼───┼51─┼───┼───┼52─┼53─┼───┼───┼───┼54─┼───┼───┤ 17. Pettish │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │▐█▌│▐█▌│ │ │ │ state ├55─┼56─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼57─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼58─┼───┼───┼───┤ 18. Annual │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ Texas event ├59─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼60─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼61─┼───┼───┼───┤ whose logo │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ incorporates an ├62─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼63─┼───┼───┼───┼───┼64─┼───┼───┼───┤ arrow pointing │ │ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │▐█▌│ │ │ │ │ down and to the └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ left, briefly
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* Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

Freestyle 985 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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