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Date : Mon Nov 17 2025 08:05:32

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

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8. "Mighty fine  Ã23ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ24ÄÅ25ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
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inviting place,  Ã39ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
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18. Home of the  ÃÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ46ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ47ÄÅ48ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
"Crown of the    ³ÞÛݳÞÛݳÞÛݳÞÛݳ   ³   ³   ³   ³ÞÛݳ   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³
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19. "Whatever    ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³ÞÛݳ   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³
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20. In-home      ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³ÞÛݳ   ³   ³   ³   ³ÞÛݳ   ³   ³   ³
mobility aid     Ã58ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ59ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ60ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
22. Not best     ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³ÞÛݳ   ³   ³   ³   ³ÞÛݳ   ³   ³   ³
23. Ability to   Ã61ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ62ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ63ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
understand       ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³   ³ÞÛݳ   ³   ³   ³   ³ÞÛݳ   ³   ³   ³
24. One may be   ÀÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÙ
in pigtails      
26. Approving side        that sounds like it       21. Betty Shabazz player
27. Bulblike plant stem,  should be a fishing       in "Malcolm X", 1992    
as of gladiolus or        nickname?                 25. Loud and fist-      
freesia                   60. "J'ai _____           pumping, say            
28. Betray one's trust,   question..."              27. Like many a sailor, 
in a way                  61. Where to "beat the    it's said               
32. "Tell me the          drum slowly" and "play    28. Stretch accompanier,
verdict"                  the fife lowly" in a      maybe                   
36. Feeling after         classic cowboy song       29. Office tray abbr.   
insulting a much bigger   62. Row houses?           30. Cellar stat         
person to their face,     63. Press aid,            31. Problem for an      
likely                    informally                online poker site       
39. "To be straight with                            33. Nice thing to say,  
you..."                   DOWN                      measured in feet?       
40. "I fell, _____ with                             34. Sharp sound output  
exceeding sorrow unto     1. Hunk                   35. Key to erase        
Death" (Tennyson)         2. King Gustav V of       mistakes                
41. "You a hundred        Sweden told him, "Sir,    36. Figures based on a  
percent on that?"         you are the greatest      bell curve, briefly     
42. Like subjects of      athlete in the world" at  37. Not giving anything 
many shanties             the 1912 Olympics         up                      
46. Windy-sounding        3. A scherzo may be a     38. Nintendo's default  
native?                   part of one               one has brown hair, red 
47. "That's really        4. What a plug can        shirt, and black pants  
true?!", in modern        provide                   43. Fully enjoy the     
parlance                  5. Species used to make   effects of              
49. Chanted Korean word   6-Down, e.g.              44. Animal whose name   
in a smash 2024           6. Sheet in a Japanese    changes when its fur    
Ros‚/Bruno Mars hit       restaurant                color changes           
53. Aid in evading law    7. Banner with a V shape  45. One in charge of    
enforcement               cut out of its right      campaign finance,       
55. Kind of door that     side                      informally              
has hinges in the middle  8. "I'm up to something"  46. Not simply cold     
56. Serving with pad      look                      47. Curfew              
Thai, often               9. Spanish shout of       acknowledgement, maybe  
57. Brand whose slogan    encouragement             48. Takes with care     
changed the word          10. Obstacles at many     49. He's considered to  
"mother" to "parent" in   Fortune 500 board         be the first Jehovah's  
2018, because dads        meetings                  Witness                 
apparently weren't        11. It must be sunk to    50. Annoying, bothersome
involved in the family    win in many pool games    type, for short         
food decision-making      12. Not definitely a      51. Over quite a        
process until 2018        loser... yet              distance                
58. "...but these aren't  13. Org. central to a     52. Decorative painting 
the only things"          2019 amendment to the     style on wood or metal  
59. Baseball nickname     Constitution of Ukraine   54. Like good macarons  

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