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From : Northern Realms
Date : Wed Nov 19 2025 08:05:24

Freestyle 1001: "She turned me into a newt!" - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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1. It's very     Ã14ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ15ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ16ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
difficult, but   ³ M ³ A ³ N ³ I ³ A ³ÞÛݳ A ³ T ³ N ³ O ³ÞÛݳ T ³ E ³ A ³ S ³
not impossible,  Ã17ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ18ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ19ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
for them to      ³ I ³ G ³ O ³ T ³ B ³ E ³ T ³ T ³ E ³ R ³ÞÛݳ S ³ I ³ L ³ L ³
have multiple    ÃÄÄÄÅ20ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ21ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
fathers          ³ÞÛݳ S ³ T ³ E ³ R ³ N ³ T ³ A ³ L ³ K ³ I ³ N ³ G ³ T ³ O ³
6. Execs making  ÃÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ22ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ23ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
corporate        ³ÞÛݳÞÛݳÞÛݳÞÛݳ E ³ R ³ I ³ K ³ÞÛݳ I ³ C ³ O ³ N ³ S ³ÞÛݳ
software         Ã24ÄÅ25ÄÅ26ÄÅ27ÄÅÄÄÄÅ28ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ29ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
decisions        ³ G ³ O ³ S ³ S ³ÞÛݳ I ³ T ³ E ³ÞÛݳ N ³ E ³ T ³ÞÛݳÞÛݳÞÛݳ
10. Should that  Ã30ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ31ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ32ÄÅÄÄÄÅ33ÄÅÄÄÄÅ34ÄÅ35ÄÅ36Ä´
work out         ³ A ³ C ³ U ³ P ³ÞÛݳ C ³ U ³ S ³ S ³ÞÛݳ I ³ F ³ E ³ A ³ R ³
14. Lots of      Ã37ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ38ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ39ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
people flip for  ³ O ³ H ³ M ³ Y ³ G ³ O ³ D ³ P ³ A ³ R ³ T ³ I ³ C ³ L ³ E ³
it               Ã40ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ41ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ42ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
15. Nuclear      ³ L ³ O ³ O ³ F ³ A ³ÞÛݳ E ³ R ³ I ³ E ³ÞÛݳ N ³ I ³ T ³ S ³
info, briefly    ÃÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ43ÄÅÄÄÄÅ44ÄÅÄÄÄÅ45ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ46ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
16. Some Silk    ³ÞÛݳÞÛݳÞÛݳ I ³ S ³ O ³ÞÛݳ A ³ D ³ D ³ÞÛݳ E ³ G ³ O ³ T ³
Road goods       ÃÄÄÄÅ47ÄÅ48ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ49ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ50ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
(...no, the      ³ÞÛݳ R ³ I ³ C ³ O ³ H ³ÞÛݳ C ³ H ³ A ³ S ³ÞÛݳÞÛݳÞÛݳÞÛݳ
answer isn't     Ã51ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ52ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ53ÄÅ54ÄÅ55ÄÅÄÄÄ´
SILK...)         ³ D ³ O ³ N ³ T ³ L ³ I ³ S ³ T ³ E ³ N ³ T ³ O ³ E ³ M ³ÞÛݳ
17. Reassurance  Ã56ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ57ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ58Ä´
from the         ³ A ³ C ³ A ³ I ³ÞÛݳ B ³ U ³ I ³ L ³ T ³ A ³ F ³ I ³ R ³ E ³
peasant who was  Ã59ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ60ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ61ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
supposedly       ³ U ³ H ³ N ³ O ³ÞÛݳ E ³ C ³ C ³ L ³ÞÛݳ M ³ E ³ R ³ I ³ T ³
turned into a    Ã62ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ63ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅ64ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ´
newt by a        ³ B ³ E ³ E ³ N ³ÞÛݳ T ³ H ³ E ³ O ³ÞÛݳ P ³ R ³ E ³ S ³ S ³
witch, in        ÀÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÙ
"Monty Python    
and the Holy Grail"       bowl                      21. Shut off any        
19. Place for a           57. Worked hard for       comeback attempt        
decorative candle         higher degrees?           24. Where to find some  
20. Rebuke                59. "Yeah... right"       London bars?            
22. _____ Selvig,         60. Bible bk. from which  25. "Infinito", turned  
Stellan Skarsg†rd's       the lyrics to Pete        90ø                     
"Thor" role               Seeger's "Turn! Turn!     26. Big ring occupant   
23. Targets of taps and   Turn!" were taken         27. Its plots might have
clicks                    61. Alternative to        plants                  
24. Hot deets from        nepotism                  32. Briefly visited     
"Entertainment Tonight"   62. "_____ a minute"      34. Source of steamy    
28. Finish for some       63. Film director van     drags, informally       
citizens                  Gogh, Vincent's great-    35. Man who's unusually 
29. It's much better for  grandnephew               high                    
a ball to hit the inside  64. Makeup of some pools  36. A lack of it may    
of it than the outside                              cause nodding           
30. Support for those     DOWN                      38. Either of two       
who need relatively                                 Spanish-born NBA player 
little support            1. "That cyst is your     brothers who were traded
31. What might be         business and yours        for each other (between 
indicated with random     alone"                    the Lakers and          
punctuation marks         2. Moves with pleasure    Grizzlies) in 2008      
33. "It's not easy to     3. Beyond regular play    39. Tiny animal that's  
say this..."              4. "Saturday _____ Is     ground up to make a     
37. Slang for an          Dead" (1979 Graham        traditional chutney of  
astronomical discovery    Parker song)              eastern India           
of 1991 that had the      5. American pro athlete   44. "Don't doubt that"  
highest energy ever       at whose home games "O    47. Swiss maker of      
observed for a cosmic     Canada" is sung           Accutane and Valium     
ray                       6. Feline carriage, in    48. Not worth           
40. Soap rubber           slang                     entertaining            
41. I-90 runs roughly     7. "Nothing happens       50. "Paid", one might   
parallel to its southern  overnight"                say                     
edge                      8. Early legal prospect   51. Throw on hastily    
42. Ultra-picky details   9. "A Few Good Men"       52. Very much           
43. Viral containment     screenwriter              53. Hitless streak at   
method, informally        10. "Actually, something  the plate, in baseball  
45. Take away a           DOES happen to be wrong"  lingo                   
negative?                 11. Word that shares its  54. Where hurling, said 
46. Elton John            Latin root word with      to have a high risk of  
achievement of 2024       "fiction"                 "blunt scrotal trauma", 
47. Big maker of          12. Electrically neutral  is a national sport     
omnidirectional cameras   chemical compounds        55. They might help     
49. Chuckie's dad in      13. City served by        assess twists           
"Rugrats"                 Sandefjord Airport        58. Life unfamiliar to  
51. "Forget the haters"   18. Any of eight kings    everyone (well... maybe 
56. Word with palm or     of England, to Italians   MOST everyone)          

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