Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Tue May 20 2025 08:05:04

Freestyle 821 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5---6---7-------8---9---10--11--12--13--14-+
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1. < b > or <    |15-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
/b > around      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
bolded text,     |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
e.g.             |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
8. Asian         |19-+---+---+---+---+20-+---+21-+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---|
metropolis       |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
nicknamed "The   |23-+---+---+---+---+24-+---+---+---+---+---+25-+---+---+---|
Big Durian"      |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
15. "You're      |26-+---+---+27-+28-+---+29-+---+---+---+---+30-+---+---+---|
half right"      |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
16. It runs      |31-+---+---+---+---+32-+---+33-+---+34-+35-+---+---+---+---|
down the east    |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
side of          |---+---+---+36-+---+---+37-+---+38-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
Manhattan's      |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
Alphabet City    |39-+40-+41-+---+---+---+---+42-+---+43-+---+---+44-+45-+46-|
17. Anti-crack   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
measure          |47-+---+---+---+---+---+48-+---+49-+---+50-+---+---+---+---|
18. Shades that  |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
may be burnt     |51-+---+---+---+---+52-+---+---+---+53-+---+---+54-+---+---|
19. "You oughta  |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |
know this"       |55-+---+---+---+56-+---+---+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---|
spots            |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
20. Survey that  |58-+---+---+59-+---+---+---+---+60-+---+61-+---+---+---+---|
might be         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
generated via    |62-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
drones           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
22. John         |64-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+65-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
DeLorean was     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
its chief        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
designer         
23. "Private" disease,    way                       13. Source of an oil    
as it's now called:       57. Units of concern to   commonly hawked as an   
Abbr.                     Chernobyl-area visitors   alternative medicine    
24. Make sure one's coat  58. Port for lubrication  14. Jingles             
is taken care of, say     60. AI medical diagnosis  21. Part that's put on a
25. Needing replacement   provider, in slang        38-Across               
26. Part of UCL, in       62. Used to see better,   25. Contort oneself     
anatomy                   maybe                     27. Isn't stubborn      
29. Tore off              63. Largest denomination  28. New York City movie 
30. Nicolas who           of Turkish coinage        house that seated nearly
codirected                64. What some police      6,000                   
"Performance", 1970       officers ride on          32. Preceder of alpha,  
31. You might have to     65. Statement betraying   but not (yet) beta      
spell "walk" in front of  apprehension              34. No mark to brag on  
one                                                 35. Start a revolution, 
33. Causes of shellfish   DOWN                      with "up"?              
poisoning                                           37. 20o under freezing, 
36. Rotations on the      1. Doesn't keep lying     say                     
ice, maybe                2. Many a tumbleweed      39. What you can get    
38. See 21-Down           3. Drawing medium for     from TMZ, slangily      
39. "This... this was     many kids nowadays,       40. "Ya with me?"       
all your doing!"          briefly                   41. Structural bit for a
43. PayPal or Venmo       4. They're shot way up    Maine hunting cabin     
alternative               in the air                42. Artisan products    
47. "Forget", say         5. "_____ le fiamme"      44. Started a split     
48. Smash #1 hit named    (Handel cantata)          45. Taunt from a sore   
by NPR as the best song   6. Shower of peaks and    winner to a sore loser  
of 2020                   valleys                   46. Encourager of PDAs, 
50. _____ Bertrand,       7. More like deer than    essentially             
faithful general who      cow                       49. Quick change setting
exiled himself with       8. Olive family shrubs    52. One of the three    
Napoleon                  used in perfumery         Olympic medals, e.g.    
51. Roast settings        9. Like flying kites      53. With no souls       
52. Views from some       10. Stay                  straying                
hotel rooms               11. The Beach Boys        56. Combo part, often   
54. Kin of mis- and       rhymed it with "hand"     57. Sweet brand named   
para-                     (...close enough...)      for how it's packaged   
55. www.ets.org/_____     12. Constantly get great  59. Request for a       
56. Creates troubling     hand after great hand,    process                 
road conditions, in a     in poker lingo            61. Extend a hand, maybe

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

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