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From : Northern Realms
Date : Thu May 22 2025 08:05:08

Freestyle 823 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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1. Nation in     |14-+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---+---+---|
Oceania, for     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
short            |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---|
4. They may be   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
described as     |19-+---+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---+---|
hazy             |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|
8. Brings to     |22-+---+---+---+---+23-+---+---+24-+---+---+25-+---+26-+27-|
the fore         |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
14. Fix after a  |---+28-+---+---+---+29-+---+---+---+---+---+30-+---+---+---|
flameout         |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
16. Certain      |31-+---+---+---+---+32-+---+---+---+---+---+33-+---+---+---|
percussion       |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
player           |34-+---+---+35-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+36-+---+---+---|
17. "There's no  |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
other option"    |37-+---+---+---+---+38-+39-+40-+41-+42-+---+---+43-+---+---|
18. Last name    |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |
of two singing   |44-+---+---+---+---+45-+---+---+---+---+---+46-+---+---+---|
brothers who     |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|
heavily          |47-+---+---+---+---+48-+---+---+---+---+---+49-+---+---+50-|
influenced the   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
Beatles          |---+---+51-+---+52-+---+---+53-+---+---+---+54-+---+---+---|
19. Federal      |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
loan-            |55-+56-+---+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+58-+---+---+---+---|
guaranteeing     |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
org.             |59-+---+---+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
20. Subject of   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
some municipal   |61-+---+---+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---|
corruption       |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
21. One pushing  +-----------------------------------------------------------+
back against     
pushers                   partie de poker"          possible                
22. Out there             51. Be completely         12. Alternative (or     
23. Shooter of            indifferent, in texts     supplement) to watching 
astrophotography?         53. It's raised when one  American TV shows, say: 
25. Bleu _____ (dark      is set off                Abbr.                   
shade of blue, in         54. Da dicembre a         13. Spot for one who    
French)                   dicembre                  doesn't do anal?        
28. The "it" in the 1964  55. The Plaza Hotel New   15. Source of the once- 
song lyric "Turn it on,   York's _____ Suite        major (and now depleted)
wind it up, blow it out"  57. Head cold movers?     phosphate export of     
29. Aide in transcript    59. Like some mutual      Nauru, thanks to        
creation                  funds                     seabirds                
30. Three-time Grammy     60. Gracious relative     24. Word to a waiter    
"winner" for best         61. Setting for Capote's  after being stood up    
children's musical album  "In Cold Blood"           26. "Yeah, that was a   
(1999, 2000, 2002)        62. River featured in     mistake... don't care   
31. "You thought you got  Delacroix's "The Barque   though"                 
me!"                      of Dante"                 27. Kind of alignment   
32. Only known type of    63. Calendar-based        that prevents excessive 
mammal besides the        metric: Abbr.             37-Across wear          
vampire bat that has                                31. Suddenly discover   
venomous saliva           DOWN                      35. Animated things from
33. Drag along the                                  posters                 
ground, in a way          1. Types who tend not to  38. Sleeves may go      
34. One of many on the    cut loose                 around them             
game show "Supermarket    2. The modern social      39. "You can take it to 
Sweep"                    media experience,         the banque!"            
36. How many blind        according to many         40. They might have just
"Mause"                   3. "I need a summary"     a little mild language  
37. See 27-Down           4. They might help you    41. Within that context 
38. Some Eritrean         get jobs                  42. Annual award for    
Christians                5. Whom someone does      online video excellence 
43. _____ so (poetic      deals for?                46. Label that differs  
"nevertheless")           6. When some permanent    from a museum by only   
44. "The Miracle of       marks are present         its last letter         
Life" "character"         7. More likely to get     50. "Heartbreaking"     
45. Archaic past tense    raided by the cops, say   52. Going from channel  
of "owe"                  8. "After all that..."    to channel, maybe       
46. Basquiat's painting   9. High-demand            55. Moose, as it's      
"Dustheads" depicts two   individual?               called in Europe        
people on it              10. Huge watcher of       56. Significant break   
47. Bird that sounds      C-SPAN 2, maybe           from work, briefly      
like a dance              11. Production model      58. "Give a dog a bone, 
48. Parade player         that involves as much     leave a dog alone"      
49. Good pair in "une     reuse and recycling as    rapper                  

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