Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Sun Sep 14 2025 08:05:12

Freestyle 937 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

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

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