Subj : Yesterday's Crossword Solution
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Thu Oct 02 2025 08:05:16

Freestyle 954 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7---8---9---10--11--12--13--14-+
                 | W | H | O | M |]#[| C | O | M | E | O | N | G | U | Y | S |
1. Word in some  |15-+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
written          | W | A | K | E |]#[| L | I | A | M | N | E | E | S | O | N |
salutations      |17-+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
5. "I mean,      | I | R | O | N |]#[| O | L | D | I | E | S | T | U | N | E |
seriously...?"   |19-+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---|
15. Junk         | I | D | K |]#[| B | U | Y | E | R | S |]#[| B | A | D | E |
trailer          |22-+---+---+23-+---+---+---+---+---+---+24-+---+---+---+---|
16. His          | E | T | I | H | A | D |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[| T | Y | L | E | R |
character        |25-+---+---+---+---+---+---+26-+27-+28-+---+---+29-+---+---|
shouted          | P | A | M | E | L | A |]#[| S | O | F | A |]#[| S | R | S |
"Release the     |30-+---+---+---+---+31-+32-+---+---+---+---+33-+---+---+---|
Kraken!" in      | I | C | U | S |]#[| T | H | E | N | I | N | A |]#[|]#[|]#[|
"Clash of the    |34-+---+---+---+---+35-+---+---+---+---+---+36-+37-+38-+39-|
Titans", 2010    | C | O | P | S |]#[| L | E | V | E | R |]#[| P | W | N | S |
17. Press        |---+---+---+40-+41-+---+---+---+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---|
before a date,   |]#[|]#[|]#[| E | N | A | M | E | L | S |]#[| R | I | A | L |
maybe            |43-+44-+45-+---+46-+---+---+---+---+47-+48-+---+---+---+---|
18. Sock hop     | I | T | S |]#[| E | S | P | N |]#[| T | O | O | N | I | E |
fare             |49-+---+---+50-+---+---+---+---+---+51-+---+---+---+---+---|
19. [???]        | R | A | T | I | O |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[| S | I | N | G | L | E |
20. They may be  |52-+---+---+---+---+53-+54-+55-+56-+---+---+---+57-+---+---|
subject to       | A | X | E | D |]#[| P | L | A | C | E | D |]#[| S | T | P |
impulses         |58-+---+---+---+59-+---+---+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---|
21. Wished...    | Q | C | L | E | A | R | A | N | C | E |]#[| D | U | E | S |
or commanded     |61-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---|
22. Airline      | I | A | M | S | H | O | C | K | E | D |]#[| R | I | C | E |
whose hub is in  |63-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+64-+---+---+---|
Abu Dhabi        | S | P | O | T | I | F | Y | A | D | S |]#[| K | T | H | X |
24. Classic      +-----------------------------------------------------------+
rock singer      
nicknamed the "Demon of   things that are songs     27. Newbie on the way to
Screamin'"                64. [preciate ya]         the bar                 
25. Real first name of                              28. Favorites to win    
Poison Ivy, in DC Comics  DOWN                      32. Plant no longer     
26. It doesn't offer as                             considered a controlled 
much support as it ages   1. "Dunkirk", e.g.        substance per a 2018 US 
29. [i aint kidding]      2. Item with an easily    law                     
30. Places where          breakable shell           33. It might bear a food
pressure is scrutinized   3. "You don't have to     pun                     
31. Historic caravel      keep standing by my       37. Daredevil's gliding 
34. Shout before a        bed..."                   outfit                  
hurried dispersal         4. See 7-Down             38. One working at your 
35. Pair of scissors,     5. Pictorial aid for a    fingertips, maybe       
e.g.                      meteorologist in          39. What takes the      
36. Runs over with a      training                  advice "If you dream it,
mouse?                    6. Having a low           do it" to the extreme?  
40. Pot covers, maybe     coefficient of friction,  41. Start of an update  
42. Mocha money           in a way                  43. Renowned architect  
43. "_____ war"           7. With 4-Down,           Zaha Hadid and others   
46. Highlighter of many   potential bosses          44. Limit of one's      
slams                     8. House of Thani title   duties                  
47. "Deux piastres", in   9. They're often handled  45. Namesake of a plasma
French Canadian slang     at lemonade stands        phenomenon              
49. It's just one thing   10. It came with an       48. Suffix with sinus   
to another                electronic "light gun"    50. To clarify          
51. Little blooper,       called the Zapper         53. One giving a lesson,
maybe                     11. Squeeze through       informally              
52. Down in a stand       12. When you ask, "Come   54. Like the flowers of 
53. Set down              here often?", they'll     the wild carrot         
57. Additive found at     say, "Yes, actually"      55. Singer who's Jason  
Napa                      13. Faraway but visible   Bateman's father-in-law 
58. Level required for    14. Indications that one  56. Didn't keep in the  
access to atomic weapons  won't stoop               dark, in a way          
secrets, per the US       20. NFL team nicknamed    59. Fish whose native   
Department of Energy      after a poem, briefly     name begins with an     
60. Certain union         23. Author one of whose   'okina                  
demands                   works inspired the name   60. Nickname for Dwight 
61. "No... way"           of the "Born to be Wild"  Gooden, from his skill  
62. It may be hulled      band                      in striking out hitters 
63. Things that aren't    24. Some lay out for it 
songs in the middle of    26. & neighbor          

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