Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Thu Sep 04 2025 08:05:44

Freestyle 927 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5-------6---7---8-----------9---10--11--12-+
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1. Additional    |13-+---+---+---+---+---+14-+---+---+15-+---+16-+---+---+---|
items?           |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
6. You can't go  |17-+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---|
higher than      |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
this             |---+---+20-+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---+22-+---+23-+---+---|
9. Be stupidly   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
curious          |24-+25-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+26-+27-+---+---+---|
13. World War    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
II pilot's       |28-+---+---+---+29-+---+---+---+---+30-+---+---+---+---+---|
navigation aid   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
14. Bright-eyed  |31-+---+---+32-+---+---+33-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
and bushy-       |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
tailed           |34-+---+---+---+---+35-+---+---+---+---+---+36-+37-+38-+39-|
16. Team that    |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
went, in less    |---+---+---+40-+41-+---+---+---+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---|
than 30 years,   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
from the         |43-+44-+45-+---+---+---+---+---+---+46-+47-+---+48-+---+---|
Western          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
Athletic         |49-+---+---+---+---+---+50-+---+---+---+---+51-+---+---+---|
Conference to    |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
the Mountain     |52-+---+---+---+53-+54-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
West to the      |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|
Pac-12 to the    |55-+---+---+56-+---+57-+---+---+---+---+58-+---+---+59-+60-|
Big 12... ay,    |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
ay, ay...        |61-+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---|
17. On top       |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
18. Former NBA   |64-+---+---+---+---+---+65-+---+---+---+66-+---+---+---+---|
star for whom    |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
Syracuse's       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
basketball       
practice facility is      you want to pay through   with a minor: Abbr.     
named, to fans            the nose)                 22. Stud spacing is one 
19. It may cut off part   61. Occasional sukiyaki   24. An introvert doesn't
of a flock                ingredient                want a big one made over
20. Media for track       62. Title role in         their birthday          
control                   Mozart's second-to-last   25. One of several on   
23. Animal whose name     opera                     Rome's Palatine Hill    
comes from the Maori      63. Each presidential     27. They're made to be  
language                  candidate but one is one  belted                  
24. Medieval stone        64. Be on the way         30. De : French :: _____
thrower                   65. Work for fashion,     : German                
26. Internal male         say, briefly              32. "...but let's wait  
erogenous area, in slang  66. Word with side or     to reserve judgment"    
28. "Tu as raison"        half                      35. "I'm warning you,   
29. Certain ice                                     that's my chew toy!"    
vulnerability             DOWN                      37. Slim and mischievous
31. No flattery, to say                             38. Woman's name with a 
the least                 1. Something to take the  homophone that's a man's
33. Very busy             edge off, maybe           name                    
34. See 15-Down           2. Exploit one's rights,  39. [You got it!]       
35. Put on for a fresh    perhaps                   41. "You can't take it  
audience                  3. Oils may be removed    back"                   
36. Like many trees on    in it                     43. "You forgot me!"    
November 1                4. Legume used in some    44. Comic Pete Holmes   
40. Small Jewish roasted  brownie recipes           has voiced its baby     
pasta                     5. Overwhelmed with       several times           
42. One staying quiet     repetition                45. Passenger who takes 
when the Internet is      6. "Exactly what I was    a seat without having   
down                      hoping to read in the     paid in advance         
43. "Such an              thread"                   46. Suffix for some     
injustice!", facetiously  7. "You can go ahead"     residents               
48. Tick, in a way        8. Round of voting?       47. Satan               
49. The 2600 in the Toy   9. Nickname that may      51. Feature of some     
Hall of Fame, e.g.        omit "an"                 workbenches             
50. Coming together for   10. "Go back to how fast  54. Finish with the     
a special occasion,       you had been playing"     most?                   
maybe                     11. "No more              56. It's near, according
52. How some Redditors    awkwardness?"             to some                 
might meet, for short     12. Midwestern            59. ...but at birth, it 
53. Calm worries of       university with a branch  was...                  
55. Ingest                in Olathe, informally     60. Grammatical         
57. Latch, say            15. With 34-Across,       classification: Abbr.   
58. They might be served  scolded                 
with sturgeon roe (if     21. You might leave one 

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

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