Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Fri Oct 03 2025 08:05:12

Freestyle 956 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5-------6---7---8---9-------10--11--12--13-+
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1. Hawaiian      |14-+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---|
hand gesture     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
6. Labor         |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---|
production,      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
maybe            |19-+---+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---|
10. It's less    |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
subtle than a    |---+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---+---+---+23-+---+---+---+---|
throat clearing  |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
14. Places to    |24-+25-+26-+27-+---+28-+---+---+---+29-+---+---+---+---+---|
raise money      |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
online?          |30-+---+---+---+---+---+31-+---+32-+---+---+---+33-+---+34-|
16. Where one    |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
could once find  |35-+---+---+---+36-+37-+---+---+---+---+---+38-+---+---+---|
"Zion curtains"  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
that blocked     |39-+---+---+---+40-+---+---+---+---+---+---+41-+---+---+---|
restaurant       |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
patrons from     |---+42-+---+43-+---+---+---+44-+---+45-+---+46-+---+---+---|
seeing           |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
bartenders       |47-+---+---+---+---+---+48-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
pouring drinks   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|
17. "Don't...    |49-+---+---+---+---+---+50-+---+---+---+---+51-+52-+53-+54-|
even talk to me  |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
right now"       |55-+---+---+---+---+56-+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---|
18. Word with    |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
plane or trail   |58-+---+---+---+---+59-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
19. One put up   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
for the night    |60-+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---+---|
20. Old gasped   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
word             +-----------------------------------------------------------+
21. Determines   
experimentally            astronomically-named      13. "_____ Are Jokes"   
22. Trees from which the  father in the "Harry      (Demetri Martin comedy  
name "Yvonne" derives     Potter" universe          album)                  
23. It allows you to      58. The Italian snack     15. Audible version of a
sway                      food arancini are fried   wave?                   
24. Where to find a       balls of it               21. Major Middle Eastern
celebrating priest        59. Be mystified as to    language unrelated to   
28. Indication from one   why                       Arabic                  
happy to walk             60. They may go with      24. Classic label that  
29. "Hurry up!", in       shakes                    released the Troggs'    
Juarez                    61. Some game show        "Wild Thing"            
30. Make less loose, in   venues                    25. "Here's one reason, 
a way                     62. About 825,000 of      among others..."        
31. Mystical charms       them are on King Ranch,   26. Hardy farm outerwear
33. "Double" or "triple"  America's largest ranch   27. RCA Victor debuts of
order                                               1952                    
35. One showing a hand,   DOWN                      29. Kin of -ful         
maybe                                               32. Longtime voice of   
39. Like cocaine around   1. Turner of chickens     the Yellow M&M in ads   
1900, in America,         2. Where you might have   34. Lead-in to some     
briefly                   some room for yourself    independent clauses     
40. "Right Honourable"    3. Like blood             36. Encrusts, in a way  
group                     4. Its duke presented     37. "Let me correct     
41. Good steak go-withs,  Wimbledon's championship  you... that's in the    
it's said                 trophy for 50 years       past now"               
42. Ingredients in the    5. Someone may go from    38. Future doctor's     
Arab stew bamia           heel to hero in it        hurdle, briefly         
44. What might come from  6. Part of a Chinese      43. Catches up with a   
a toy                     motif in kitchen decor    class                   
46. Regular Canadian      7. "Why am I not hearing  45. It's pedaled but    
brand?                    anything..."              doesn't move            
47. "Take it or leave     8. They might be found    47. Out there           
it", say                  in a bog (don't laugh,    48. Event for which one 
48. Abbr. occurring       my fine British           might take lots of      
several times in the      solvers!)                 credit                  
info box of any American  9. "They brought out      51. Certain voting body 
city's Wikipedia article  _____ to control people,  52. Where the Ninja     
49. Unfortunate thing to  and what they did was     Turtles train           
pass on                   give us freedom" (John    53. Clogs that can't be 
50. Company founded by    Lennon)                   snaked out              
the brother/rival of Adi  10. Food brand            54. NYC booth operated  
Dassler                   headquartered at          by the Theatre          
51. Not the most          Checkerboard Square in    Development Fund        
pleasing trumpet sound    St. Louis                 56. Org. created by FDR 
55. Its ground features   11. Graphic               and dissolved by Truman 
a statue of King Henry    representation of odor    57. Debated component of
VI                        12. Shock absorbers put   some food packaging,    
56. Sirius'               on horses                 briefly                 

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

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