Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Wed Aug 27 2025 08:05:08

Freestyle 920 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7---8---9-------10--11--12--13-+
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1. Like Rio's    |14-+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---|
Christ the       |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
Redeemer statue  |17-+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---|
5. Green         |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
substitute       |---+20-+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
10. It's said    |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
that they're     |---+---+22-+---+---+---+---+---+---+23-+---+---+---+---+---|
hard to find     |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
when it's        |24-+25-+---+---+---+---+---+26-+27-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
raining          |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|
14. Word with    |28-+---+---+---+---+---+29-+---+---+---+---+---+30-+31-+32-|
call or touch    |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
15. Link up      |33-+---+---+---+34-+35-+---+---+36-+---+---+37-+---+---+---|
remotely?        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
16. Actress      |38-+---+---+---+39-+---+---+40-+---+---+---+41-+---+---+---|
whose surname    |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
is Latin for     |---+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---+---+43-+44-+---+---+---+---|
"white"          |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
17. Something    |---+45-+46-+47-+---+---+---+48-+49-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
to hold onto     |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|
when thrusting   |50-+---+---+---+---+---+51-+---+---+---+---+---+---+52-+---|
18. Cowgirl,     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
say              |53-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+54-+---+---+55-|
20. Sarcastic    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
reply to a       |56-+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---+---+58-+---+---+---|
crude comment    |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
22. Opera forms  |59-+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---|
more melodic     |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
than             +-----------------------------------------------------------+
recitatives      
23. Looks at fondly, to   57. Edging the other      backup for Jamiroquai in
say the least             side                      its early days          
24. Like Catholic         58. _____ engine (Rolls-  24. Turn down to zero   
devotions relating to     Royce or Pratt & Whitney  25. "That's             
the mother of Jesus       product)                  disappointing..."       
26. The historic Old      59. "Donkey Kong          27. Contribution to a   
Cataract Hotel is on it   Country" platform, for    meeting                 
28. Big chain where one   short                     29. Look that sounds    
can purchase primer       60. It may be stuffed     like an animal sound    
29. Expectation for       with crawfish             30. What a local paper  
someone who did an easy   61. Org. studying plane   covers, often           
task, sarcastically       crashes                   31. Kin of "in re"      
30. "The nerve!"                                    32. Put into            
33. "Nope", quaintly      DOWN                      compartments, say       
36. Language spoken on                              34. They played their   
the forest moon of Endor  1. "You didn't know?!"    home football games in  
38. "My pal", in Puebla   2. Sweeter than sweet     the Superdome for 40    
39. Fictional lieutenant  3. Wrestling hold so      seasons                 
whose name was            named because the         35. Polishes            
originally supposed to    opponent is grasped near  37. Controversial       
be "Sulu" (they reused    the neck                  skating runner-up to    
that name for another     4. 43-Down, by birth      Baiul at the 1994 Winter
role, obviously)          5. Fastens, as buttons    Olympics                
41. James who "Rocks the  6. Sates                  40. One demanding an    
House" in a 1963 live     7. Veggie variety that    accelerated schedule    
album                     was grown (and eaten) on  43. Comic who made a    
42. Word often appearing  the International Space   memorable appearance on 
two words before          Station in 2013           "The Office" as the     
"flowers"                 8. Rebel in a cooler,     "Finger Lakes guy"      
43. One coming as a       and others                44. You uses it, but I  
stick or at the end of a  9. Determiner of crime    doesn't                 
stick                     and punishment            45. "Come on" lead-in   
45. The first US          10. Siblings' earnest     46. Look at the climax  
President born west of    plea                      47. Some joint bank     
the Mississippi was one   11. Where a host may sit  account holders         
48. Pie chain in many     12. Certain street        49. Stop for gas?       
airport terminals         dancers                   50. Targets of the      
50. "No need for me to    13. They're easily        morality police         
move"                     parted from their money   51. 1970s employer of   
53. Cracks                19. 1976 compilation      Woodward and Bernstein, 
54. Word with cash or     album featuring "Evil     informally              
screen                    Woman" and "Can't Get It  52. It's "cold as hell" 
56. Keep from slipping    Out of My Head"           in an Elton John hit    
off, in a way             21. Pop singer who sang   55. Wrap around a runway

--- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +11oC, UV Index: 0
 * Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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