Subj : Yesterday's Crossword Solution
To   : All
From : Northern Realms
Date : Mon Sep 22 2025 08:05:10

Freestyle 944 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7---8---9-------10--11--12--13-+
                 | S | A | S | H |]#[| J | A | M | B | S |]#[| F | I | V | E |
1. One may say   |14-+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---+---|
"Miss..."        | P | L | E | A | S | U | R | E | P | A | R | A | D | O | X |
5. A popular     |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
myth says        | Y | O | U | J | U | S | T | W | O | N | T | Q | U | I | T |
they're the      |---+18-+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---+---+20-+---+---|
safest things    |]#[| U | S | I | E |]#[| S | L | E | D | S |]#[| N | D | A |
to stand         |21-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---+---|
against in an    | D | E | S |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[| A | N | O | N |
earthquake       |23-+---+---+24-+25-+---+26-+27-+28-+29-+30-+---+---+---+---|
10. Something    | Q | T | I | P | S |]#[| O | R | G | A | N | L | O | F | T |
given for a job  |31-+---+---+---+---+---+32-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
well done        | S | T | A | R | T |]#[| N | O | R | D | O | I |]#[|]#[|]#[|
14. Problems     |---+33-+---+---+---+34-+---+---+---+---+---+---+35-+36-+---|
experienced in   |]#[| E | N | E | R | G | Y | S | A | V | I | N | G | S |]#[|
hedonistic       |---+---+---+37-+---+---+---+---+---+---+38-+---+---+---+39-|
pursuits, in     |]#[|]#[|]#[| S | O | L | O | E | D |]#[| R | E | A | C | T |
philosophy       |40-+41-+42-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+43-+---+---+---+---|
17. Response to  | F | R | E | E | H | O | U | S | E |]#[| E | S | S | A | Y |
an annoying      |44-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+45-+---+---|
persister        | L | U | S | T |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[| D | V | R |
18. Shot taken   |46-+---+---+---+47-+48-+49-+50-+51-+---+52-+53-+---+---+---|
with an          | E | S | P |]#[| I | H | O | P | E |]#[| O | G | R | E |]#[|
outstretched     |54-+---+---+55-+---+---+---+---+---+56-+---+---+---+---+57-|
arm, often       | W | H | O | A | R | E | W | E | T | O | S | A | Y | N | O |
19. Husky loads  |58-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
20. Document     | I | T | S | A | L | L | I | N | T | H | E | L | E | G | S |
for a game show  |59-+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---|
contestant:      | N | O | A | H |]#[| M | E | S | A | S |]#[| T | R | E | X |
Abbr.            +-----------------------------------------------------------+
21. More than    
"un"                      familiarly                once owned the Schlitz  
22. It's no one you                                 and Schaefer brands     
know, briefly             DOWN                      26. Prompt at the poker 
23. Their makers                                    table                   
strongly advise against   1. Part of a ring         27. They're red in a    
their use in canals       2. Song from which        famous simple quatrain  
26. Where to pull out     "Little Bunny Foo Foo"    28. A high one might    
all the stops             gets its melody           cause you to shift      
31. Set off               3. Whimsically            29. Rarely or never,    
32. Possible response to  fantastical               briefly                 
11-Down                   4. One participating in   30. Blanche opposite    
33. Green house           a symbolic Stoning of     34. "Tomorrow" rapper   
calculation               the Devil                 _____Rilla              
37. Took measures         5. It's made from a       35. Clothesline         
without a backup?         stock                     alternative             
38. Give a thumbs-up,     6. Many of them are       36. Take for reuse      
say                       concerned with            39. Speedo competitor   
40. Pub not owned by a    appearance                with a name inspired by 
brewing company, in       7. Sound heard when       Norse mythology         
Britain                   littering, maybe          40. Came on the runway  
43. Slate piece           8. Org. with racks on     41. Quickly go for      
44. Feeling for a goat    its walls                 42. She's married, in   
45. Aid in skipping ads   9. Old-fashioned          Monterrey               
46. If you knew what the  timekeeper                47. Like meetups,       
answer to this clue was   10. It's often posed,     briefly                 
before reading this,      briefly                   48. Be at the head of   
you've got it (or you     11. "You got the wrong    49. Five-year-old burn, 
just filled in all the    person"                   say?                    
crossers first)           12. Not having any        50. Where to find       
47. "That would be        13. Around                writing tips            
tremendous"               15. Don't just let a      51. Follower of Henri   
52. Fantastic tough       wrong go                  52. "Filled with", at   
54. "That's almost TOO    16. X shares, as they     the end                 
good an offer for us!"    were formerly known       53. Fourth word of      
58. Comment from a        21. Throws off the        "Atlas Shrugged"        
squatter                  pitch, informally         55. "There's the rub!"? 
59. Old provider of       22. Things to put on      56. Breakfast brand     
flood insurance?          with a flare              named for its shape     
60. Their tops are made   24. Favorite station,     57. Lion was a version  
up of "caprock"           likely                    of it                   
61. Prehistoric "king",   25. Beer brewer that    

--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +18oC, UV Index: 0
 * Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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