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From : Northern Realms
Date : Sat Aug 30 2025 08:05:08

Freestyle 922 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5-----------6---7---8-------9---10--11--12-+
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1. First all-    |13-+---+---+---+---+---+---+14-+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---|
female rock      |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
band to have a   |16-+---+---+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
Billboard #1     |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
album            |18-+---+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---|
6. You might     |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
get odd looks    |21-+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---+---+23-+---+---+---+---+---|
if you shout     |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|
"Jackpot!!" at   |24-+---+---+25-+26-+---+---+---+27-+---+---+---+28-+29-+30-|
it               |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
9. Mike          |---+---+---+31-+---+---+---+32-+---+---+---+33-+---+---+---|
Bloomberg and    |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
George W. Bush   |34-+35-+36-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
have them        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
13. Like first-  |37-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
grade class      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
material, to     |38-+---+---+---+39-+---+---+---+40-+---+---+---+41-+42-+43-|
typical high-    |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
schoolers        |---+---+44-+45-+---+---+---+46-+---+---+---+---+47-+---+---|
14. Cue          |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |
16. Send to      |48-+49-+---+---+---+---+50-+---+---+---+51-+52-+---+---+---|
settle           |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
something        |53-+---+---+---+---+54-+---+---+---+---+55-+---+---+---+---|
17. Bulb plant   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
also known as a  |56-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---|
ramp             |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
18. Spare tire   |58-+---+---+---+---+59-+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---|
adjustments?     |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
19. Music        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
group, say       
20. Airhead               maybe                     22. Penny : dollar ::   
21. It's got P.R.         53. There's a buzz about  _____ : Egyptian pound  
22. Two for a slam:       them                      23. Stubborn type       
Abbr.                     55. Main role in          25. Mr. Belvedere's     
23. Cross-shaped          "Slumdog Millionaire"     first name, on his      
Nintendo controller       56. Went in unprepared    titular TV show         
24. Flyer's city-mate     57. Japanese edible kelp  26. Part of a chain     
27. First word of a       also known as "sea oak"   built with bricks?      
rhyming coffee liqueur    58. Good to be followed   27. Popular wiki site   
28. One may get a pat on  59. Code alternative      that expounds upon      
the back                  60. Mall shop expenses    cliched plot devices    
31. Like some                                       29. "Bright"-sounding   
comparative measures of   DOWN                      name                    
business growth                                     30. Letters associated  
34. "Tempers really       1. Bind with rope         with a popular "L" stop 
flared up"                2. About the end of       32. "That... can't be   
37. "Bring it on"         lunch, for many           good"                   
38. Pop in a grocery      3. Tech that allows       33. Slangy word of      
store, e.g.               computers to "play"       intentional omission    
39. Usual setting for     against humans            34. Snap alternative    
the NFL regular season    4. Promise to come        35. Nonhuman role on    
opener: Abbr.             through                   AFI's "100 Years...100  
40. City whose airport    5. Ends a light stretch   Heroes & Villains" list 
is one of the 20 busiest  6. Nike was originally    36. Child's shout while 
in the world, but isn't   founded to sell its       being hoisted           
a major hub and isn't     shoes in America          41. "Not feelin' it, my 
one of the 65 most        7. Don't go flat          dude"                   
populous cities in its    8. Sister brand of "High  42. Got into REM?       
country                   Life" beer, briefly       43. Mounds and mounds   
44. Book that inspired    9. A big one was          45. Their nation borders
Led Zeppelin's "Ramble    associated with the       the Cherokee Nation     
On", briefly              Beatles                   46. One might be on a   
46. Pushed to another     10. It may be made in     burner                  
day, as a game: Abbr.     place of an ante          48. Hackers' aids?      
47. Not likely to be on   11. So often it's crazy   49. Capital overlooked  
the dating scene,         12. Onetime rival of      by Mount Vaea           
informally                JVC, to whom they lost    50. Certain multi-      
48. "Spit it out then!"   in a 1980s "format war"   subject snap            
50. Country publishing    15. Without equal         51. Causing a car to    
the Gulf News newspaper:  17. Slot eroded through   beep, maybe             
Abbr.                     a mountain range by a     52. Want, with "for"    
51. Had a joint issue,    still-flowing river       54. [ask sum1 else]     

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

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