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From : Northern Realms
Date : Tue Sep 23 2025 08:05:24

Freestyle 946 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7---8-----------9---10--11--12-+
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1. "It's just    |13-+---+---+---+---+14-+---+---+---+15-+---+16-+---+---+---|
nice to get      |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
some             |17-+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---|
appreciation"    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
5. Beam from     |20-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---|
one side to the  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
other, maybe     |---+---+---+22-+---+---+---+---+23-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
9. Way to        |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
compensate       |24-+25-+26-+---+27-+---+28-+29-+---+30-+---+---+31-+32-+---|
13. Pinky's      |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
wear?            |33-+---+---+34-+---+35-+---+---+---+36-+---+---+---+---+37-|
14. Actress      |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
with whom        |38-+---+---+---+39-+---+---+---+40-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
George Costanza  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
tried to get a   |41-+---+---+---+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---+43-+---+---+---|
date right       |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
after his        |---+44-+---+---+---+---+---+45-+---+---+46-+---+47-+---+---|
fiancee's death  |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
16. Cause of a   |---+---+---+48-+---+---+49-+---+---+50-+---+51-+---+---+---|
groan            |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
17. It was       |52-+53-+54-+---+---+---+---+55-+56-+---+---+---+57-+58-+59-|
often used in    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
old fencing      |60-+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
19. Spot for     |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
nefarious        |62-+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---+---+64-+---+---+---|
planning, maybe  |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
20. One          |65-+---+---+---+---+---+66-+---+---+---+---+67-+---+---+---|
offering cabins  |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
with only basic  +-----------------------------------------------------------+
amenities        
22. Complement of "un     62. Original inspiration  24. Noun whose          
esagono"                  for the US military to    corresponding verb is   
23. Corp. documents       give buzz cuts to         formed by adding an "e" 
whose legality is being   recruits                  to the end              
challenged in the U.S.    63. Either end of a       25. Tapped into a tray  
24. "Oh, come on now!"    Cadillac                  26. Trio of guardian    
27. Some win World Cups   64. Not even slim         goddesses               
on them                   65. Blow on one's back,   28. Ideally, you won't  
30. "Hangin' Tough" boy   maybe                     touch it for a long time
band, for short (this     66. Material for          if you're young         
was the first album I     batting?                  29. Text for a doubter  
ever owned, by the by)    67. They're not known     31. "You've reached the 
33. Now or yet lead-in    for their brightness      end" link               
35. Don't get it right                              32. Anchorage spot      
36. Saved for future      DOWN                      34. Very vigorous       
consumption, in a way                               37. Threw some shade at?
38. Single- or multi-     1. Hardcover ID           39. Span in the can     
engine issue that may     2. Preposition in "The    40. Option in a binary  
cause an airplane to      Star-Spangled Banner"     decision                
bank or turn without      3. Colonial topper        46. Hardwood floor      
pilot input               4. What classes are       material, e.g.          
41. You might take drugs  defined by                49. Willing to accept   
for it                    5. "OK, guess I'll have   corruption              
42. Nice-smelling chain   to play by your rules     51. Wow like no other   
43. Not a good way to     then"                     52. Fiery sermon topics 
retain knowledge, many    6. See 10-Down            53. App included on the 
say                       7. Name in a rhyming      original iPhone         
44. Good name for a       sweets aisle brand        54. Sight in a huge pod 
certain casino employee?  8. Put on for those who   55. Things once thought 
45. "Fabulous!!"          missed it                 to elicit the truth     
47. Guitarist Brian May   9. Summons                56. Takes away a        
of Queen notably has one  10. With 6-Down, serving  negative                
48. Like "Law & Order",   with guarana syrup        57. What's "up for bids"
often                     11. Shank                 on "The Price is Right" 
50. Where you're very     12. "I'm done with this"  58. Leader whose last   
unlikely to hear heavy    15. "Looks like hardly    words were supposedly   
metal music               anything important        "What an artist dies in 
52. "Agreed"              happened anyway"          me!"                    
60. Simulate a D&D game   18. Becomes a brick       59. Coordinated attack  
outside, e.g.             21. "Don't Sweat the      involving overloading a 
61. Like an ignoramus     Technique" rapper, 1992   website, briefly        

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

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