Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Sat Aug 23 2025 08:05:12

Freestyle 916 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5---6---7-----------8---9---10--11--12--13-+
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1. Hack in       |14-+---+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+16-+---+---+---+---+---|
modern times     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
8. Extract from  |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---|
a pine, maybe    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
14. Salt         |19-+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+21-+---+22-+---+---+---+---|
storage place?   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|
16. What may be  |23-+---+---+24-+---+25-+---+---+---+26-+---+27-+---+---+28-|
fatal to break   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
17. Shout after  |---+29-+---+---+30-+---+---+---+31-+---+32-+---+33-+---+---|
an unexpected    |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
animation        |---+---+34-+---+---+35-+36-+37-+---+---+---+38-+---+---+---|
18. Drive by     |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
19. "...we must  |---+39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
away, _____      |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
break of day,    |40-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
to seek our      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|
pale enchanted   |41-+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---+---+---+43-+---+---+44-+---|
gold" ("The      |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|
Hobbit")         |45-+---+---+46-+---+47-+---+48-+49-+50-+---+51-+---+---+52-|
20. "Any of you  |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
got anything to  |---+53-+---+---+54-+---+55-+---+---+---+56-+---+57-+---+---|
contribute?"     |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
22. Wish-Bone    |58-+---+---+---+---+59-+---+60-+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---|
competitor       |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
23. Teen-led     |62-+---+---+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
risk prevention  |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
org.             |64-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+65-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
25. Here since,  |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
for short        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
27. There are    
many on NBA teams                                   35. They make up about  
29. Soviet leader after   DOWN                      85% of Burundi's        
Leonid                                              population              
31. Mint spoiler          1. Group shots, of a      36. 2015 Expedia        
33. Rod setting           sort                      purchase                
34. Dangerous time for    2. Give up                37. Name that's shocking
suspensions               3. Didn't move so fast    when read backwards?    
39. "Wanna check one      4. Longtime employer of   38. Central Australia's 
more time...?"            Vladimir Zworykin,        _____ Rock Airport      
40. Is beyond help        inventor of the cathode   39. 2009 Xbox 360       
41. Order with strips     ray tube television       strategy game set on a  
42. Chile's Rapa _____    5. Non-American city      ship named Spirit of    
National Park             that's also a nickname    Fire                    
43. Historical pieces     for an American place     40. It can partially    
45. City in which         6. Deal with              turn into THC if heated 
criticizing the Emir is   7. Cuts in two            enough                  
punishable by law         8. "Milk punch"           44. Young child as a    
47. Secrete               9. "Ssssure..."           learner, it's said      
51. Org. infamously       10. Plain smoker?         46. Needed to be dealt  
involved in the 1989      11. Bright, bubbly treat  with                    
Castro Sweep              12. "That look works!"    48. Act to impress      
53. Word in a             13. Beneficiary of        49. Exchanges with anger
reflection, maybe         pulling up, informally    50. Join via Teams or   
55. Attach with teeth     15. Shout that sometimes  Zoom                    
57. What's at the back    has an "o" added to its   52. Gave an anesthetic, 
of a British Airways jet  end                       say                     
58. One often struck by   21. No different from     54. Per Genesis 3,      
lightning in China        24. Overwhelm with sauce  cherubim were sent to   
60. They're held high     26. Operating base for    guard its east side     
for flow                  Iraqi Airways             56. "Sala de maternidad"
62. Not on a drive        28. One covered in        sight                   
63. Notable period in     Article I, Section 3 of   58. Alfalfa relative    
rock history?             the U.S. Constitution     59. Acquire             
64. Very stern, in slang  30. "We've got a match"   61. Firm top            
65. Was snobbishly        32. The Chaucerian      
dismissive                character Oswald, e.g.  

--- Binbrook, ON: Mist +16oC, UV Index: 0
 * Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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