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From : Northern Realms
Date : Thu Aug 07 2025 08:05:08

Freestyle 899 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7---8-----------9---10--11--12-+
                 |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
1. Like switch   |13-+---+---+---+---+14-+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---|
5. Meet the      |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
frame            |16-+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---|
energetically    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
9. Be            |---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---+20-+21-+---+---+---+---+---|
apathetic, in    |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
texts            |22-+23-+24-+---+---+---+---+25-+---+---+---+---+26-+---+---|
13. Reaction to  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
something rich   |27-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+28-+---+---|
14. Native name  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
for what was     |29-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+30-+---+---+---|
once called      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|
"Hibernia"       |31-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+32-+---+33-+34-|
15. Water :      |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
check valve ::   |---+---+35-+---+36-+37-+38-+39-+40-+41-+42-+---+---+---+---|
electricity :    |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
_____            |43-+44-+---+---+45-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
16. Documents    |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
written from     |46-+---+---+---+47-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
outgoing         |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
employees to     |48-+---+---+49-+---+---+---+---+50-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
their            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
replacements     |51-+---+---+---+---+---+52-+53-+---+---+---+---+54-+55-+56-|
18. Changes in   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
the bedroom,     |57-+---+---+---+---+---+58-+---+---+---+---+59-+---+---+---|
say, casually    |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
19. One not      |60-+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---|
working for a    |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
long time        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
20. They try to  
make it rain              61. Compresses with the   short                   
22. Attempt to influence  hand, in a way            22. Sideline support    
an outcome by making the  62. Flying hazards, for   23. French subject of   
opposite prediction       some                      much protest            
26. Stand for the woods                             24. Euphemistic culinary
27. Not close             DOWN                      term for offal          
28. Standing out,                                   25. One opening a cavity
perhaps                   1. A jack isn't one       30. "That so, huh?"     
29. Like a flimsy excuse  2. Reason to see an ENT   33. Sign that one's down
31. Move to prevent       3. Skipjack alternative,  34. Incurs a fan's      
sticking, maybe           on some menus             wrath, in a way         
32. One thing "you've     4. Blotted, maybe         36. Complete without    
got to be taught to" do,  5. "By all appearances"   exception               
in a classic show tune    6. Aquatic snails that    37. 1960s event to which
35. Surprising event      sound like they don't     many doves flocked?     
43. Possible safety       move too well             38. Is practically      
goal, briefly             7. Unlikely to be         exhausted               
45. Former supergiant     interested in             39. They start being    
46. Line near the top of  relationships, briefly    tied, briefly           
some kids' drawings       8. City or its namesake   40. Did dirty           
47. Fighters with small   strait between Sicily     41. Edible brand that's 
arms?                     and mainland Italy        over 80% chalk          
48. Methods of financial  9. Could no longer be     42. "From all that..."  
security                  used                      43. Most fliers to and  
50. Publishing magnate    10. Passed without        from the airport with   
who once owned Vanity     realizing full potential  the code BSR            
Fair and Vogue magazines  11. Opposite of           44. It's what's in you  
51. Word reclaimed in a   "infamous"                49. Rhinos and          
big way by activists of   12. Opened oneself up to  elephants, rarely       
the late 1980s            punishment, maybe, with   53. Org. concerned with 
52. Member of a fierce    "up"                      stream integrity        
army force of Ancient     15. Philadelphia school   54. Reaction to a chasm 
Rome                      whose athletic teams are  55. One arranged in a   
57. Venting one's spleen  the Dragons               chest                   
58. Post-recorded view    17. Right to              56. Up-and-down movement
59. A little hurt?        commendation            
60. Spike lead-ins        21. Also inside, for    

--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +18oC, UV Index: 1
 * Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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