Subj : Yesterday's Crossword Solution
To   : All
From : Northern Realms
Date : Thu Aug 14 2025 08:05:06

Freestyle 905 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5---6---7-----------8---9---10--11--12--13-+
                 | W | E | T | B | I | A | S |]#[|]#[| Q | U | A | H | O | G |
1. Phenomenon    |14-+---+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+16-+---+---+---+---+---|
in which         | I | N | E | R | T | G | A | S |]#[| U | N | M | A | D | E |
weather          |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---|
forecasters      | S | O | L | O | C | U | P | S |]#[| I | B | E | R | I | A |
overreport a     |---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
chance of rain   |]#[|]#[|]#[| W | H | A | T | A | S | T | I | N | K | E | R |
8. Littleneck,   |21-+22-+23-+---+24-+---+---+---+25-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
for one          | A | S | L |]#[| I | L | U |]#[| C | O | N | S |]#[|]#[|]#[|
14. Contents of  |26-+---+---+27-+---+---+---+28-+---+---+---+---+29-+30-+31-|
many an          | S | T | E | R | E | O | B | L | I | N | D |]#[| A | B | S |
incandescent     |32-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+33-+---+---+---|
bulb             | D | I | V | O | R | C | E | E |]#[|]#[|]#[| A | T | I | T |
16. Still        |34-+---+---+---+---+35-+---+---+36-+37-+---+38-+---+---+---|
messed up from   | I | R | I | S |]#[| A | S | T | R | O |]#[| B | O | G | O |
the night        |39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+40-+---+---+41-+---+---+---+---|
before           | D | I | E | S |]#[|]#[|]#[| B | E | W | I | L | D | E | R |
17. Containers   |42-+---+---+---+43-+44-+45-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
not likely seen  | I | N | D |]#[| C | H | E | E | S | E | W | E | D | G | E |
at fancy         |---+---+---+46-+---+---+---+---+47-+---+---+---+48-+---+---|
receptions       |]#[|]#[|]#[| B | E | E | P |]#[| I | D | A |]#[| S | O | D |
18. Home to      |49-+50-+51-+---+---+---+---+52-+---+---+---+53-+---+---+---|
Eurasia's        | B | E | L | L | Y | L | A | N | D | I | N | G |]#[|]#[|]#[|
westernmost      |54-+---+---+---+---+---+---+55-+---+---+---+---+56-+57-+58-|
point            | O | N | E | A | L | L |]#[| P | U | T | T | O | U | S | E |
19. "Man, that   |59-+---+---+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
SOB!"            | O | D | E | D | O | N |]#[| C | U | T | E | N | S | I | L |
21. One often    |61-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
uses an index    | M | O | R | E | N | O |]#[|]#[| M | O | M | E | N | T | S |
for it, briefly  +-----------------------------------------------------------+
24. Texter's     
heart emoji alternative   60. Portmanteau for a     22. Add to one's stock  
25. Reasons that one      useful tool also          23. Assessed            
shouldn't                 designed to be            27. Eponym of Earth's   
26. Having little to no   aesthetically appealing   southernmost sea        
depth perception          61. First Latina to win   28. Left in place       
29. "Rock hard" group     an Academy Award (Best    29. Hardly seeing things
32. Splitter, maybe       Supporting Actress,       the same way            
33. Getting in a scrap    1962)                     30. Vanity case?        
34. Part in which one     62. Pictures preserve     31. Under cover, say    
can see a drawn           them                      33. Not constrained     
reclining nude figure on                            36. Stuff left over     
the cover of "The Great   DOWN                      37. Couldn't do         
Gatsby"                                             something without       
35. Athlete sometimes     1. Superior toucher:      41. Kid's demand in a   
wearing a "Space City"    Abbr.                     candy store             
uniform                   2. "Heavenly Music        43. The "Teardrop of    
38. Enticing deal, for    Corporation 1" composer   India", formerly        
short                     3. High point in Israeli  44. "You're crazy to    
39. Is no longer of       geography                 think that!"            
service                   4. What gets wiped with   45. Org. that might not 
40. Dumbfound             a sweater?                be happy if you got into
42. Abbr. seen            5. Less comfortable, as   a quagmire?             
infrequently on C-SPAN    some clothes              46. One may go against  
43. Roughly triangular    6. "Crazy" Spanish-named  the grain               
item on an hors           cocktail                  49. It may define a     
d'oeuvres plate           7. Maple syrup            generation              
46. Confirmation of a     gatherers' conduits       50. Slang for pot heard 
locked door, maybe        8. Leave in the lurch     in Snoop Dogg's "Gin and
47. Latter half of a      9. Get out of a tie       Juice"                  
Kraft Heinz-owned food    10. They show agreement   51. Not the most        
brand                     11. Old demand to pay     comforting look         
48. Earth is part of it   attention                 52. Uncontrolled video  
49. Incident that may     12. Character in the      game figure, for short  
result from airplane      parody YouTube series     53. Opposite of "around"
pilots' forgetting (yes,  "Lasagna Cat"             56. Org. after which    
it's happened) to put     13. Pads, helmets, and    Lin-Manuel's "In the    
the gear down             such                      Heights" character was  
54. Like some series      15. Org. giving out       named                   
before game three         important numbers         57. Settle on a bum     
55. Apply                 20. It may be described   58. Fuller heart?       
59. Regretted having      as "junk": Abbr.        
thirds of, say            21. "Me too"            

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