Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Sat Aug 16 2025 08:05:42

Freestyle 909 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +------------1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9---10--11--12-+
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1. Phrase        |---+---+13-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
repeated to      |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
simulate         |---+14-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
beatboxing       |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
13. Some dating  |---+15-+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---|
apps keep it     |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
going            |18-+---+---+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+20-+---+21-+---+---|
14. Protection   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
on the back of   |22-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+23-+---+---+24-+---+---+---|
some vans        |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
15. Pips on a    |25-+---+---+26-+27-+---+28-+29-+---+---+---+---+30-+31-+32-|
poker player's   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
"snowman", e.g.  |33-+---+---+---+---+---+34-+---+---+---+35-+---+---+---+---|
16. "Just        |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
_____" (British  |36-+---+---+---+---+37-+---+---+---+---+38-+---+---+---+---|
"for no          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
reason")         |---+---+---+39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+40-+---+---|
17.              |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |
Interjection     |41-+42-+43-+---+44-+---+---+45-+---+---+46-+47-+---+---+---|
akin to          |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
"Claro!"         |48-+---+---+49-+---+50-+---+---+---+51-+---+---+---+---+---|
18. Brown green  |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
person?          |52-+---+---+---+53-+---+---+---+54-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
19. Super        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
charges, for     |55-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
short?           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|
21. Unwanted     |56-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
check mark?      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
22. OS/2 co-     +-----------------------------------------------------------+
developer        
23. Unlike sign language  1. Junks, say             caps, in part?          
25. His best-known work   2. Shout from a U.S.      28. Sixtieth part of a  
stands for "Rossumovi     Marine                    degree                  
Univerzalni Roboti" in    3. Pushed through         29. Generally drier side
his native language       4. Word with a head       of a mountain           
28. Legal                 shake                     30. Product of an oak   
33. Native near a 2024    5. Star in the Spring     relative sometimes      
NHL expansion team's      Triangle                  ground for use as a     
home                      6. Setting of a famous    coffee substitute       
34. Outdoor supply giant  1993 Yanni live concert   31. What goes back from 
35. Association           7. Padre _____ (well-     you                     
36. Alphabets are         known prayer, in          32. Start building, as a
usually presented in      Spanish)                  foundation              
them                      8. Video gamer's extra    37. They act on impulse 
38. How things might      purchase, briefly         41. Things heard in Joe 
stand when scared         9. Phishing attack        Cocker and Janis Joplin 
39. Regard as being       fighting bigwigs, for     songs                   
40. Henry Ford, e.g.      short                     42. "Stop everything!"  
41. One with a firm butt  10. In a red, say, on     43. Employer of GIFs,   
44. _____ Inacio da       menus                     maybe                   
Silva, Jair Bolsonaro's   11. One of many handled   45. Beatriz' player in  
successor as president    with a brush              "Beatriz at Dinner",    
46. "C'mon, that's such   12. What may distinguish  2017                    
a small thing!"           one type from another     46. More suitable for   
48. See 24-Down           13. Major early-'00s      pharmaceuticals, in a   
50. Basis of influenza    computer company merger   way                     
51. Trying to recover     14. Potassium _____,      47. They might tell you 
something                 anti-mold food additive   to stop                 
52. "One perspective      18. Rubber tree or        49. Dis multiple times  
is..."                    banyan tree, e.g.         51. "You're not alone"  
55. Current point         20. Was responsible for   53. NHL ref McCauley    
56. They may be in the    the completion of         known for his           
fridge during difficult   24. Been 48-Across        enthusiastic penalty    
times                     26. Name appearing twice  calls                   
                          in the list of Israeli    54. Certain diacritical 
DOWN                      prime ministers           mark                    
                          27. Be supported by     

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

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