Subj : Yesterday's Crossword Solution
To   : All
From : Northern Realms
Date : Fri Aug 01 2025 08:05:06

Freestyle 892 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5---6---7-------8---9---10--11--12--13--14-+
                 | O | F | N | O | U | S | E |]#[| O | N | E | A | C | T | S |
1. Impractical,  |15-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
to say the       | C | O | O | P | S | U | P |]#[| W | E | L | L | H | E | Y |
least            |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
8. Works         | S | U | I | T | S | M | E |]#[| I | A | M | T | O | R | N |
straight         |---+19-+---+---+---+20-+---+21-+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---|
through?         |]#[| R | S | S |]#[| S | E | D | E | R | S |]#[| R | E | T |
15. Keeps        |23-+---+---+---+---+---+---+24-+---+---+---+25-+---+---+---|
inside           | O | L | E |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[| O | S | S |]#[| R | A | S | H |
16. [shrug]      |26-+---+---+27-+---+28-+29-+---+---+---+30-+---+---+---+---|
"Whatcha gonna   | H | O | L | M |]#[| P | R | O |]#[|]#[| G | A | L | A | S |
do..."           |31-+---+---+---+32-+---+---+---+33-+34-+---+---+---+---+---|
17. "Yeah, I'm   | O | K | A | Y | Y | O | U | R | T | U | R | N |]#[|]#[|]#[|
all about that"  |35-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+36-+37-+38-|
18. "Not sure    | H | O | W | W | A | S | T | H | A | T | A | F | O | U | L |
which way to     |---+---+---+39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
go..."           |]#[|]#[|]#[| O | U | T | S | I | D | E | F | O | R | C | E |
19. Format to    |40-+41-+42-+---+---+---+---+43-+---+---+---+44-+---+---+---|
keep tabs on     | T | W | E | R | P |]#[|]#[| N | A | P |]#[| R | E | L | O |
posters,         |45-+---+---+---+---+46-+47-+---+---+---+---+---+48-+---+---|
briefly          | V | E | N | D |]#[| N | E | G |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[| M | A | N |
20. Some sacred  |49-+---+---+---+50-+---+---+---+51-+52-+---+53-+---+---+---|
spreads          | M | A | I |]#[| D | E | L | E | A | D |]#[| N | I | B |]#[|
22. Not in a     |54-+---+---+55-+---+---+---+---+56-+---+57-+---+---+---+58-|
firm position,   | O | K | G | R | E | A | T |]#[| B | U | S | O | N | L | Y |
for short?       |59-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
23. Casual       | M | E | M | E | N | T | O |]#[| A | M | A | T | E | U | R |
follower of      |61-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
"good"           | S | N | A | P | S | O | N |]#[| S | A | T | I | R | E | S |
24. Bureau of    +-----------------------------------------------------------+
Intelligence     
and Research                                        30. Only player ever to 
predecessor: Abbr.        1. Lieutenant training    have not lost a tennis  
25. You might wanna get   camp: Abbr.               singles match in an     
that checked out          2. "Crazy"-sounding       entire season three     
26. Good surname for a    sugared alcoholic drink   separate times          
real estate agent?        brand that once           32. Make a sharp noise  
28. Not contesting        infamously contained      33. Prompt for applause,
30. People usually dress  caffeine                  maybe                   
up for them               3. A late party might     34. Southern sch. whose 
31. "Go now"              test it                   mascot is a 36-Down     
35. Sports spectator's    4. Shows a bent           36. One may get into    
post-whistle complaint    5. _____ George H.W.      heavy metal             
39. Mysterious influence  Bush (carrier launched    37. Official color of   
40. Little sis, to big    in 2009)                  the home team at the    
sis, affectionately       6. Additional things?     Rose Bowl               
43. What parents and      7. Sports equipment that  38. Province in         
babies may do             becomes a shoe size when  northwestern Spain or   
simultaneously            one letter is removed     its capital             
44. Big change for a      8. Little scrapes         40. Some screen raisers 
job, informally           9. Gets more likely to    41. Make considerably   
45. Offer for money       see                       less effective          
46. Leave a bad review    10. "Slippery" flora      42. One might make you  
for, in slang             11. It's on either side   scratch your head       
48. Shoot alternative     of a space                46. Fly a few decades   
49. Mars + 2              12. Like some four-part   ago?                    
50. Treat by removing     pieces                    47. He duetted with     
old paint, maybe          13. Peter Parker's long-  Dolly on "Don't Let the 
53. Business end for a    lost sister, in the       Sun Go Down on Me", 2023
letter                    Marvel universe           50. Tube watchers' spots
54. "That's all fine,     14. New wave hallmarks    51. Opposite of         
but now what...?"         21. Necessity for a       "vive...", to the French
56. Urban lane marking    swinger?                  52. Lower house under   
59. Something to take     23. "I'm trying to        the Federation Council  
from a trip               remember..."              53. Plea to look at     
60. "Your lack of         25. Tried to reach        someone else            
experience is clearly on  quickly                   55. Many a U.S.         
display"                  27. "Holy cow!"           government official, for
61. Buckles, say          28. It means after when   short... in two senses  
62. They're taking off    it's before               57. Got cold            
                          29. Evidence of frequent  58. What rings may      
DOWN                      travel                    denote: Abbr.           

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