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From : Northern Realms
Date : Wed Aug 06 2025 08:05:14

Freestyle 898 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5-------6---7---8---9---10--11--12--13--14-+
                 |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
1. Serial        |15-+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
introducer       |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
6. Dodos         |17-+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
15. Used for     |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
dinner           |19-+---+---+---+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---|
16. Request to   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
be picked up,    |22-+---+---+---+---+23-+24-+---+---+---+---+25-+---+---+---|
perhaps          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|
17. Business     |26-+---+---+---+27-+---+---+---+---+---+---+28-+---+---+29-|
letters, maybe?  |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
18. Like         |---+---+---+30-+---+---+---+31-+32-+33-+34-+---+---+---+---|
molecules of     |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
water or carbon  |35-+36-+37-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
dioxide, to a    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
chemist          |38-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
19. Redundant    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
descriptor for   |39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+40-+---+---+---+41-+42-+43-|
"experience"     |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
20. In           |---+44-+---+---+---+45-+46-+47-+---+---+---+48-+---+---+---|
"Seinfeld",      |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Kramer and       |49-+---+---+---+50-+---+---+---+---+---+51-+---+---+---+---|
Newman use one   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
of their trucks  |52-+---+---+53-+---+---+---+---+54-+---+55-+---+---+---+---|
for a Michigan   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
bottle return    |56-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---|
scheme that      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
goes horribly    |58-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+59-+---+---+---+---|
wrong: Abbr.     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
21. Some block   +-----------------------------------------------------------+
bounds: Abbr.    
22. Reasons to fasten     understanding (with)      29. Insightful letters, 
your seatbelt             57. Word with iron or     some say?               
25. Online FBI or CIA     golden                    30. Jot                 
follower?                 58. "Come and get some!"  31. It features choral  
26. Abbr. for when just   59. [Why are you even     singing called "yokyoku"
an address isn't enough   talking to me?]           32. Material for a      
27. Org. concerned with                             cheating baseball       
boarding                  DOWN                      pitcher                 
28. _____ Blonsky, alter                            33. Spread with a light 
ego of Hulk enemy The     1. Word from the Quechua  touch                   
Abomination               for "plain"               34. Savanna squirts     
30. Shower of Jesus,      2. Wear away by wind or   35. _____ v. Dale,      
maybe                     water                     landmark 2000 U.S.      
35. Much-relied upon      3. Alleviate the risk of  Supreme Court decision  
capital source,           fire in, maybe            on L.G.B.T. rights      
facetiously               4. Link at the end of a   36. Step for some       
38. Welcome back home,    long webpage              bottlers and golf course
in a way                  5. Blocking               superintendents         
39. "The life of the      6. Part of a Sydney       37. They take taxes into
_____... is very close    spring: Abbr.             account                 
to the center of a        7. Classic Western star   41. How you look        
nation's purpose" (John   whose last name means     42. Leading danseuse    
F. Kennedy)               "the street"              43. Cash drawer, maybe  
40. Aveeno competitor     8. It has considerably    45. Nature _____ (morbid
41. Rook's counterpart?   faded stars               French phrase meaning   
44. "This Hamburger is    9. Jet pilots must        "still life")           
giving me indigestion!"   extend them for takeoff   46. Something that      
45. Another nickname for  10. Ingredient in some    people watch over       
the Godfather of Soul     acai bowls                47. It'll put an end to 
49. Foreign suffix        11. Certain Ferrari 250   a block                 
meaning "cute little..."  or 599                    48. "Amigo" equivalent  
50. Not one to sit on     12. "Ugh... don't even    49. "Hell, ask me       
their hands               talk to me right now"     instead!"               
51. Anti-coronavirus      13. Restrictor of         50. Old-fashioned man's 
brand                     freedom of movement       nickname with an        
52. Assembly that allows  14. Lets go (on)          apostrophe              
for storage of multiple   23. You can't make meal   53. It has plants in    
hard drives               out of it                 Seosan and Gwangju      
55. Method of World War   24. "The Lady in Gold"    54. Wood noted for its  
II soldier communication  painter, 1903-07          pliability              
56. Achieved a deep       25. Turns into a steer  

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

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