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From : Northern Realms
Date : Sun Jul 20 2025 08:05:42

Freestyle 881 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5---6-------7---8---9---10--11--12--13--14-+
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1. Watchable     |15-+---+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
contest          |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
7. "Things       |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
are... fine"     |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
15. Where to     |19-+---+---+---+---+20-+21-+---+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---|
find some        |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |
boxers           |23-+---+---+---+---+---+24-+---+---+---+25-+26-+---+---+---|
16. "This is     |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
the deal,        |27-+---+---+---+28-+29-+---+---+---+30-+---+---+---+---+---|
pal..."          |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
17. Went         |31-+---+---+---+32-+---+---+---+---+33-+---+---+34-+35-+---|
through          |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
puberty, say     |36-+---+---+37-+---+---+---+---+38-+---+---+---+---+---+39-|
18. Not the      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
deepest          |---+40-+---+---+---+---+---+41-+---+---+---+---+42-+---+---|
consideration    |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
19. Things to    |---+---+---+43-+---+---+---+44-+---+---+---+---+45-+---+---|
put your         |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
glasses under    |46-+47-+48-+---+---+---+49-+---+---+---+---+50-+---+---+---|
20. Rival of     |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
Rafa and Roger   |51-+---+---+---+---+52-+---+---+---+53-+---+54-+---+---+---|
22. Like the     |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
horizon,         |55-+---+---+56-+57-+---+---+---+---+58-+59-+---+---+---+---|
quaintly         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
23. Don't go     |60-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---+---|
steady           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
24. Be bound to  |62-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---+---|
25. It gives     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
you              +-----------------------------------------------------------+
opportunities    
for promotion             62. Some buses don't run  divorce assets          
27. See 42-Across         on them                   28. Looked for an       
28. Like a Rolls-Royce    63. Initial "The Price    answer, say             
in neutral?               Is Right" game played     29. Like the arse, as   
30. Goal recognition      among four contestants    some Brits say it       
31. Less believable                                 30. What you may think  
explanation than "I just  DOWN                      is moving when it really
know"                                               isn't                   
32. See 56-Down           1. Application-switching  34. You need a little   
33. Things to trade in    mode introduced in        help for it             
36. "It's been finally    Windows 10                35. Region in which the 
resolved"                 2. It'll have you seeing  Olduvai Gorge is located
40. Spares in boots       things that aren't there  37. It was made in part 
41. Follower of a hook,   3. Class on land          from a talking oak tree 
perhaps                   4. Trying to hide         from the Ancient Greek  
42. With 27-Across,       something, say            region of Dodona        
maker of many frozen      5. Short-haired Egyptian  38. Part of a flight    
cylinders                 or Arabian cat breed      plan                    
43. Officer in the FX     6. One may see Hail       39. Clapped back        
series "Fargo"            Marys on it               46. Babies that sound   
44. What strikes may      7. "What a huge help...   flattering?             
lead to                   thanks so much!!"         47. Vessel that         
45. Were opponents        8. One item taken by      sometimes has a head    
46. A number of shots     itself                    48. Outfit dealing with 
49. 1985 autobiography    9. Archetype in many      communication issues,   
subtitled "The Man with   coming-of-age movies      informally              
the Gold"                 10. Kamaka and Koaloha    49. No kind type        
50. On a tiny scale, for  are major manufacturers   50. Its ending helps    
short                     of it, informally         resolve feelings        
51. Took from the pot,    11. Baseball star         52. Her portrayer       
say                       Ohtani, to fans           nicknamed her hairstyle 
52. "Don't stop anyone"   12. Father of Tzeitel,    "Cinnamon Buns"         
54. One working on a      in literature and on      53. Round in a game of  
processor: Abbr.          stage                     "poquer"                
55. "Duh... that's        13. What some twisters    56. Like a 32-Across, as
obvious"                  destroy?                  women go                
58. Hot tub component     14. Typed projections     57. Since the ball      
60. Infused alcoholic     21. Have something        dropped, briefly        
drink to quell smokers'   outstanding with          59. One of many going   
cravings                  25. Makes over?           through a wire          
61. Rejection indication  26. Like some post-     

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

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