Subj : Yesterday's Crossword Solution To : All From : Northern Realms Date : Thu Jul 24 2025 08:05:06 Freestyle 884 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com ACROSS +1---2---3---4---5-------6---7---8---9-------10--11--12--13-+ | P | I | L | A | F |]#[| A | S | K | S |]#[| N | A | S | T | 1. Meal that's |14-+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---| fluffy, | O | M | E | G | A |]#[| P | L | O | Y |]#[| O | L | A | Y | optimally |17-+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---| 6. Seeks | P | A | G | E | R |]#[| R | A | I | N | S | T | I | C | K | knowledge, in a |20-+---+---+---+21-+22-+---+---+---+23-+---+---+---+---+---| way | S | M | A |]#[| S | T | I | M |]#[| C | H | E | E | S | E | 10. 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Two-year-old, say 54. They may be making leave the theater in 19. Melodic syllable out publicly, briefly tears that sounds like a ruler 55. Lead-in to a secret? 59. Opposite end of the 22. Like some private 58. "Per someone with sequence from 14-Across positions? whom all of us are VERY 61. Name that sounds 25. They might stop familiar..." like extreme Internet snapping 60. Highly preferred violence? 29. Mediterranean alternative to going on 62. "Ubi caritas et metropolis that's home the Tube? _____, Deus ibi est" to the spiritual center --- Binbrook, ON: Sunny +21oC, UV Index: 1 * Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23) .