Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Fri Jul 25 2025 08:05:06

Freestyle 886 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8-------9---10--11--12--13-----+
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1. "There'll be  |14-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+---|
trouble for me   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
otherwise"       |16-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+---+18-|
9. Repeater in   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
a cage           |19-+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---|
14. Bum          |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
15. Currency     |22-+---+---+23-+---+---+---+24-+25-+26-+---+27-+---+---+---|
whose name       |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
comes from the   |28-+---+---+---+29-+---+30-+---+---+---+31-+---+32-+---+---|
Spanish for an   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
animal           |---+---+33-+---+---+34-+---+---+---+---+---+35-+---+---+---|
16. Many, many,  |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
many             |36-+37-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
17. Feature of   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
many an          |38-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
Internet meme    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|
19. Org. that    |39-+---+---+---+40-+---+---+---+---+---+41-+---+---+42-+43-|
launched         |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
Operation        |44-+---+---+45-+---+46-+---+---+---+---+---+47-+---+---+---|
Snowcap in 1987  |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
20. Those apt    |48-+---+---+---+49-+---+---+---+50-+51-+52-+---+53-+---+---|
to work          |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
remotely,        |54-+---+---+---+---+55-+---+56-+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---|
briefly?         |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
21. You'd best   |---+58-+---+---+---+---+---+59-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
do what he says  |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
22. Preparing a  |---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
private meal?    |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
24. A mouse may  +-----------------------------------------------------------+
need it to run,  
briefly                   58. Have a say?           26. Common bruschetta   
27. Small South American  59. Lens protector        topper                  
rodent once served to     60. IN home               29. Puts out with a     
Queen Elizabeth II        61. Descend into chaos,   needle                  
28. "Whatever, don't      maybe                     30. 1978 literary hero  
worry"                                              whose initials don't    
30. One in charge of      DOWN                      stand for anything in   
balance: Abbr.                                      his own name            
32. Place where you hope  1. "Yeah... that is a     31. Fires back in       
there's sound mixing?     bad habit for me..."      Microsoft Word?         
33. Extra innings, in     2. 6/10, say              34. Take off the board  
slang                     3. Accompanies to a meal  35. City about 40 miles 
36. "Unless the           4. Leading period         northwest of Umm Qasr   
unexpected happens..."    5. With 6-Down, method    36. Some acrobatic      
38. Celebrity in a        for diagnosing            dancers                 
forum, maybe              tuberculosis              37. Port on the back of 
39. Half of a border-     6. See 5-Down             some TVs                
straddling food           7. Matchmaker for Jason   42. They've usually     
manufacturer's name       and Medea                 descended               
40. Had a hand in the     8. One answering to a     43. Mechanical model    
creation of               challenge                 with the Sun at its     
41. Snack item coming in  9. _____ SuperDraft       center                  
a "Scoops!" variety       (annual sporting event)   45. _____ mari (what    
44. Makes free            10. More formal nods      Italian sailors set out 
46. It has "A Way With    11. Point-of-sale option  on)                     
Words"                    at a quick service        49. "Priere" target     
47. State with more than  restaurant                50. Divide in two       
just hope                 12. Ones concerned with   51. Backing down too    
48. Sounded pastorally    creature comforts         readily                 
50. Online post reader's  13. What a poker player   52. Crawl along the     
format, briefly           may make holding a weak   lane, maybe             
53. One party in the      hand against a big        55. "u really meant     
"two-state solution":     bluff, in slang           that?"                  
Abbr.                     18. Don't block           56. The original source 
54. "Guess I was wrong    23. Half of a common      of the crimson or       
and you were right"       exchange?                 carmine dye, e.g.       
56. Material for a        24. More suave            57. One may be full of  
compost pile              25. Stitched              it when lit             

--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +22oC, UV Index: 0
 * Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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