Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Mon Jul 28 2025 08:05:16

Freestyle 889 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-----------5---6---7---8-------9---10--11--12-+
                 |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
1. Foul-mouthed  |13-+---+---+---+---+14-+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---|
cartoon friend   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
of 16-Across     |16-+---+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---|
5. One might     |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
read your mail,  |19-+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---|
for short        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
9. Goddess       |22-+---+---+---+---+---+---+23-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
whose name       |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
becomes a god    |---+---+---+24-+---+25-+26-+---+---+---+27-+---+28-+29-+---|
of a different   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|
mythology when   |30-+31-+32-+---+---+33-+---+---+---+34-+---+---+---+---+35-|
two letters are  |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
added to its     |36-+---+---+---+37-+---+---+---+38-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
beginning        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
13. Wooden folk  |39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+40-+---+---+---+41-+---+---+---|
art              |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
14. Skipper's    |---+42-+---+---+---+---+43-+---+---+---+44-+---+---+---+---|
choice           |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
15. "Shop like   |---+---+---+45-+---+46-+---+---+---+---+47-+---+48-+49-+50-|
a billionaire"   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
app              |51-+52-+53-+---+---+---+---+---+54-+55-+---+---+---+---+---|
16. Foul-        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
mouthed cartoon  |56-+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---+---+58-+---+---+---|
friend of        |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
1-Across         |59-+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---|
17. Choice for   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
a player on a    |62-+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---+---+64-+---+---+---|
fantasy sports   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
team,            +-----------------------------------------------------------+
informally       
18. Air borne by a face   59. Sticker for an art    25. Spot to find many   
19. Let oneself go        project                   snipers                 
22. Ethiopian Jews trace  60. Vaguely thought       26. Where to see "Ride  
their lineage to its      about, with "with"        with Norman Reedus"     
queen                     61. What a player's       28. Go too far pleasing 
23. Shirts whose brand    gonna play (play, play,   29. Total 10/10         
was named for the         play, play)               30. Group whose name has
inventor of the Windsor   62. Result of falling     an intentionally        
knot                      rain, to some             misspelled first word,  
24. Order for a stiff     63. Like you today, vis-  for short               
one?                      a-vis you yesterday       31. Give a 10/10        
27. Bad thing to get in   64. Make bold, say        32. It formed the       
a big job interview                                 northern border of the  
30. What a chieftain may  DOWN                      Etruscan civilization   
head                                                34. Old security        
33. Health meas. that     1. Watch count, maybe     providers?              
"penalizes" taller        2. Whence "Let my people  35. Equivalent of "man" 
people                    go"                       or "bro"                
34. Like some baby boys   3. Character who said,    37. They often secure   
36. They often go into    "...either way I'll get   spans                   
chests                    into the garden, and I    38. She was Ulla in the 
39. Presents to for       don't care which          2005 version of "The    
input                     happens!"                 Producers"              
40. It has a lead-in      4. Wearable device in a   43. Transcription pro,  
show called "Wake Up      home sound system         informally              
Call", briefly            5. Working or fighting    44. Part of an old      
41. One who's knee-high   6. "Guess we're done      public humiliation      
to a grasshopper          then..."                  method                  
42. Amino acid that's     7. Get rid of some dust,  46. Helen Keller is     
the namesake of a         maybe                     credited with           
familiar "rewarding"      8. Record rate            introducing it to       
neurotransmitter          9. "I don't know how      America from a 1938 trip
43. Adverb whose first    anyone can stand that     to Japan                
two words are redundant   wait!"                    48. "Not this again..." 
45. Greek goddess whose   10. Checking line         49. Boatload of money,  
name is on a Warner       11. Gave a wink face,     in a Grammy-winning 2008
classical music label     say                       Lil Wayne hit           
47. One may invite you    12. Goes for some color   50. Unknown opening,    
to a restaurant           14. LifeLock's cofounder  maybe                   
51. "It'd be kinda        posted his on billboards  51. Triangles may be    
hypocritical to complain  and in TV ads (and it     formed in it            
now, huh?"                went about as well for    52. Slick stuff         
56. "This is a nice       him as you'd expect):     53. Ad _____ (Latin     
pen"?                     Abbr.                     "universally")          
57. Down for the count,   20. Bit of horse 54-Down  54. See 24-Down         
maybe                     21. Causing some          55. Like some balls?    
58. Bad way for things    stomach-related regret, 
to turn                   informally              

--- Binbrook, ON: Mist +19oC, UV Index: 1
 * Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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