Subj : Yesterday's Crossword Solution
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Fri Sep 26 2025 08:05:14

Freestyle 948 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-----------5---6---7-------8---9---10--11-----+
                 | B | R | A | H |]#[|]#[| T | I | P |]#[| Y | E | O | W |]#[|
1. "My guy"      |12-+---+---+---+---+13-+---+---+---+---+14-+---+---+---+15-|
5. Whom to take  | T | O | R | O |]#[| M | D | M | A |]#[| O | R | N | I | S |
on the track,    |16-+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---|
say              | S | O | F | T | S | O | A | P | S |]#[| U | N | S | E | T |
8. "Damn...      |---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+---|
found the Lego   |]#[|]#[|]#[| B | A | D | P | R |]#[| A | S | S | I | S | I |
brick on the     |---+---+21-+---+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
floor!"          |]#[|]#[| O | O | H | E | V | E | N | B | E | T | T | E | R |
12. Grass        |23-+24-+---+---+---+---+25-+---+---+---+---+---+26-+---+---|
cutter's option  | P | R | N | D | L |]#[| A | Z | U | R | E |]#[| E | L | S |
13. Rave drug,   |27-+---+---+---+---+28-+---+---+---+---+---+29-+---+---+---|
to a chemist     | S | E | T | I |]#[| M | C | A | D | A | M | S |]#[|]#[|]#[|
14. Fauna, but   |30-+---+---+---+31-+---+---+---+32-+---+---+---+33-+34-+35-|
more             | A | M | O | E | B | I | C |]#[| E | M | E | T | I | C | S |
specifically     |---+---+---+36-+---+---+---+37-+---+---+---+38-+---+---+---|
the birds        |]#[|]#[|]#[| S | E | N | I | O | R | S |]#[| A | L | U | M |
16. Tries to     |39-+40-+41-+---+42-+---+---+---+---+---+43-+---+---+---+---|
suck up to, say  | C | I | S |]#[| D | U | N | N | E |]#[| S | Y | L | P | H |
18. Like a       |44-+---+---+45-+---+---+---+---+---+46-+---+---+---+---+---|
sidewalk you     | T | H | A | T | S | E | E | M | S | O | K | A | Y |]#[|]#[|
don't want to    |47-+---+---+---+---+---+---+48-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
walk on          | R | E | V | O | L | T |]#[| Y | O | D | E | L |]#[|]#[|]#[|
19. Spinning is  |49-+---+---+---+---+---+50-+---+---+---+---+---+51-+52-+53-|
one way to try   | L | A | I | K | A |]#[| S | C | R | E | W | E | D | U | P |
to get rid of    |54-+---+---+---+---+---+55-+---+---+---+---+56-+---+---+---|
it               | C | R | O | A | T |]#[| O | U | T | S |]#[| R | O | K | U |
20. Italian      |---+57-+---+---+---+---+58-+---+---+---+---+59-+---+---+---|
commune of less  |]#[| D | R | Y | S |]#[| Y | E | S |]#[|]#[| T | H | E | N |
than 30,000      +-----------------------------------------------------------+
people that      
seven Catholic saints     hand, in poker lingo      else"                   
called home               56. Modern kind of box    22. Places to take off  
21. "Okay, I like that    57. Unlikely speakeasy    for to take off         
one more!"                operators                 23. 2020 social         
23. Non-standard          58. "Go ahead"            distancing spot, e.g.   
sequence?                 59. "Don't leave us       24. The human body loses
25. Like the view at      hanging...?"              muscle tone in it,      
cruising altitude, often                            briefly                 
26. Some are drawn as     DOWN                      28. One of several that 
vertical lines                                      Mozart wrote at five    
27. Movement with a       1. Whose video was the    years old               
universal scope, briefly  fastest one to 30         29. "Something can      
28. Star of "Wedding      million YouTube likes     happen at any time"     
Crashers", 2005           2. Island hopper          31. Full supporters?    
30. Like some small life  3. Chipmunk-scaring       33. Not in a positive   
32. Causes of heaving     sound                     way                     
36. They'll soon be       4. Figures of great       34. Solo, say           
38-Acrosses               interest                  35. "Damn shame, if you 
38. See 36-Across         5. Certain combo shot     ask me", for short      
39. Modern adjective      6. Japanese compact car   37. "I'll let you know  
that's Latin for "on the  model since 1992          when"                   
same side"                7. It can mean "not" or   39. Combo for a copier  
42. Livvy _____, gymnast  "step"                    40. "Nothing new to me" 
and TikTok celebrity      8. Question accompanying  41. One whisking you    
with 8 million-plus       a wave in a crowd         away, maybe             
followers                 9. Artist once married    43. Make more palatable 
43. Skilled ballerina,    to Peggy Guggenheim       for a particular        
say                       10. Physically there      viewpoint               
44. "Nothing wrong at     11. Author of a trilogy   45. Wine with a popular 
first glance"             ending with the book      type named Aszu,        
47. Reaction to awful     "Day"                     Hungarian for "dried"   
leadership                13. It's most common in   46. Hardly examples of  
48. Switch quickly        a set                     slam poetry?            
between registers         15. Starts moving... or   50. Kind of dog that    
49. Nonhuman occupant of  keeps moving              vegans often favor      
Sputnik 2, 1957           17. '50s stand-up comic   51. "That was           
50. Ruined                that heavily influenced   embarrassing to miss"   
54. Coach Bill            Lenny Bruce and Woody     52. Banjo _____ (musical
Belichick, per his        Allen                     instrument)             
paternal heritage         20. "Mission: Impossible  53. A black Jeep's      
55. Cards needed for a    III" director             vanity plate that reads 
trailing player to win a  21. "_____ something      "BAA BAA", e.g.         

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