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From : Northern Realms
Date : Fri Sep 26 2025 08:05:16

Freestyle 949 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7---8---9-------10--11--12--13-+
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1. Tag sale      |14-+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---|
shopper's brag   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
5. "Whatcha got  |17-+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---|
there?"          |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
10. Where        |20-+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---+---|
cutting remarks  |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|
might be heard   |23-+---+---+24-+---+---+25-+---+---+---+26-+---+---+---+27-|
14. One might    |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
be neon          |28-+---+---+---+29-+30-+---+31-+---+32-+---+---+33-+---+---|
15. Holly, e.g.  |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
16. Who went     |---+---+---+34-+---+---+35-+---+---+---+---+36-+---+---+---|
into exile       |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
within hours of  |37-+38-+39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
the start of     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
the Gulf War     |40-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
17. Some public  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
utilities,       |41-+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---+---+43-+---+---+44-+45-+46-|
briefly          |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
18. Sir Paul,    |47-+---+---+48-+---+---+49-+---+50-+---+---+51-+---+---+---|
in British       |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
tabloids         |---+52-+---+---+---+53-+---+---+---+54-+---+---+55-+---+---|
19. Things       |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |
measured for     |56-+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---+---+58-+---+---+---|
drag             |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
competitions     |59-+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---|
20. Swimwear     |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
brand worn by    |62-+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---+---+64-+---+---+---|
some US          |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
Olympians        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
21. It's         
usually not played        might get thrown at a     UNESCO World Heritage   
standing up               football game             Site                    
22. What you might start  57. Preceder of a Roman   13. The proceeds from a 
dinner in anticipation    peck                      1991 Willie Nelson album
of, briefly               58. "I'm out"             went to it, to the tune 
23. Something popped on   59. "Play this part       of $3.6 million         
a shoulder                together"                 24. Apply without much  
25. Get a rise out of     60. Tending goal          pressure                
26. Last word of Act I    61. Respond positively    26. Shout to quibbling  
of "Antony and            to a stroke, in a way     siblings                
Cleopatra"                62. See 56-Across         27. Be kept awake       
28. Forester in a lot     63. They may have some    29. Go absolutely wild, 
31. Fruit drink starter   meetings, casually        in olden terms          
33. Mane character at     64. Network execs         30. Lift a certain      
the start of many                                   judge's restriction from
movies?                   DOWN                      32. Some Formula One    
34. "Oh, get a life,                                racers, informally      
y'all..."                 1. Denominations, e.g.    35. Yellowish red color 
37. Nickname for a        2. Shout after pulling    36. [C'mon... really?]  
clonal colony in Oregon   off a mask                37. One may be taking   
thought to be the         3. "I'll take care of     coats                   
world's largest single    it"                       38. Needing no          
organism by mass          4. They're not attached   renovation, say         
40. It's okay to mess     to posts, briefly         39. Protein binder in   
around with it            5. Sections of some       the food processing     
41. Timetable setting:    spectrums                 industry                
Abbr.                     6. Rear parking spot,     44. Betray              
42. Food that's about     perhaps                   45. One trying to avoid 
80% dietary fiber         7. Rare polar             water at all costs      
43. One who'll help you   atmospheric phenomenon    46. Snakes              
get up                    8. Don Corleone's         48. Creature that lines 
47. Handled the weight    personal bodyguard        its home with its own   
of                        9. Part of a rack, maybe  bodily material         
49. Ready to burn         10. Purpose of a 1978     50. Like competitive    
51. _____ alla            act concerning the        swimmers                
napoletana (meat-and-     American airline          53. They escalate things
tomato sauce)             industry, informally      worldwide               
52. "Up" letters          11. Repositioning flight  54. Two or three people?
53. Redundancy-saving     for a private jet after   56. It may be checked   
journal abbr.             a one-way trip has been   for a ride              
55. Shout accompanying a  completed                 58. Dungeon Master's    
tap                       12. Home of the Basilica  creation, for short     
56. With 62-Across, one   of San Francisco, a     

--- Binbrook, ON: Partly cloudy +15oC, UV Index: 0
 * Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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