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From : Northern Realms
Date : Mon Jul 14 2025 08:05:08

Freestyle 874 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5---6---7-------8---9---10------11--12--13-+
                 | H | O | L | E | C | A | M |]#[| S | O | W |]#[| R | S | S |
1. Invention     |14-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+16-+---+---+---|
that             | A | A | A | G | A | M | E |]#[| I | M | A | M | A | T | E |
revolutionized   |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
poker            | S | T | O | O | D | I | N |]#[| M | A | X | I | P | A | D |
broadcasting     |---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
8. Agriculture-  |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[| S | E | L | F | P | R | I | M | I | N | G |
related noun or  |21-+22-+23-+24-+---+25-+---+---+---+---+26-+---+---+---+---|
verb, depending  | P | E | E | P |]#[| S | O | I | L |]#[| N | I | E | C | E |
on its           |27-+---+---+---+28-+---+---+29-+---+30-+---+---+31-+---+---|
pronunciation    | T | R | U | E | S |]#[|]#[| R | E | F | S |]#[| R | E | S |
11. Aid in       |32-+---+---+---+---+33-+34-+---+---+---+---+35-+---+---+---|
reading news     | A | I | R | R | A | I | D | S | I | R | E | N |]#[|]#[|]#[|
updates,         |---+36-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+37-+38-+---|
briefly          |]#[| C | O | P | Y | C | A | T | R | E | C | I | P | E |]#[|
14. One full of  |---+---+---+39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+40-|
major hopefuls?  |]#[|]#[|]#[| S | H | O | U | T | A | T | T | H | E | T | V |
15. Oman, from   |41-+42-+43-+---+44-+---+---+---+---+---+45-+---+---+---+---|
751-1959         | H | I | D |]#[| I | N | G | E |]#[|]#[| S | A | N | T | A |
17. Acted the    |46-+---+---+47-+---+---+48-+---+49-+50-+---+51-+---+---+---|
sub              | A | N | E | N | T |]#[| H | A | M | S |]#[| O | D | E | S |
18. Period       |52-+---+---+---+---+53-+---+---+---+---+54-+---+---+---+---|
piece            | T | A | K | E | O | U | T | M | E | N | U |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|
19. Like a pump  |55-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+56-+---+---+57-+58-+59-+60-|
that needs no    | A | R | I | A | D | N | E |]#[| L | O | N | G | A | R | M |
human input to   |61-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
start working    | C | E | N | T | A | U | R |]#[| B | U | T | A | L | A | S |
21. Feeble       |63-+---+---+---+64-+---+---+---+65-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
report           | T | A | G |]#[| D | M | S |]#[| A | T | O | M | A | N | T |
25. Foundation   +-----------------------------------------------------------+
engineer's       
concern                   limbs                     opened in 1992)         
26. One can be                                      24. Caught people,      
"fraternal" or "sororal"  DOWN                      ideally                 
27. Gets straight                                   28. Request from a      
29. They ideally have no  1. Can legally sell, say  sibling not at a family 
missed calls              2. Stable food source     gathering, maybe        
31. It's lower in SD      3. The Mekong River's     30. Pressure point, in a
32. Prompt to find        Thai-_____ Friendship     sense                   
shelter                   Bridge                    33. All-timer           
36. Imitation chicken,    4. A director often has   34. "Branches" of some  
say                       to manage at least one    trees                   
39. Try to "influence" a  5. Not likely the         35. Sanskrit : namaste  
contestant, in a way      monogamous types          :: Mandarin : _____     
41. Tried not to show     6. Cafe date              37. Still be coming     
44. Independence,         participants              38. Kin of -cule        
Kansas' annual William    7. _____ Park, Facebook   40. Urological pathway  
_____ Theatre Festival    headquarters locale       41. Oppressive 1732     
45. One taking off and    8. Company-sponsored      British fashion-related 
landing at a destination  long-term financial       colonial legislation    
with the code XMS, on     savings plan              42. Like healthcare     
the Flightradar24 app     9. "Scarface" drug        covered by insurance,   
46. Inasmuch as,          dealer played by F.       likely                  
quaintly                  Murray Abraham            43. Confusing on the ice
48. Smokers may turn      10. Creatures whose       47. Not all over the    
them out                  secretions are used to    place                   
51. They show lots of     make candles              49. Classical singer who
appreciation              11. Implement for a       took her stage name from
52. It's not to be used   Renaissance duelist       her home city           
to eat in                 12. Pool player's         50. Prominent feature of
55. Mythical princess     fundamental               a boll weevil           
abandoned on the island   13. Sawgrass and          53. Accusative word on  
of Naxos                  nutgrass, e.g.            bills                   
56. One of a couple of    16. Actress Kennedy of    54. _____ the ages of   
basketball centers?       CBS's "Mom"               ages (forever, in a     
61. Hardly a headless     20. Top all-American      religious idiom)        
horseman?                 players                   57. Whale watch sight   
62. "Unfortunately..."    21. Org. that "mama       (if you're lucky)       
63. Put a name to a       socked it to" in a top    58. Kind of like        
face?                     1968 hit                  59. Didn't stay         
64. Sliding targets,      22. Carr who succeeded    60. Setting for what    
briefly?                  Peter Criss as drummer    Mexicans call "zona     
65. Superhero depicted,   of Kiss                   Pacifico": Abbr.        
oddly enough, with four   23. _____ Disney (park  

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