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From : Northern Realms
Date : Fri Jul 18 2025 08:05:12

Freestyle 879 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-----------5---6---7---------------8---9---10-+
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1. Handhelds     |11-+---+---+---+12-+13-+---+---+---+---+14-+15-+---+---+---|
with the         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
triangle,        |16-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+---|
circle, x, and   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
square buttons,  |18-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---+---|
briefly          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
5. Home of       |---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+22-+---+---|
Avicii Arena,    |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
the world's      |23-+24-+25-+---+---+---+---+26-+---+---+---+---+27-+---+---|
largest          |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
spherical        |28-+---+---+---+---+---+29-+---+---+---+---+30-+---+---+---|
building: Abbr.  |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
8. Room in a     |31-+---+---+---+---+32-+---+---+---+---+---+33-+---+---+---|
bldg., maybe     |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
11. Course in    |34-+---+---+---+---+35-+---+---+---+---+36-+---+---+---+---|
which you might  |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
read about the   |37-+---+---+---+38-+---+---+---+---+39-+---+---+---+---+---|
circles of Hell  |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
14. Where one    |40-+---+---+---+41-+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
could once hear  |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
philosophical    |43-+---+---+44-+---+---+---+45-+---+---+---+---+46-+47-+48-|
speeches         |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
16. "I'm not     |49-+---+---+---+---+---+50-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
bringing this    |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
over"            |51-+---+---+---+---+---+52-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
17. Battle       |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
through a        |53-+---+---+---+---+---+54-+---+---+---+---+55-+---+---+---|
campaign         |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
18. Tried to     +-----------------------------------------------------------+
figure out, to   
no avail                  40. One may convey a      for Tommy Lee Jones     
19. Show whence the meme  reaction                  13. Concern for a       
catchphrase "Catch me     41. Part of a passing     building foundation     
outside, how about        effort                    designer                
that?" came               42. Russian Arctic sea    14. "Oh, COME on!"      
20. Many an Airbus        43. Whispers, e.g.        15. Natl. health stat,  
employee: Abbr.           45. Like some ready-to-   in a sense              
21. Origin-to-stopover    pick tomatoes             19. Proof of inspection,
journey, e.g.             49. "I'd say that's       maybe                   
22. Hardly a limiting     kinda wrong"              21. Not straying        
word                      50. Don't ramble          23. "Uh... sure..."     
23. Far from obscure      51. Not great at all      24. "Go ahead, sure!"   
26. Regional cousin of a  52. "Thumbs down"         25. "C'mon guys, stop   
fjord                     53. Brother of Horus the  it..."                  
27. It may mean "depends  Elder, in mythology       26. Isn't moved to move 
on other factors"         54. What some concerts    29. "Yeah, suuure"      
28. Selling point?        may be turned into,       30. It circumvents a    
29. Their legend is       briefly                   canal                   
recounted in the Popol    55. Into the dirt         32. They go beyond the  
Vuh                                                 superficial             
30. Large firm body, for  DOWN                      36. Like the beef in    
short                                               beef tartare            
31. Role in the Broadway  1. Support systems for    38. Number for a special
hit musical "Six"         stumpers, briefly         birthday                
32. Hay fever-treating    2. Result of a spill,     39. Option for coconut  
brand whose ads featured  maybe                     shrimp                  
an owl                    3. People from the Gila   42. Pot bakers          
33. Position of           River area                44. With the scale      
admiration, maybe         4. Certain audio system   changed, in a way: Abbr.
34. Hurl                  5. It's featured on       45. User of feminine    
indiscriminately          Metallica's "Wherever I   wiles                   
35. Classic movie runner  May Roam"                 46. Intel product       
36. Pseudoscientific      6. Stat for an emergency  47. They may provide    
healing technique         room                      hotline numbers         
37. Setting for one       7. Who might advise a     48. Bitsy               
episode of the 2010 HBO   singer to stop singing,   50. Common item whose   
miniseries "The           briefly                   use by doctors was      
Pacific", informally      8. "Yeah... and?"         banned in British       
38. The Bahamas' Rum and  9. Checker of cars        hospitals in 2007 to    
others                    10. Washington's cherry   curb spread of          
39. Like the colors in    blossoms are usually in   infections              
Rococo painting,          bloom in it             
typically                 12. Sci-fi movie role   

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