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From : Northern Realms
Date : Sat Jul 19 2025 08:05:06

Freestyle 880 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5-------6---7---8---9-------10--11--12--13-+
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1. "I deny       |14-+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---|
that"            |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
6. Reb Mendel,   |17-+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---|
to Yentl         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
10. Scoop from   |20-+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---+---|
a spice jar,     |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
maybe: Abbr.     |23-+---+---+---+24-+---+---+---+---+---+---+25-+---+---+---|
14. Tom Brady    |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|
was the last     |26-+---+---+27-+---+---+---+---+28-+29-+30-+---+31-+---+32-|
active athlete   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
to be drafted    |---+---+---+33-+---+---+34-+35-+---+---+---+36-+---+---+---|
by them          |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
15. Wobbly       |37-+38-+39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
dessert          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
component        |40-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
16. Erstwhile    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
cracker brand    |41-+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---+---+43-+---+---+44-+45-+46-|
that sounds      |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
like a Disney    |---+47-+---+48-+---+---+49-+50-+51-+---+---+---+52-+---+---|
song refrain     |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
17. "He just     |53-+---+---+---+---+54-+---+---+---+---+---+55-+---+---+---|
can't turn off   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
the charm,       |56-+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---+58-+---+---+---+---|
huh?"            |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
19. Singer who   |59-+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---|
has planned a    |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
community in     |62-+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---+64-+---+---+---+---|
his parents'     |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
native Senegal   +-----------------------------------------------------------+
using a          
cryptocurrency he         phase?                    an office in a classic  
founded as the central    57. "I didn't have any    "This Is SportsCenter"  
currency                  help"                     commercial              
20. Binary star in Cetus  59. Parenthetical         18. He's been           
21. Something run by a    figures?                  emancipated             
team                      60. Service org.          24. Portmanteau-named   
22. Archetype in many     operating the Saint John  edible hybrid fruits    
coming-of-age movies      Paul II National Shrine   27. Accompanier of a    
23. Causes post-snack     61. Use to rest           subtle head nod, perhaps
regret, in a way          62. Relieves pressure,    29. Jet ways            
24. Georges who wrote     in a way                  30. Not complimentary   
"Les revenentes", a       63. Where to find         32. Extension for many  
novella whose only vowel  Canada's southernmost     an email attachment     
used is E                 point                     virus                   
25. Brand that will tell  64. Birds that sound      34. Protective shield   
you if you're expecting   revolutionary?            for a spaceship, in sci-
26. Board game token                                fi                      
with a head, arms, and    DOWN                      35. One of a group that 
legs                                                outnumber humans by     
28. Onetime organizer of  1. One may be looking     about 200 to 1 on the   
the USA Outdoor Track     for the right formula     Falkland Islands        
and Field Championships:  2. Raw material for some  36. Org. involved with  
Abbr.                     tanners                   the 1911 Triangle       
31. Deposit to be         3. Like people in the     Shirtwaist Factory      
withdrawn, maybe          country, often            disaster                
33. Onrush                4. Whisker                37. What might bring you
37. Got a lift, say       5. The country in the     to a base?              
40. "Somethin' is gonna   book and movie "Cry, the  38. Service popular in  
happen..."                Beloved Country": Abbr.   the 80s and 90s?        
41. Many a naturopathic   6. Closer to white        39. Celebrate, perhaps  
"remedy"                  7. Not rigid in the       44. UPS, e.g.           
42. Crystal setting,      least                     45. "Really...?"        
historically              8. Aquatic Summer Games   46. Gets a real eye-    
43. In no particular way  event for athletes with   opener?                 
47. It caused bird eggs   disabilities              48. One of many in dos  
to have thin shells       9. Hardly appealing to    50. Kind of music often 
49. Savannah bovid        the vulgar                recorded in a bedroom   
52. Something said at     10. Shakespearean title   studio, informally      
the moment?               11. Sport whose           51. With brisk progress 
53. Forest fire           competitors ride on       53. What to do at       
aftermath                 wheels instead of         certain meets           
54. It's got everything   animals                   54. "Not!", in text     
to be done                12. Near term             messages                
55. Sharks often go       13. The University of     55. Literally, "bent"   
after it                  Oregon mascot looks       58. Unlike most Top 40  
56. Go toward a new       wistfully upon one from   music, informally       

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