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From : Northern Realms
Date : Tue Jun 24 2025 08:05:06

Freestyle 855 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5---6---7-----------8---9---10--11--12--13-+
                 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
1. "Stop it...   |14-+---+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+16-+---+---+---+---+---|
that's not very  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
nice!"           |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---|
8. One of the    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
Beastie Boys     |19-+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+22-+---+---|
14. Big air      |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
surrounder       |23-+---+---+24-+---+25-+---+---+---+---+---+26-+---+---+---|
16. Cue to       |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
approach         |27-+---+---+---+28-+---+29-+---+---+30-+---+31-+---+---+---|
17. Many a       |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
clickbait link   |---+---+---+32-+---+33-+---+---+34-+---+35-+---+---+---+---|
shared on        |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
social media     |---+36-+37-+---+---+---+38-+---+39-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
18. Small        |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
source of a      |40-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+41-+---+---+---+---+---|
bay?             |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
19. They may go  |42-+---+---+---+---+43-+---+44-+45-+---+46-+---+47-+48-+49-|
from third to    |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
second to        |50-+---+---+---+---+---+51-+---+---+52-+---+53-+---+---+---|
first, very      |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
rarely the       |54-+---+---+---+55-+56-+---+---+---+---+57-+---+58-+---+---|
other way:       |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
Abbr.            |59-+---+---+60-+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---|
20. Neither      |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
fished nor cut   |63-+---+---+---+---+---+---+64-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
bait             |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
22. Wakes up     |65-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+66-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
with cheese      |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
dust smeared     +-----------------------------------------------------------+
all over their   
T-shirt, say              Suicide Squad             15. Old text messaging  
23. Tending to self-      64. The foundational      system                  
efface                    Treaty of Maastricht was  21. Related to part of  
25. Currency used across  signed at one in 1991     the gut                 
the border from the baht  65. Spots to find         24. One going by one    
26. A big pile            nipples                   rule?                   
27. Turn out to be        66. Clocking in at about  26. Bedded              
29. Maker of many firm    2.7 million Scoville      28. Crush alternative,  
decisions                 heat units, it broke the  once                    
31. Express desire        Guinness World Record in  30. They're (hopefully) 
uncomfortably             2023 previously held by   right on the money      
32. One of two US states  the Carolina Reaper       33. Teenaged star of    
that does not have                                  "Ulee's Gold", 1997     
winner-take-all           DOWN                      35. Four-year-old lesson
electoral college voting                            36. It might be recorded
for president: Abbr.      1. Request to be          in the bedroom          
34. Not much at all,      embraced                  37. Semicircular canal  
sarcastically             2. One prepared for       spot                    
36. Indicator of          shock                     38. _____ corporation   
sharpness                 3. Flattered with         40. Certain wetland near
39. Silk hanging          automatic agreement       the sea                 
40. Reaction to an        4. Many an old 10-Down    44. Worn status symbols,
amazing Louvre painting   product                   once                    
41. Some lab work: Abbr.  5. What a parent of a     45. "Hybrid" wedding    
42. "Yeah... rrright"     teen sometimes feels      hairstyle               
43. Tile backing, in      like                      47. What to open for    
construction              6. "The Office"           instruction             
46. Anti-gravity device?  character who shared a    48. Response to a       
50. Hold to be            very uncomfortable        swabbing order          
51. Setting for some      smooch with Michael       49. City on the Brazos  
dramatic lines            7. "The Office"           R.                      
53. "'Sup, pal?"          character who was         52. Not considering     
54. "Annie" role,         unfamiliar with how to    anything else           
informally                eat a taco                55. "Who wants to get   
55. Owner of the Altoids  8. Eglise honorific       ice cream?" reply       
brand                     9. Something on your      56. They set intake     
58. Org. that succeeded   property                  standards: Abbr.        
the Manhattan Project     10. See 4-Down            57. Let out a sharp cry 
59. Considered someone    11. Certain wake-up       60. They may be in      
like a wolf?              call?                     surgery, briefly        
61. "Sorry, I can't deny  12. Temperature anomaly   62. Dog : puppy ::      
that"                     found in the North        Tasmanian devil : _____ 
63. _____ Waller,         Atlantic Ocean          
overseer of DC Comics'    13. Diet of Jerusalem   

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 * Origin: Northern Realms (618:400/23)

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