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From : Northern Realms
Date : Thu Jun 26 2025 08:05:06

Freestyle 857 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7---8---9-----------10--11--12-+
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1. They're for   |13-+---+---+---+14-+---+---+---+---+---+15-+16-+---+---+---|
the people in    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
the back         |17-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
5. Schedule's    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
first slot       |18-+---+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---|
10. It's         |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
positioned       |21-+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---+---+23-+---+---+---+---+---|
before position  |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
13. Like some    |---+---+---+24-+25-+---+---+---+---+26-+---+---+27-+28-+29-|
townhome or      |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
condo            |---+30-+31-+---+---+---+---+---+32-+---+---+---+33-+---+---|
properties       |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
17. Diet         |34-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+35-+---+---+36-+---+---+---|
regimen that     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
relies on cues   |37-+---+---+---+38-+---+---+---+39-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
from one's own   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
body to          |40-+---+---+41-+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
determine        |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
what's best      |---+---+---+43-+---+---+44-+---+---+---+---+---+45-+46-+47-|
(imagine that!)  |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |
18. Orange       |48-+49-+50-+---+---+---+51-+---+---+---+52-+53-+---+---+---|
tribe?           |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
19. Shortening   |54-+---+---+---+---+55-+---+---+---+56-+---+---+---+---+---|
in a US Senate   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
title            |57-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
20. Jumps back   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
21. Platform     |58-+---+---+---+---+59-+---+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---|
known as         |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
Hyundai Comboy   +-----------------------------------------------------------+
in Korea, for    
short                     mythological character    creep?                  
22. Food fish also known  kills her children to     25. Player of Mark Scout
as "St. Peter's fish"     get back at her husband   on "Severance"          
24. No good reason, in    (!)                       27. Sting at a nursery  
an expression             60. Appealing to a        28. Not bound to a      
26. Beastly nickname for  highfalutin crowd         schedule, say: Abbr.    
ex-Cubs All Star pitcher                            29. Complimentary piece 
Carlos Zambrano           DOWN                      30. "Geyser" makeup in a
30. Poker legend Erik                               common experiment       
with 9 World Series of    1. Verification that the  31. "I won't name what's
Poker bracelets, fifth    cameras are rolling       missing"                
all-time                  2. Impressive digs        32. 2- to 3-ounce       
32. What setting ends     3. Annoying pests you     serving                 
33. Put one and one       can't get rid of,         34. Grp. for those out  
together                  briefly                   of the theater?         
34. Express support for   4. Restricting movement,  36. Medical treatment   
a measure                 but in a good way         that may be "feminizing"
35. Web author for        5. Word with live or be   or "masculinizing",     
children?                 6. Wrote letters of       briefly                 
37. See 38-Across         approval?                 41. They may come out   
38. One regulated by the  7. They're revealed       with ash                
37-Across, informally     after some snips          42. Made a dent in      
39. Fixed, as some boats  8. Potentially dangerous  44. Hamburger shake     
40. Way to trade stock,   coffee "serving"          accompaniment?          
briefly                   9. Desirable part of a    45. Where you might see 
42. Forgot to, say        deck, often               a tornado               
43. Definitely not a      10. Some Toyotas,         46. Start getting into  
basic quality             officially                books?                  
45. Stonewall man         11. "Je pense, donc je    47. Not readily         
48. Tribute with fire     suis" first name          cooperating             
51. Name that's also a    12. They're placed on     48. Classic Canadian    
name with its middle      crowns                    sketch comedy show      
letter doubled            14. Unsettled situation?  49. Sound of settling   
52. Title of respect      15. Routed the opponent   50. Plant-based wear?   
from Swahili              16. "Uh... yeah, not      52. Whom to shower on   
54. It can severely       doin' it"                 V-Day                   
damage an honest          22. What Edmund Hillary   53. Aces sometimes win  
reputation                was seeking in a 1960     in it                   
57. "Great memories!"     expedition                55. Form of             
58. LaserDisc was its     23. Award for             identification          
first successor           outstanding TV and radio  56. Urban honor org.    
59. Euripides play in     achievements            
which the title           24. Hardly act like a   

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

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