Subj : Yesterday's Crossword Solution
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Mon Jun 23 2025 08:05:04

Freestyle 853 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5-------6---7---8---9-------10--11--12--13-+
                 | S | H | I | T | E |]#[| E | D | I | T |]#[| U | S | D | A |
1. Utter         |14-+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---+---|
rubbish, to a    | E | A | T | I | N |]#[| G | A | B | E |]#[| N | A | A | N |
Brit             |17-+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---|
6. One may be    | T | H | A | T | D | O | G | W | O | N | T | H | U | N | T |
made for radio   |---+20-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
10. Chop         |]#[| A | L | L | G | A | S | N | O | B | R | A | K | E | S |
checker,         |---+---+21-+---+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
briefly          |]#[|]#[| Y | E | A | S |]#[|]#[| K | E | E | N |]#[|]#[|]#[|
14. Make use of  |---+---+---+23-+---+---+24-+25-+---+26-+---+---+27-+28-+29-|
one's range,     |]#[|]#[|]#[| S | M | E | A | R |]#[| S | E | D | A | T | E |
say              |30-+31-+32-+---+33-+---+---+---+34-+---+---+35-+---+---+---|
15. "The         | A | S | S |]#[| E | S | C | O | R | T |]#[| M | U | R | K |
Office"          |36-+---+---+37-+---+---+38-+---+---+---+39-+---+---+---+---|
character who    | C | H | E | S | S |]#[| L | O | O |]#[| R | E | R | I | G |
yells, "Shut up  |40-+---+---+---+---+41-+---+---+---+42-+---+---+43-+---+---|
about the sun!"  | H | O | S | T |]#[| P | U | M | B | A | A |]#[| A | B | S |
16. Kebab go-    |44-+---+---+---+45-+---+---+46-+---+---+---+47-+---+---+---|
with             | Y | O | H | O | H | O |]#[| S | E | D | G | Y |]#[|]#[|]#[|
17. "Fat chance  |---+---+---+48-+---+---+49-+---+---+50-+---+---+51-+---+---|
it'll work"      |]#[|]#[|]#[| C | A | P | S |]#[|]#[| L | E | O | S |]#[|]#[|
20. "I'm never   |52-+53-+54-+---+---+---+---+55-+56-+---+---+---+---+57-+---|
gonna slow       | P | I | C | K | L | I | N | G | L | I | Q | U | I | D |]#[|
down!"           |58-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+59-|
21. They may be  | A | D | D | T | O | C | A | R | T | B | U | T | T | O | N |
unanimous        |60-+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---+---|
22. Newly        | T | E | R | I |]#[| O | K | E | D |]#[| I | R | U | L | E |
whetted          |63-+---+---+---+---+64-+---+---+---+---+65-+---+---+---+---|
23. Bad thing    | H | A | S | P |]#[| N | E | W | S |]#[| T | Y | P | E | O |
to do in a       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
campaign         
26. Prepare for an                                  around him              
operation                 DOWN                      28. Daily nickname?     
30. Follower of dumb or                             29. Maternity ward      
smart                     1. Unable to change       sights, for short       
33. One taking up arms?   2. "You kill me"          30. Like a pain in the  
35. Foggy atmosphere      3. Home to the most       neck                    
36. See 5-Down            UNESCO World Heritage     31. Get to run          
38. Underground pit stop  Sites                     32. Time for hangin' out
39. Overhaul on the sea   4. What rings may         34. Common thing to pass
40. You, vis-a-vis E.     represent                 judgment in             
coli                      5. 36-Across finishes     37. Something to take   
41. Movie character who   6. Drives to something    from a bull             
sang the lyrics "It hurt  foolish, with "on"        39. Virtually stomp off 
that my friends never     7. It always happens      41. Swift, to say the   
stood downwind"           after dark                least                   
43. What a pot hides?     8. Old Mac OS operator    42. Makeup for an actor?
44. Corsair chant         9. Annual list from Car   45. Alternative to a    
46. Like some marshland,  and Driver magazine       pitchfork?              
vegetation-wise           10. Shout that's the      47. "Here, give it a go"
48. Sign of yelling,      opposite of "Get a        49. Backup reliever     
maybe                     grip"?                    51. What to do when you 
50. Ones born under a     11. Midwestern people     can't sleep             
king?                     for whom a Mississippi    52. One cleared for     
52. Preservation medium   River tributary is named  walking                 
58. Icon in online        12. Faroe Islander, e.g.  53. It's bad to get the 
shopping                  13. Ones picking up       wrong one               
60. Good name for a       crumbs                    54. Old storage media,  
procrastinator?           18. They may spring up    briefly                 
61. Didn't reject         around springs            55. Blew up             
62. "You can't touch      19. Its knots can't be    56. Taurus forerunners  
me!"                      untied                    57. Help for the not-so-
63. Thing to put a lock   24. Org. involved in      fortunate               
through                   many religion-related     59. _____-thrash (genre 
64. What may be good and  cases                     also called groove      
bad at the same time      25. Patient places        metal)                  
65. It's not A or B       27. Elvis often had one 

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

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