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From : Northern Realms
Date : Sun Jun 29 2025 08:05:46

Freestyle 860 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7-----------8---9---10--11--12-+
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1. "Look at      |13-+---+---+---+14-+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+---|
that, Caesar!"   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
5. It should be  |16-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+---+---|
a lot more       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
subtle than      |18-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
"HEY YOU! SAY    |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|
SOMETHING!"      |20-+---+---+---+---+---+21-+22-+---+---+---+---+23-+---+24-|
8. Metaphor for  |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
one's ingrained  |25-+---+---+26-+---+27-+---+---+---+---+---+28-+---+---+---|
nature, in an    |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
idiom            |---+---+29-+---+30-+---+---+---+---+31-+32-+---+---+---+---|
13. Get on       |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
15. Like some    |33-+34-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
meals made in    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
pressure         |35-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
cookers          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|
16. Type who     |36-+---+---+---+---+---+37-+---+---+---+---+38-+---+39-+40-|
obsesses over    |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
presses, maybe   |41-+---+---+---+42-+43-+---+---+---+---+---+---+44-+---+---|
17. Not 100%     |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |
18. "Didn't      |---+45-+---+46-+---+---+---+---+---+47-+48-+49-+---+---+---|
mean that!"      |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
19. Zealous      |50-+---+---+---+---+---+---+51-+52-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
20. "A little"   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Spanish ending   |53-+---+---+---+---+---+---+54-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
21. One putting  |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
out 26-Down      |55-+---+---+---+---+---+---+56-+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---|
sprays           |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
23. Devalue      +-----------------------------------------------------------+
some             
25. First name of an      55. "Over here!"          "Seinfeld" pilot (it's  
honoree with an           56. See 15-Down           also referenced in the  
eponymous park and        57. The "Charging Bull"   episode "The Betrayal") 
statue in Duluth,         sculpture stands two      24. Must-have: Abbr.    
Minnesota                 blocks from it: Abbr.     26. See 21-Across       
27. Shout from a swinger                            27. Sausage source, to  
28. Where Anderson        DOWN                      natives                 
Cooper was coxswain of                              28. Like a very         
the crew team             1. Cholesterol-rich       restrictive question    
29. 150, say              (apparently a good thing  30. Group for good,     
33. "Relax, will you?"    in this case) hair care   briefly                 
35. One always looking    ingredient                31. Some exercise       
to act in the best        2. The San Antonio Spurs  machines, informally    
possible way in a given   mascot is one             32. Fork form           
situation, in decision    3. Oppo research and      33. Not exciting the    
theory                    such                      senses                  
36. Just enough to        4. Pulls away             34. British griddle     
notice                    5. Certain nursing home   breads                  
37. Small skin            staff                     39. It passes with not- 
imperfections             6. Common breakfast bar   so-flying colors        
38. One making a huge     feature                   40. Correct the flatness
splash                    7. Name associated with   of, maybe               
41. Secretly fill in      Rocky Road                42. What the fair don't 
42. Tiny impetus for      8. Comments that may      show                    
something big             come with a smug          43. "Ehh... no"         
44. It can be gross:      attitude                  46. Groups usually less 
Abbr.                     9. Peeper, say            active in the summer,   
45. On a slide, maybe     10. Best thing for a      for short               
47. Scrap                 game player to take       47. Shoulder pads,      
50. Dogs named for a      11. Fabricated something  helmets, etc.           
prefecture in northern    12. Product of            48. Villain for a       
Honshu                    disorderly conduct?       Dungeon Master          
51. One might present     14. Non-opposed response  49. Closer to God?      
you with dark choices     15. With 56-Across, not   50. Tech company        
53. Some official state   covered                   deliverable             
symbols of Texas          19. Car-go hold?          51. Campy org.?         
54. Futuristic device     21. Isolate for a while   52. Shock treatment,    
for propelling objects    22. Kramer's original     briefly                 
into orbit                last name, in the       

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

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