Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Tue Jul 01 2025 08:05:06

Freestyle 862 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7---8-------9---10--11--12-----+
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1. Hazy          |13-+---+---+---+14-+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---|
requests, maybe  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|
5. Informs       |16-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+18-|
covertly         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
9. 10/10, in     |19-+---+---+---+---+---+20-+---+---+21-+---+---+22-+---+---|
slang            |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
13. One may      |23-+---+---+---+---+---+---+24-+---+---+---+---+25-+---+---|
light up a room  |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |
15. What might   |26-+---+---+---+27-+28-+29-+---+---+30-+31-+32-+---+---+---|
add several      |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
inches to your   |---+---+---+33-+---+---+---+34-+35-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
height           |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
16. Where to     |36-+37-+38-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
choose the       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
standard         |39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
deduction        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
17. Stud         |40-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+41-+---+---+---+42-+43-+44-|
closer, say      |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
19. Take on      |45-+---+---+---+---+46-+47-+48-+---+---+---+49-+---+---+---|
what you didn't  |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |
have?            |50-+---+---+---+51-+---+---+---+52-+---+53-+---+---+---+---|
20. Green        |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
symbol often     |54-+---+---+55-+---+---+56-+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---+---|
accompanied by   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
a poison         |---+58-+---+---+---+---+59-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
control hotline  |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
number           |---+60-+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---+62-+---+---+---|
22. "You oughta  |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
know..."         +-----------------------------------------------------------+
segment          
23. _____ de rire (dying  58. It's where it's       concern                 
laughing, in French)      spent minus its last two  28. Brisk choice        
24. If you have it,       letters                   29. Tech used in some   
you're definitely not in  59. Whom whom you're      smartwatch and billboard
my intended audience for  under is under            displays                
writing difficult         60. Release, but not      31. What bad scams don't
crossword clues           exactly gently            do                      
25. It's high if it's     61. Running from,         32. What may make you   
sharp, for short          briefly                   say you're thinking when
26. Major figures of the  62. From within, at the   you're really sinking?  
Scientology origin        start                     33. Loud grunter in a   
story, briefly                                      public gym, e.g.        
27. A flip may settle it  DOWN                      34. Big first name in   
30. Light sides                                     early sirens            
33. Component of a        1. Introductory bit for   35. Grades are generally
base-10 number            a classic video game      based on them           
36. "I don't know where   character                 36. "There's no other   
I'd be without that"      2. Little yellow bit for  possibility!"           
39. "I'm not going to     a classic video game      37. Title               
slow down for your sake"  character                 representations         
40. Within, poetically    3. Can't take             38. Matched             
41. When "the bells was   4. Passed a class         42. Front-to-front      
ringin'" and "our souls   quickly?                  43. Many a Grammy winner
were singin'" in a        5. Big brand for vapers   44. Exactly as what's   
classic hit song: Abbr.   6. Zen, so to speak       needed                  
42. Saudia Airlines       7. Call to approach       47. Aid in getting some 
carries many passengers   8. Makes sure there's no  contracts               
on one                    issue with?               48. Erstwhile brand of  
45. Much produce doesn't  9. It makes life easier   crunchy soy bits        
have one, briefly         10. The owners of its     49. One getting         
46. Move like 54-Across   eight original            "soldierized"           
forces, in a way          franchises called         51. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" 
49. One of two claimants  themselves the "Foolish   52. Old-style hold      
to the origin of the      Club"                     53. "u got it" may      
pisco sour cocktail       11. Extreme frustration   answer it               
50. Second-to-last word   in cracking open tough-   55. It's often          
in some email signature   to-open packages          represented by its      
blocks                    12. Sweetened the pot     middle letter           
51. Linda's role in "The  with                      57. Inspiration for the 
Terminator"               14. Halloween is one of   1968 hit "Just Dropped  
53. Land surveyors'       its last days in NYC      In (To See What         
creations                 18. Hail Mary,            Condition My Condition  
54. See 46-Across         hopefully, for short      Was In)"                
56. "Who was right all    21. Difficult way to ski
along, hmm?!"             27. Period of growing   

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

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