Subj : Daily Crossword
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From : Northern Realms
Date : Thu Jul 03 2025 08:05:12

Freestyle 864 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4---5-------6---7---8---9---10------11--12--13-+
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1. Frequency     |14-+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---+---+16-+---+---|
6. River in      |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
whose valley     |17-+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---+---+---+19-+---+---|
the ancient      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
Mohenjo-daro     |20-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---|
settlement was   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
located          |---+---+---+---+---+22-+---+---+---+---+23-+---+---+---+---|
11. Where        |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
people come      |24-+25-+26-+27-+28-+---+---+---+---+29-+---+---+---+---+---|
from, in part    |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
14. One end of   |30-+---+---+---+---+---+31-+32-+33-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
a charger        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
15. See 27-Down  |34-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+35-+36-+37-|
16. One may      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
require an       |---+---+---+38-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
extension,       |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
briefly          |39-+40-+41-+---+---+---+---+---+---+42-+---+---+---+---+---|
17. "So          |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
cathartic!"      |43-+---+---+---+---+---+44-+45-+46-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
19. _____ suit   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|
(certain         |47-+---+---+---+---+48-+---+---+---+---+49-+50-+51-+52-+53-|
athletic wear,   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
informally)      |54-+---+---+---+55-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
20. Given to     |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
sailing          |56-+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---+---+58-+---+---+---+---|
21. One living   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
by the concept   |59-+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---|
of "hygge", a    |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
sense of         +-----------------------------------------------------------+
convivial        
coziness                                            27. With 15-Across,     
22. Org. for which Greg   1. Target of some         post-Christmas mantra   
Feith, nicknamed "Mud     criminal justice reform   28. Cereal (or should I 
Stud", was once           2. You often can't get a  say "dessert for        
Investigator in Charge    deal without it           breakfast") whose       
23. Either person used    3. Something to settle    Extreme Creme Taste     
as a model for the        on?                       version contains        
"American Gothic"         4. Flattered, maybe, as   marshmallows            
figures (or its           an older person           29. Not given to        
painter), e.g.            5. What's difficult for   altruism at all         
24. What gets you going   some people to have       31. Frequent spot for   
29. Record collection of  control over?             sediment buildup: Abbr. 
a sort                    6. Block from working     32. With 51-Down,       
30. Like "I'll spot you   metal                     something to bet        
$20" offers, often        7. Quaint shout of        33. Feature that's      
34. "No excuse not to go  frustration               mainly groundwater-fed  
out"                      8. Not the most outgoing  35. Ending meaning      
38. "A bit hypocritical   person                    "resembling"            
to criticize someone      9. Taunt to an Internet   36. Addressee of the    
else's morality, hmm?"    poster getting waaay too  1981 song lyric "Woman, 
39. Some movie publicity  angry in an argument      please let me explain / 
stunts                    10. It usually comes      I never meant to cause  
42. Boomtown Rats singer  with its own list         you sorrow or pain"     
Bob who cofounded Live    11. One end of the        37. Good for a casual   
Aid                       Rideau Canal              hookup, in online dating
43. They're often belted  12. Happening when many   shorthand               
44. Cake whose name       things are blooming       39. Wash onto the shore 
derives from the Polish   13. Pilots of crafts      40. Gotten by few       
for "grandmother"         that probably wouldn't    41. Address for "un     
47. Nick's remnant        get clearance to land by  marido" or "una esposa" 
48. Ask for too much      air traffic control       44. 2017 Best Actress   
credit, maybe             18. Compartments          Tony winner for playing 
54. Piper topper          sometimes covered in      Dolly in "Hello, Dolly!"
55. Purchase for          pickup trucks             45. One may come as a   
babyproofing a house      21. Irish county that     relief                  
56. Reverses are          shares its last five      46. Wake stands         
implemented in it         letters with an African   48. Very credulous type 
57. Awful thing to be     nation                    49. Water should never  
left at                   23. Really living         be added to it, it's    
58. Secondhand            24. Animal whose name     said                    
indication                often takes the word      50. "Hey, I see what you
59. "_____ sources..."    "mouse" at the end,       did there!"             
60. Like a car, if you    though it's not a mouse   51. See 32-Down         
ask a Bostonian?          25. State sch. with a     52. One emptying the    
61. Not the most          branch on the Merrimack   tank                    
outgoing people           River                     53. Requires a          
                          26. What multiple         correction              
DOWN                      stations are on: Abbr.    55. Liquid propeller    

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