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From : Northern Realms
Date : Sun Jul 06 2025 08:05:06

Freestyle 867 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3---4-------5---6---7---8-----------9---10--11--12-+
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1. Events where  |13-+---+---+---+14-+---+---+---+---+---+15-+---+---+---+---|
posters pose     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
questions        |16-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+---|
5. They're       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
often littered   |18-+---+---+---+19-+---+---+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---|
9. With          |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
52-Down, comic   |---+21-+---+22-+---+23-+---+---+---+24-+---+---+25-+---+---|
who said, "We    |]#[|   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
were poor. If I  |26-+---+---+---+27-+---+28-+---+---+---+---+29-+---+---+---|
wasn't a boy, I  |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
wouldn't have    |30-+---+---+---+---+31-+---+32-+---+---+33-+---+---+---+---|
had nothing to   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
play with"       |34-+---+---+---+---+---+35-+---+36-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
13. Lilac or     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|]#[|]#[|
mint, e.g.       |37-+---+---+---+---+---+---+38-+---+39-+---+---+40-+41-+42-|
15. Regulator    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |
of velocity or   |---+---+---+---+43-+---+---+---+44-+---+45-+---+---+---+---|
position on a    |]#[|]#[|]#[|]#[|   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |
mechanical       |---+46-+47-+48-+---+---+49-+---+---+50-+---+51-+---+---+---|
system           |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |
16. "Well, I     |52-+---+---+---+---+53-+---+---+---+---+54-+---+55-+---+---|
guess it's       |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |
fine"            |56-+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+58-+---+---+59-+---+---+---|
17. One side of  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
the "GIF"        |60-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
debate           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
18. You might    |62-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---+---+---|
click to open    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |]#[|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
it               +-----------------------------------------------------------+
19. Real-life    
model who was once        51. Film character who    sometimes               
Quagmire's serious        said, "Cutting your hand  15. It's under a cap    
girlfriend, in "Family    off was only a childish   22. Lots of dukes fly in
Guy"                      prank, you might say..."  it                      
20. Aga Khan and others   52. Number on a ticket    24. Have no post-test   
21. It comes before and   53. In its strictest      doubt, say              
after "what" in a saying  meaning                   26. Closing figures:    
23. Checked design        55. Org. whose members    Abbr.                   
25. What might have cozy  often use body English    27. BLT choices         
confines?                 56. Much of its business  29. Definitely isn't    
26. Needing a lot of      is going under            profligate              
clarification             58. "???"                 31. Projects, as a shot 
28. Org. that made the    60. Placeholder quantity  33. Amazon source?      
red cross?                61. They may be redeemed  35. Centuries of        
29. Good thing to do      62. Substitutes for       Scrabble players        
with a key in mind        players                   38. Suspension points   
30. Late consort from     63. Demo order?           40. 79 disaster area    
the Mountbatten family                              41. Went from 5 to 15,  
32. Tool used in          DOWN                      e.g.                    
separating racks                                    42. "What else is       
34. Stayed inside for,    1. Opposite of "all       relevant is..."         
say                       together"                 44. Pushed hard         
36. One may help you      2. Cause great            46. Notes that once     
find the score            discomfort (for)          featured the image of   
37. Feature at the end    3. "Tangentially..."      AtatUrk                 
of some darts             4. Things aren't lined    47. One coming in at the
39. Tries to convince,    up in one                 end?                    
in a way                  5. One trailing a head    48. Rum, to some        
43. Biologist's remote    6. "Isn't it obvious?!"   50. Total bore          
study site, maybe         7. It's good with a       52. See 9-Across        
45. Tiny bit of           draft                     53. Quattro trimestri   
reproduction              8. React to a crowning    54. Standard for vacuum 
46. Many modern           9. Big sheet pile         cleaner air filters,    
Christmas adornments,     10. Unreliable            briefly                 
briefly                   11. Where one might play  57. One trying to make  
49. They're often played  an extra                  sure you have no issue? 
up in the "Real           12. Long stretch          59. Abbr. in some hill  
Housewives" series        14. Shock container,      city names              

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