Subj : Yesterday's Crossword Solution
To   : All
From : Northern Realms
Date : Wed May 14 2025 08:05:04

Freestyle 814 - Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com

ACROSS           +1---2---3-------4---5---6---7---------------8---9---10--11-+
                 | C | B | S |]#[| R | O | D | S |]#[|]#[|]#[| T | B | S | P |
1. Holder of an  |12-+---+---+---+13-+---+---+---+14-+---+15-+---+---+---+---|
audio trademark  | S | U | P |]#[| E | N | R | O | N |]#[| G | E | E | U | P |
for a ticking    |16-+---+---+---+17-+---+---+---+---+---+18-+---+---+---+---|
stopwatch        | T | S | A |]#[| A | M | I | N | O |]#[| I | R | R | E | G |
4. Pinball       |19-+---+---+---+20-+---+---+---+---+---+21-+---+---+---+---|
machine          | O | I | C |]#[| D | E | B | I | T |]#[| A | N | G |]#[|]#[|
shooters         |22-+---+---+23-+---+---+---+24-+---+25-+---+---+26-+27-+28-|
8. Extract       | R | E | E | D | Y |]#[|]#[| C | O | H | N |]#[| A | P | O |
quantity,        |29-+---+---+---+---+30-+---+---+31-+---+---+32-+---+---+---|
maybe: Abbr.     | E | R | R | A | T | A |]#[|]#[| B | E | T | A | M | E | N |
12. What might   |---+---+---+33-+---+---+34-+35-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
accompany a      |]#[|]#[|]#[| W | O | R | K | W | O | R | K | W | O | R | K |
pound            |36-+37-+38-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
13. Notable      | I | M | A | D | E | T | H | A | T | P | A | R | T | U | P |
2002 New York    |39-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
Stock Exchange   | P | A | L | L | A | S | A | T | H | E | N | A |]#[|]#[|]#[|
delisting        |40-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+41-+---+---+42-+43-+44-|
15. "Get a move  | S | W | E | E | T | E | N |]#[|]#[| S | G | T | M | A | J |
on, horsey!"     |45-+---+---+---+46-+---+---+47-+---+---+48-+---+---+---+---|
16. Maintainer   | O | S | X |]#[| S | T | A | R |]#[|]#[| A | S | Y | L | A |
of "sterile      |---+---+49-+50-+---+---+51-+---+52-+53-+---+---+54-+---+---|
areas"           |]#[|]#[| M | O | O |]#[| T | A | T | A | R |]#[| B | L | M |
17. _____ ester  |55-+56-+---+---+---+---+57-+---+---+---+---+---+58-+---+---|
(cocaine or      | O | T | A | K | U |]#[| E | I | E | I | O |]#[| A | I | M |
Novocain,        |59-+---+---+---+---+---+60-+---+---+---+---+---+61-+---+---|
chemically       | R | E | C | A | P |]#[| S | T | E | N | O |]#[| L | E | E |
speaking)        |62-+---+---+---+---+---+---+63-+---+---+---+---+64-+---+---|
18. Short        | C | A | K | Y |]#[|]#[|]#[| A | N | T | S |]#[| L | S | D |
shabby           +-----------------------------------------------------------+
clothing?        
19. "It's clear now",     55. Obsessive fan, from   N.B.A. career           
online                    the Japanese              14. "I'd prefer neither"
20. Something that's      57. It comes between      15. Sizable extinct     
knocked off balance?      "farm" and "And"          marsupials of Australia 
21. With 61-Across, he    58. What to do after      23. Hang like a slug    
once asked, "What do I    you're ready?             25. Spots around the    
know about gay ranch      59. One might be posted   teeth, maybe            
hands in Wyoming?"        after a game              27. On whose coat of    
22. 6'8" and 175, say     60. Shorthand shorthand   arms the vicuna is found
24. Prosecutor involved   61. See 21-Across         28. Bussing at the base,
in the Red Scare and      62. Like brownies with    say                     
(though he was allegedly  more flour                30. Kit for one needing 
gay) the Lavender Scare   63. "They all do it the   a creative outlet       
26. What U.S. military    same way", in a 1995      32. "That's             
mail goes through         rock hit                  unfortunate!"           
29. They clear up         64. Subject of the        34. Political           
misunderstandings         Netflix docuseries "How   subdivisions of         
31. Nonassertive guys,    to Change Your Mind"      51-Across societies     
insultingly                                         35. "tf did I just      
33. "I never get a        DOWN                      read...?"               
chance to relax"                                    36. Literally, "by the  
36. "Everything you just  1. Where to make a quick  same"                   
heard is 100% true...     milk run, informally      37. Big gaps between    
well, actually, not       2. Less open to           lips                    
exactly 100%"             interruption              38. Title 1990s         
39. Epithet for the       3. One of many employed   Nickelodeon girl with a 
dedicatee of the          by a tiling contractor    "Secret World"          
Parthenon                 4. Canned tomato, maybe   42. "Out on you"        
40. Sugar, maybe          5. "Don't worry about     43. They fight with you 
41. One just above a      it"                       44. Needing force to    
"master", briefly         6. Mite                   open up                 
45. Mountain Lion was     7. ______ barrier         47. Cooler after a curry
the first version called  (concern with some        50. "Here's the deal..."
this                      military aircraft)        52. Word with mother or 
46. Critical unit         8. Skua's cousin          drama                   
48. Safe spaces           9. Citrus whose           53. "_____ Too Proud"   
49. Talk in black and     essential oil is prized   (Broadway jukebox       
white?                    in perfumes               musical about the       
51. Turkic tongue spoken  10. What to do if you're  Temptations)            
in Siberia                looking for action        55. Battle of Helm's    
54. Modern protest        11. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar   Deep battler            
letters                   averaged 24.6 in his      56. Dandelion product   

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