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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-23-237459
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230919
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230919
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230919

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000881787
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL ROYALTY TRADERS [6792]
		IRS NUMBER:				756415930
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10982
		FILM NUMBER:		231262987

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SIMMONS BANK TRUSTEE
		STREET 2:		2911 TURTLE CREEK BLVD., SUITE 850
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75219
		BUSINESS PHONE:		972-919-1360

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SIMMONS BANK TRUSTEE
		STREET 2:		2911 TURTLE CREEK BLVD., SUITE 850
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75219
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.50pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): <B>September</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;19, 2023</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)<B> </B> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Trustee </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3838 Oak Lawn
Ave, Suite 1720 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Dallas, Texas 75219-4518 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code <B>(855) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">588-7839</FONT></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) <B>NONE</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Check the appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;&#8195;Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;&#8195;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#9744;&#8195;Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#9744;&#8195;Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of
1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company &#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9744;
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September&nbsp;19, 2023, the Registrant issued a news release announcing its monthly cash distribution to unitholders of record on September&nbsp;29, 2023.
A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information in this Current Report, including the news release attached hereto, is being
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:7%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<P STYLE="margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>[NEWS RELEASE LETTERHEAD OF CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST APPEARS HERE] </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>Dallas, Texas, September</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;19, 2023</B> &#150; Argent Trust Company, as Trustee of the Cross Timbers
Royalty Trust (the &#147;Trust&#148;) (NYSE:CRT), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.090731 per unit, payable on October&nbsp;16, 2023, to unitholders of record on September&nbsp;29, 2023. The
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Current Month Distribution</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">108,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">72.38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4.01</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior Month Distribution</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">130,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">71.01</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4.33</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><I>(a)</I></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Sales volumes are recorded in the month the Trust receives the related net profits income. Because of this,
sales volumes may fluctuate from month to month based on the timing of cash receipts. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Excess Costs </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">XTO Energy has advised the Trustee that excess costs increased by $41,000 on properties underlying the Texas Working Interest
net profits interests. However, these excess costs did not reduce net proceeds from the remaining conveyances. Underlying cumulative excess costs remaining on the Texas Working Interest net profits interests total $2,414,000, including accrued
interest of $764,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For more information on the Trust, please visit our website at
<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">www.crt-crosstimbers.com</FONT></U>. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nancy Willis</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Argent Trust Company, Trustee</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
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