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Mini Crossword Will Give You All the Credit

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Nov 16, 2022
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  • :)
    November 16, 2022 at 5:06 am

    48 seconds

    (Both fast cars links take you to the grocery store article—I’m gonna have to search for Shea’s list that I think I missed somehow when it came out)

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    • Laneia
      November 16, 2022 at 9:36 am

      oh thank you! updated

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  • vensey
    November 16, 2022 at 6:10 am

    1 minute 10 seconds!

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  • hihello
    November 16, 2022 at 6:30 am

    i just want to applaud the neatness of this perfectly square puzzle. (is there a name for this among puzzle builders, i wonder? is it especially satisfying to make?)

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    • jenesaiswha
      November 16, 2022 at 7:12 am

      Love it, zero blocks! :O

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  • Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
    November 16, 2022 at 6:55 am

    1 minute 8 seconds! puzzle o’clock is my favorite time of day

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  • Lu
    November 16, 2022 at 12:30 pm

    35 seconds! Think that’s my best ever maybe I should retire now

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  • KatieRainyDay
    November 16, 2022 at 1:24 pm

    58 seconds!

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  • LGBT-Rex
    November 16, 2022 at 1:42 pm

    delightful!

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  • pearlpants
    November 16, 2022 at 2:31 pm

    Such a great use of two minutes of my planning period. Thank you!!

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  • Angiles
    November 16, 2022 at 3:57 pm

    54 seconds because I thought the answer to 6 across “Android” was PHONE

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  • Zephr
    November 16, 2022 at 5:34 pm

    It’s likely the menstrual hormones, but I teared up when I realized the only reason I didn’t get this faster was that I was used to having to think like a straight. When actually the answers are *sniff* gay!😢🙏

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  • ICouldIfIWantedTo
    November 16, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    I did this crossword earlier today and read the grocery store Fast Car article and now I am IN A GROCERY STORE THAT IS PLAYING FAST CAR. Witchcraft?!?

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  • Casey
    November 16, 2022 at 7:41 pm

    I kept thinking the android clue should have soemthing to do with Janelle Monae!

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  • Sully
    November 16, 2022 at 10:18 pm

    28 seconds! Speedy for this one

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  • likeaduck
    December 15, 2022 at 12:35 pm

    I’m going back through the old puzzles and binging them and I would just like to add: 14 seconds

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