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7:55. I liked this one! When there’s a multi-clue answer that you know, it makes everything so much easier!
Did this with Sadie. Our score is 420 lol. When I said “Gape” Sadie SHOUTED over her coffee, “HOLE!” Which was…incorrect.
10:47, with the last 15-20 seconds being me squinting at the puzzle trying to figure out what could possibly be ‘wrong’ and it was that, bafflingly, i used a 0 instead of an O in one square? why, self. happy saturday!
Still very trippy to have my brain fill in the “lol gay” answer to a clue (32-D, looking at you!) and then realize that no, in the AS crossword, I don’t have to figure out what a straight person would guess instead!
I am really enjoying these puzzles. Thanks, team!
06:40! but that was with me and kristen doing it together. love the queer lit clue
14:50, my partner and I did it together, definitely gonna be our new Saturday morning routine!
I love these! Thank you!!
8:28! For some reason the first quadrant took me the longest
That part took me the longest too!
Got it in 4:20, score 570. I haven’t even read the three-clue book yet but I’ve read ABOUT it on Autostraddle enough to get it. 😅
4:18. So lovely to wake up to this on a Saturday! I love having a little thing to do before i get out of my cozy bed. Now time to make coffee! Like Valerie Anne, I knew the title but haven’t read the book. One of these days I really should!
Loved this one!!
7:52, loved the clue for the climbing gays
11:45. Starting to get the hang of these a little!
2:30/score of 600! love all the commenters who are doing this is a couples activity, that’s extra gay points
3:40! This was so fun =)
4:39! When I saw that crosswords were part of the fundraising goals I was kinda confused….but I’ve been LOVING the games content. Genuinely can’t get enough! Thanks for doing this.
Absolutely loving these. I did some laundry when I was stumped, which actually helped !
10:06 – loving these!!! I miss the crosswords from physical newspapers (but not the editorials lol) – these are so fun!
10 minutes some odd. I had to reveal a lot of this one. ps, is there a way we can get the info thing that pops up after the puzzle without having to redo the puzzle? because I want to explore some of those links later
This one was super fun even though I had to use some reveals!
Loving this so much! What a delight! It’s so sweet to feel seen through a puzzle of all things. And to be reminded of all the good gay things Autostraddle has written about afterwards, A+ (lol) experience all around.
I’m realizing I don’t hate crosswords!! I hate straight crosswords! I can actually do these ones!!
1:48/615, and that Toni Morrison/Fran Lebowitz article just blew my mind – no matter their relationship, I love that they were so close!!
this was so fun and challenging. I was stuck in the second quadrant for a moment, and it was a delight— after going thru the alphabet in my head lol— to figure out the one letter that satisfies the clue and the words around it. I love this series.
18:23 / 420 B)