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Queer crosswords and more!

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Mini Crossword Didn’t Go Out For Burritos

It was an eat-dinner-on-the-couch kind of night

Emet Ozar and Rachel

Jul 30, 2025

20 down / 3 letters / Largest U.S. city without a WNBA franchise

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AF+ Crossword Is Bad at Spelling

I used to run a dating service for chickens.

Rebecca Goldstein

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Apr 27, 2024

clue that reads "I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own": blank of five spaces Lorde

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Mini Crossword Struggles With Leg Day

I tried to start a professional hide and seek team, but it didn’t work out.

Emet Ozar

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Apr 26, 2024

3 down / 5 letters / "___ to Watch Out For" (Alison Bechdel weekly comic strip)

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Mini Crossword Is Coincidentally Also a Scorpio Rising

How do you make a water bed bouncier?

Kate Hawkins

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Apr 24, 2024

5 across / 6 letters / Popular alternative lifestyle haircut

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Mini Crossword Loves a Plant-Based Option

I just found out I’m colorblind.

Emet Ozar

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Apr 22, 2024

18 across / 4 letters / hint: "___ It Like Beckham" (2002 movie that was totally more gay in the experience of it than in actuality)

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AF+ Crossword Is Extra Tall (So Maybe Solve This One on a Computer)

My girlfriend dumped me because of my obsession with pasta.

Kate Hawkins

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Apr 20, 2024

7 across / 5 letters / hint: Bluestockings Cooperative or City Lights

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Mini Crossword Holds a Grudge

My landlord told me we need to talk about the heating bill.

Darby Ratliff

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Apr 19, 2024

1 down / 5 letters / hint: Wanton-leaver-of-gloves-at-department-stores Aird (portrayed by Cate Blanchett)

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Mini Crossword “Accidentally” Leaves Gloves Everywhere

I just applied for a job down at the diner.

Kate Hawkins

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Apr 17, 2024

Mini Crossword Knocks ‘Em Back

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Mini Crossword Knocks ‘Em Back

I found a wooden shoe in my toilet today.

Darby Ratliff

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Apr 15, 2024

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