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Mini Crossword Is Waxing Nostalgic

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Dec 14, 2022
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  • hihello
    December 14, 2022 at 5:37 am

    this one was a bit of a struggle but we did it, joe

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  • Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
    December 14, 2022 at 6:37 am

    1:17! Messed up 5 across at first which threw me off but recovered

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  • vensey
    December 14, 2022 at 6:55 am

    1 minute 26 dignity mostly intact

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  • Riese
    December 14, 2022 at 10:36 am

    2 minutes 23 seconds! took me way too long to figure out what would be covered during sex

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    • Darcy
      December 14, 2022 at 10:40 am

      the things i thought that might be…

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    • cleo
      December 14, 2022 at 11:23 am

      Right?!

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  • KatieRainyDay
    December 14, 2022 at 11:27 am

    1min 37seconds! this are really the perfect size

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  • Casey
    December 14, 2022 at 2:55 pm

    I had 5 and 7 across wrong at first, that really threw me! Phew I recovered.

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    • Angiles
      December 14, 2022 at 10:26 pm

      So did I!!! Did you also put “HAPPY” and “HIDES”??

      I was so stuck. Like, would that make Autostraddle’s astrology series “Satelite of HAHA”??

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