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The Autostraddle logo (AS) has been situated inside a tiny crossword grid to the left, and colorful crossword-like puzzle is the right near a pen, all on a bright yellow background
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Mini Crossword for the Straddleverse

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Oct 31, 2022
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  • Riese
    October 31, 2022 at 12:16 pm

    32 seconds!

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  • cleo
    October 31, 2022 at 12:50 pm

    4 minutes. Had to reveal a couple letters. Pretty satisfying to solve it!

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  • Caitlin
    October 31, 2022 at 1:00 pm

    27 seconds! i feel very cool

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  • Darcy
    October 31, 2022 at 1:18 pm

    1:03!

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  • KatieRainyDay
    October 31, 2022 at 1:31 pm

    295 seconds! I really liked this one

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  • Lydia
    October 31, 2022 at 2:24 pm

    1m59
    Loving this new feature!!!
    More please :)

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  • Ash
    October 31, 2022 at 2:31 pm

    35 seconds! embarrassed by how quickly i got 5 down lol

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  • Brigid
    October 31, 2022 at 2:47 pm

    25 seconds! I love crosswords and am so excited to see them here ahaha

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  • SAM
    October 31, 2022 at 3:08 pm

    2:14,so happy I solved it!

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  • Casey
    October 31, 2022 at 3:15 pm

    1:14!! So fun!

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    • xjuliannadee
      November 8, 2022 at 5:31 pm

      So fun thank you for these!

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  • Sa'iyda Shabazz
    October 31, 2022 at 3:34 pm

    well that was fun! a little over 1 minute, which is amazing bc i generally am not good at crosswords. 5 down is 100% correct, thank you!

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  • Jack
    October 31, 2022 at 5:47 pm

    You completed the puzzle in 1 minute 41 seconds

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  • likeaduck
    October 31, 2022 at 7:21 pm

    23 seconds!

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  • Serena
    October 31, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    56 seconds! Not too bad. Love a mini.

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  • Hannah K
    October 31, 2022 at 9:46 pm

    43 seconds! This was so fun :)

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  • Ellie
    November 1, 2022 at 1:06 am

    2 minutes, I am so glad this vertical was launched!

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  • Poo-Tah
    November 1, 2022 at 4:26 am

    4:20 ;)

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  • Linnea
    November 1, 2022 at 8:22 am

    1:12! I am loving these puzzles!! 🤩

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  • Kit
    November 1, 2022 at 12:34 pm

    1:21!

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  • tdj
    November 1, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    2:37!

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  • Lu
    November 1, 2022 at 2:39 pm

    1m33! Honestly Autostraddle doing word puzzles is the most ambitious crossover event of the century and I am very much here for it

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  • moomin
    November 1, 2022 at 10:53 pm

    1 minute 7!

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  • Megan
    November 6, 2022 at 4:11 am

    1 min 59 sec. I had to use a hint here and there but I’m happy I got most of them on my own.

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  • Sarah
    November 18, 2022 at 2:35 pm

    Super fast and loved it

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