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Kate Hawkins is a city-loving Californian currently residing in New Hampshire with her wife and toddler, where she's currently enjoying sports that require unwieldy pieces of equipment (kayaking! biking! cross country skiing!) and grilling lots of corn. She's stoked to be writing puzzles for Autostraddle and hopes you enjoy solving these gay puzzles!
Kate has written 74 articles for us.
Rachel is a queer crossword constructor, writer, and bioethicist.
Rachel has written 18 articles for us.
Loooved this, loved the lil trap at 7A and I enjoyed having to think about things a bit!!!
Possible spoiler for the puzzle incoming so am putting something here to warn people to not read on, lalala
Ok so is the hint in 21 across supposed to have the “at”? Or should the “at” maybe be in brackets? Because the way the hint is set up it implies that the answer will have a direct object, when in fact it also needs the “at”. I think the way it is set up now implies the “at” meaning is included in the answer. I promise I’m not trying to be a nitpicking jerk I just wanted to ask about it bc I am so used to a certain set of crossword conventions and wasn’t sure if the same ones are used here, am curious to hear :)
Yes, you’re totally right! Thanks for catching this — I’ve updated the clue to include the parentheses. I think it’s possible to [21-Across] without there being an object, but since we included it in the clue, it should be implied in the answer as well :) You can trust us to follow the crossword conventions you see elsewhere, I promise!