Puzzles

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

1 across / 5 letters / "___ the Vampire Slayer" (initial focus of "Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure")

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Mini Crossword Watches Too Much TV

Is that a contradiction in terms?

Darby Ratliff and Rachel

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Jun 4, 2025

1 across / 4 letters / Something to be solved by Cordelia Cupp

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AF+ Crossword Is Applying for the Role of ‘Bottom Chef’

Please pack your knives and go.

Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel

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May 31, 2025

8 across / 3 letters / Type of beer

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Mini Crossword Is Contemplating a New Haircut

Perhaps “a compromise between Natalie Dormer and the comic book Captain Marvel”?

Kate Hawkins and Rachel

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May 28, 2025

4 down / 5 letters / "The Substance" actress Demi

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AF+ Crossword Is Craving Pizza Rolls For Some Reason

And also trying to enroll in French classes…?

Emet Ozar and Rachel

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May 24, 2025

4 down / 5 letters / "The ___ of Salt" (Patricia Highsmith romance)

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Mini Crossword is Making Book Recommendations

The sheer quantity of literary content squeezed into this tiny puzzle is pretty impressive tbh.

Darby Ratliff and Rachel

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May 21, 2025

28 across / 5 letters / HBO series starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder

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AF+ Crossword Gets Snarky

Fastest solver gets a prize!

Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel

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May 17, 2025

6 across / 5 letters / Springtime fire sign for Kristen Stewart and Rachel Maddow

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Mini Crossword Is Full of Drama

Must be a fire sign.

Emet Ozar and Rachel

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May 14, 2025

33 across / 5 letters / ___ X Change (drag queen whose name references a painter and ATMs)

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AF+ Crossword Has Joined a Fantasy League

Mostly because a “snake draft” sounded kind of hot.

Kate Hawkins and Rachel

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May 10, 2025

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