Editor’s note: An older version of another crossword (which inadvertently gave away the first clue) published earlier this morning. It’s been removed and replaced with this one! Apologies for any crossword confusion you may have experienced during this trying time.
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Rachel is a queer crossword constructor, writer, and bioethicist.
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ooh adorable trivia in crossword excerpt spot?
43 seconds!
i did the puzzle AND learned some measurement conversion that i’m sure will come in handy one of these days
iiiii say set up a dumb joke in the excerpt and put the answer on the start box
47 seconds! My fastest yet~
53 seconds! I’d say a pun? A joke? I also really liked the trivia idea. Did you know ()?
1 minute flat!
Same!
thank you for these excerpt recommendations! keep ’em coming
37 seconds!
I humbly submit: queer laffy taffy jokes
My vote for the excerpts is: Fruit Facts! (Get it?) Did you know that pineapples are not a single fruit, but a group of berries fused to a central stalk??
36 seconds – def a personal record