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Brooke is a queer crossword constructor and scientist based in Brooklyn. You can find her favorite other crossword work on her free blog, at the New Yorker, and at the USA Today. When she's not making crosswords, she enjoys long distance running, yoga, and assembling Spotify playlists. Connect with her on twitter at @xandraladee!
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48 seconds
(Both fast cars links take you to the grocery store article—I’m gonna have to search for Shea’s list that I think I missed somehow when it came out)
oh thank you! updated
1 minute 10 seconds!
i just want to applaud the neatness of this perfectly square puzzle. (is there a name for this among puzzle builders, i wonder? is it especially satisfying to make?)
Love it, zero blocks! :O
1 minute 8 seconds! puzzle o’clock is my favorite time of day
35 seconds! Think that’s my best ever maybe I should retire now
58 seconds!
delightful!
Such a great use of two minutes of my planning period. Thank you!!
54 seconds because I thought the answer to 6 across “Android” was PHONE
It’s likely the menstrual hormones, but I teared up when I realized the only reason I didn’t get this faster was that I was used to having to think like a straight. When actually the answers are *sniff* gay!😢🙏
I did this crossword earlier today and read the grocery store Fast Car article and now I am IN A GROCERY STORE THAT IS PLAYING FAST CAR. Witchcraft?!?
I kept thinking the android clue should have soemthing to do with Janelle Monae!
28 seconds! Speedy for this one
I’m going back through the old puzzles and binging them and I would just like to add: 14 seconds