Oct 26' Crossword
Happy Spooky Month! For most Americans, the month of October rings in the fall season with spiced drinks, cool activities, and a fun costumed celebration to look forward to. But did you know that October is also Queer History Month? That means all month long, The Patchwork Post will bring you fun, informative history and stories about the queer Black folks who have made contributions of joy, resistance, science, politics, and art to the world!
Across
1. Rating for many a sitcom
5. ___ Kamara is a Liberian-American
10. Nervous as ___
14. Alligator Bite Never ___
15. Director Eastwood
16. Moon feature
17. Lawyer: Abbr.
18. Seashore souvenir
19. Gardner namesakes
20. Facilities with padded walls
23. Author of "On Who Gets To Be a Queer African"
25. Old what's-___-name
26. Spot ___
27. City midway between Detroit and Toronto
32. Charlton Heston title role
33. British derrière
34. Rendezvous
35. First Lesbian Visibility Month is ___ 2027!
37. Slightly open
41. Having no depth, briefly
42. "___ hooks"
43. Jungle king's jeans and overalls?
47. "Doe, ___ ..."
49. Cry of discovery
50. Mets' div.
51. Pittsburgh Pirates hero of the 1960 World Series
56. with the Denver Gold and Chicago Blitz
57. One fighting urban sprawl, say
58. Popular hairstyle in the 1960s
61. Make a digital image of
62. Group mailing tool
63. Omelette ingredient
64. Bullfight bull
65. Go from ___ worse
66. miss
Down
1. "___ Carter III" (Lil Wayne 3x platinum album)
2. Dog doc
3. ___ is a New York City-based Black fashion and portrait photographer
4. English author Elinor
5. Palin was his running mate
6. Shakespearean king
7. ___ wave
8. Donald Duck, to his nephews
9. Biblical verb endings
10. Tourist town of Salerno
11. Neil of Fox News
12. Mild-flavored seaweed in Japanese cuisine
13. Nickname for Theresa
21. Like show horses' feet
22. Days of old
23. Proto-matter of the universe
24. Mouselike animal
28. Dah's counterpart in Morse code
29. "Taxi" character Elaine
30. Prefix with athlete
31. Communication for the deaf, in brief
35. Saddler's tool
36. Luau dish
37. Enzyme ending
38. J Chike, is an Atlanta-born visual artist
39. Blue dye source
40. City founded by a twin, in myth
41. Semester, e.g.
42. Japanese salad plants
43. visionary founder ___ Clemens
44. "Not a chance!"
45. What the weary get, in a saying
46. Feature of pop and rock?
47. "Aristotle Contemplating ___ of Homer"
48. Dance club with a glittery ball overhead
52. Marian ___ Mereba is an Ethiopian-American singer
53. Émile of the Dreyfus Affair
54. "Idylls of the King" lady
55. Evil "Get Smart" organization
59. Same old same old
60. All ___ sudden
The Prize
This month our prize is coming from Bonhomie Coffee Bar, an extraordinary Black, queer, and woman-owned coffee bar that exemplifies community, craft, and culture! Our first place winner can expect to receive a $50 gift card to the coffee bar.
