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9:18! Didn’t really have any issues, but I am completely baffled about what 10 and 20 across actually have to do with the clues?!!!
The answer to 27 across doubles as a thing you can do to the answers to 10/20 across, which gets you back to the clues…
Ahhhh, I get it now!
My Brain Hurts™
This one was hard but I did it! And I did it while drinking jasmine tea and watching the sky get lighter as the sun rose. What a lovely way to start the weekend.
WHAT DOES 20 ACROSS MEAN
it wasn’t even the last word i got but i cannot make it make sense with the clue because of the overlap of types of toboggan my poor brain
love to see ser anzoategui in a puzzle <3
You have to do the thing in 27 across to it 😉
Love the starred clues! Took me a while to figure it out, but so rewarding
Literally still don’t understand the starred clues even with someone explaining it above. Oh well. 13:37!
ohhhhhhhh it took me so long even with the explanation above!
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it helped to use a word like “eliminate” as a synonym in my head– you have to eliminate the extra letters (aka do what the answer to 27 says) in order for the answers to 10 and 20 to make sense
oh my god
thank you- never would’ve gotten there myself even with that explanation either. cute, now that i get it!
Thank you I finally get it now!!
Loved the starred clues once I figured them out! Also a fan of 1 down :)
10:04. My favorite Autostraddle crossword so far! Saw the starred clues and got very excited. I love a themed puzzle :)
10 minutes 54, loved the trick clue once I got it!
I looooved the starred clues! So fun
7:00
This one was harder, and I liked it!
(Yellowjackets spoilers)
I truly love autostraddle because where else is my reward for finishing a crossword puzzle learning that liv hewson is a series regular and that van survives? Gifts on gifts on gifts
(Also, the crossword nerd in me was delighted when I figured out 27 across, what a great puzzle!!)
5:24 and collabed it with Kristen!
11.24 minutes in theory, but i put it down to dig my allotment for several hours so that = uncounted ruminating time. Felt like I really achieved something completing this one!
8:47, I think my best time so far? Got stuck on #30 – time for me to brush up on pronouns.
Did anyone else have one across as a very Midwest term? Ha!