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Pride Midi '23

◆ · By George · Published 2023-06-16T13:47:42.080Z

Constructor's Note
Heads up: Less G-rated than a modern pride parade
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  • kieranjboyd 🤓3:49 · 2023-06-17T02:11:38.955Z
    Excellent! I'm so glad to see a grid that's both not G-rated and also so proudly dense with flavour
    • Brian Callahan 🤓3:03 · 2023-06-17T04:06:30.535Z
      Nicely done! Hell, if you're going to go there with that clue on SCREWING (which is great!), you could probably also kink-ify the clue for HUMILIATE a bit, too.
      • George constructor · 2023-06-18T05:24:30.054Z
        I thought about it! Next year I'll go harder.
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1A
      Goal for many gays at the gym
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      1. 1A
        Goal for many gays at the gym
      2. 4A
        With few words
      3. 11A
        Grand ___ (wine-bottle phrase)
      4. 12A
        Hybrid winter sport involving a chute
      5. 13A
        Center of a wheel
      6. 14A
        Dirtier, as a person who might have come down or climbed up a chimney
      7. 15A
        Bambi's aunt
      8. 16A
        Persecuted Dorian Gray author
      9. 17A
        Back-room activity in many a bathhouse (described here somewhat politely)
      10. 21A
        Mortify or embarrass publicly
      11. 24A
        Stockpiles of weapons
      12. 26A
        First-known opera, shares a name phonetically with a character from Some Like it Hot
      13. 29A
        Actress Phillipa
      14. 30A
        "My intention is..."
      15. 33A
        Occasional product of straights 17A
      16. 34A
        Not tangible; like an unconsummated connection from Grindr
      17. 35A
        That: Sp.
      18. 36A
        Actress Benning from The Kids Are All Right
      19. 37A
        Like Baldwin, Jordan, Frank, Polis, Garcia, and Balint (but not Sen. Sinema)
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        Yearns (for)
      2. 2D
        Gay midday weekend tradition
      3. 3D
        Carmaker with famous ad courting lesbians
      4. 4D
        Computer addresses, for short
      5. 5D
        "No," in Portuguese
      6. 6D
        Chocolate treat
      7. 7D
        Classic (gay-coded?) villain from The Great Mouse Detective
      8. 8D
        Militant grp. in Iraq and Syria
      9. 9D
        Rhyming synonym to squeaked (out)
      10. 10D
        ____ Island
      11. 18D
        Give off, as in warmth or wind
      12. 19D
        Cone-shaped cord connector (no relation to almonds or pecans)
      13. 20D
        They, in Marseilles
      14. 22D
        Charged (with)
      15. 23D
        Girl who lived on the "tippy-top floor" of the Plaza Hotel
      16. 25D
        Biblical site of homophobic purge (God is no ally!)
      17. 26D
        Like Cher or Whitney, often with pop
      18. 27D
        "I'm out; I ____ the closet no more!"
      19. 28D
        Floppy houseplant
      20. 31D
        Like rainbow dots on a wrist, for short
      21. 32D
        Flamenco cheer
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