ACROSS 1. One of three important celestial orbs for April 8 4. Friend of Thumper and Flower 6. No longer on deck 7. One of three important celestial orbs for April 8 8. Lines on which music is written DOWN 1. Used, as a desk 2. Phenomenon depicted in this puzzle and on April 8 3. Pro hoops network 4. Sweeties, in modern slang 5. “Am ___ only one?”

By Caleb Shenk • April 4, 2024 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. The Record, for example 6. Reproductive parts of flowers 8. Insect that can eat 50 aphids a day 10. Joke 11. Glass of “This American Life” 12. Tempted 14. Mailed 15. “Smoking!” DOWN 1. Weird Al parody “___ Face” 2. Assists 3. Impromptu bird baths, perhaps 4. Ron of “Tarzan” fame 5. New beginning 7. Definitely will 9. Gal in “Wonder Woman” 13. Cinco menos cuatro   Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • March 21, 2024 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Run ___ (go wild) 5. “Qué ___?” 6. International Women’s History month 7. Times New Roman alternative 8. Greek prefix seen in some dinosaurs meaning “wing” DOWN 1. In pieces 2. Nobel-winning Curie (and only person to win the prize in two sciences) 3. Award “Oppenheimer” won seven of last Sunday 4. Artist Frida renowned for her self-portraits 6. Park ranger’s handout Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • March 14, 2024 • Funnies

ACROSS  1. Chisel 5. *Word anagrammed an appropriate amount of times in this puzzle 7. Footwear hard to run in 8. Worker in a trauma ward, informally 9. Old-fashioned Speed Wagons DOWN 1. *Early anesthetic 2. *“Voilá” 3. “I believe,” in Latin 4. Choppers 5. Key above the tilde Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • February 22, 2024 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. <3 6. Ellen ___, first Hispanic woman in space 7. Final authority 8. Subjects of Pulitzer-prize winning novel “The Overstory” (2019) 9. Objects in the “eyeball economy” DOWN 1. Popular landscaping plant 2. Possible delivery method for Valentine’s Day 3. “Just as I thought” 4. Valentine’s Day flower … or color 5. New Mexico town that inspired Georgia O’Keeffe Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • February 15, 2024 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. ___ History Month, chosen in February due to Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’ birthdays 6. Mario’s sidekick who hatches from an egg and throws fruit 7. Response to a lame joke 8. Take apart 9. Astronaut Jemison DOWN 1. “Dagnabbit!” 2. ___ Doone (cookie brand) 3. Stick out like ___ thumb 4. Hindi word meaning “tea” 5. Civil rights leader who visited Goshen College in 1960, speaking on “The Future of Integration” Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • February 1, 2024 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. TIME magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year 6. Golfer Palmer, to fans 7. Send to attack 8. Publicity grab, perhaps 9. Current tour by 1-Across, the first ever to cross $1 billion DOWN 1. Mouth off to 2. Put pen to paper 3. Run up, as expenses 4. Shrek’s love 5. Structures some fans of 1-Across camped out in for five months to see her Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • January 18, 2024 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. With 8-Across, it falls during winter 5. Put on the payroll 7. “Tattered Tom” author Horatio 8. See 1-Across 9. Basks in the sun, maybe DOWN 1. Give a raw deal 2. Snack brand whose name hints at its flavor 3. Skin, but not hand 4. There are 52 in a year 6. “Dr.” of hip-hop Link to answers

By Caleb Shenk • November 30, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. With 7-Across, device invented before the car 5. Vice president Agnew who resigned from office in 1973 6. Three-card scam 7. See 1-Across 8. Ones born before Virgos DOWN 1. Ruin 2. Add a bit of color to 3. Greek prefix meaning “straight” 4. Frost and Dickinson, for example 5. T-shirt size option: abbr. Link to answers

By Caleb Shenk • November 9, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Tweet alternative? 6. ___ Elise Goldsberry, portrayer of Angelica Schuyler in the original “Hamilton” cast 7. Chocolate mint brand 8. Small-scale swindling 9. “Chandelier” singer DOWN 1. Rock-climbing locations 2. Dutch priest and professor ___ Nouwen 3. Most populous country 4. Place to go scuba diving 5. Rascal Link to answers

By Caleb Shenk • November 2, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Notes before dos, in solfege 4. Chamomile and earl grey, for example 5. Have a lavish meal 6. Piece of dorm room furniture 7. Enzyme suffix DOWN 1. Poke fun … or a phonetic hint to three other words in this grid 2. “Can ___ you a question?” 3. GC study abroad option 4. Golf supporters? 5. Agency that oversees fish (but not catfish) and cheese pizza (but not pepperoni pizza), among other things Link to answers

By Caleb Shenk • October 26, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. With 6-Across, fall dessert with cinnamon and streusel topping 6. See 1-Across 7. “Hidden Figures” actress Janelle 8. Overdo it onstage 9. GC opportunity for studying abroad DOWN 1. Peaks 2. High school dances 3. ___ Grigio 4. Future atty.’s exam 5. Fencing blade Link to answers

By Caleb Shenk • October 12, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Mascot whose first birthday is this Saturday 5. Reading material you can’t dog-ear 7. Indigenous rights or climate change, e.g. 8. Tree that forms “stands,” connecting to other genetically identical trees underground and forming one single organism 9. Come clean, with “up” DOWN 1. Java Junction order after dinner, perhaps 2. Belittle 3. Tomato or split pea, for example 4. Firetruck attachments 6. Doll played by Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu and John Cena, among others Link to answers

By Caleb Shenk • October 5, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Yukon S.U.V. maker 4. Money, in other words 6. Itty bitty 7. Protagonist in Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” 8. Musician and peace activist Yoko DOWN 1. Money, in other words 2. Key ingredient to turn a two-liter Diet Coke into a gushing fountain 3. Money, in other words 4. Partner of un abrazo 5. It can make your hair go grey Link to answers

By Caleb Shenk • September 28, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. With 9-Across, Goshen College’s 1,189-acre nature center 6. Ballot method that doesn’t require paper 7. Copenhagen residents 8. Piles on 9. See 1-Across DOWN 1. Prize often associated with the Olympics 2. Weasel out of 3. ___ Rousey, only woman to be champion in both the UFC and WWE 4. GPS options: Abbr. 5. One of two responses in Twenty Questions Link to answers

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