ACROSS 1. Theme from Wednesday’s convo: “___ Synergy” 6. World’s busiest airport from 1963-1998 7. A violinist’s or gymnast’s need 8. Fiddled 9. Give ___ (let off)   DOWN 1. “Ish” 2. Holler with joy 3. Class that might give a GPA boost 4. People indigenous to area that is now Buffalo, NY 5. Cares for, as a garden   Link to answers

By Caleb Shenk • September 8, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. With 5-Down, GC class session starting in 20 days 4. “Pics ___ didn’t happen!” 6. Fights it out 8. First film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism 9. Tingling sensation one might get from a video with whispering or microphone tapping, in brief   DOWN 1. Pie à la ___ 2. Caribbean destination roughly one-seventh the size of Elkhart County 3. “Boy oh boy!” 5. See 1-Across 7. Orch. section   Link to answers

By Caleb Shenk • April 13, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Music star currently on her “Eras Tour” — her first in five years 6. Album released in 2019 by 1-Across 7. Atlanta research university 8. Mend a sock with holes 9. Sen. Schumer’s constituency   DOWN 1. Mode of transport most useful in winter 2. “God is a ___”: Ariana Grande hit 3. Material found in elephants or old pianos 4. Plants with fronds 5. Give a whirl   Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • March 30, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Women’s history month 6. For mature audiences 7. Deck of cards used for predicting 8. Muscle pain that bananas might help with 9. Lends a hand   DOWN 1. Dating app 2. On ___ (how some pranks may be done) 3. Outside city limits 4. Walk around loudly 5. Start to some web searches   Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • March 23, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Type of rally that might precede a sports event 4. Some black-tie parties 6. “Aida” or “La Traviata” 7. Like a four-leaf clover, for example 8. Statistics   DOWN 1. ___ New Guinea 2. Vote into office 3. Winter coat that extends below the hips 4. What one might hope to find at the end of a rainbow 5. Speak aloud   Link to Solutions

By Caleb Shenk • March 16, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Flavorful citrus bits 6. Prepare for 7. Easiest type of ski slope 8. Title chameleon of a 2011 animated film 9. Not from Earth   DOWN 1. Name for referee 2. Like the sides of an equilateral triangle 3. Branch of Islam 4. Slightest hint of 5. Peer through the blinds, perhaps   Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • February 23, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. TV button: abbr. 4. Spanish bear 5. Plant-based sugar alternative 7. Salad veggies 8. Shape of many candies and cookies this week   DOWN 1. Fashion magazine led by Condé Nast 2. First Asian player to be ranked No. 1 in singles 3. Taylor Swift song that also named the album 5. German’s “Gah!” 7. The “e” of i.e.   Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • February 16, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Rank above cpl. 4. House work? 6. Ecuadorian goodbye 8. Mario and Luigi’s sidkick 9. Convertible roof type   DOWN 1. What knights and girlbosses do, perhaps 2. Wonder Woman actress 3. Surprise ending 5. NYC neighborhood 7. Sample a beverage     Link to Answers

By Caleb Shenk • February 2, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. Q-tips, for example 6. Extremely cold 7. This word, with 2- Down, could be its own clue 8. Game show “Let’s make ___” 9. Adjective that might describe a fox   DOWN 1. Org. for animal lovers 2. See 7-Across 3. Succulents that soothe 4. ___ metabolic rate (energy expended just by existing) 5. “R u kidding me??”   Link to Solution

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ACROSS 1. Questions 5. Baking ingredient 7. Slow and plodding, in music 8. “Please, have ___” 9. It might have pie slices on it   DOWN 1. Insurance company whose name rhymes with “quack” 2. Question mark’s partner on the keyboard 3. Kimchi is its national dish 4. Baking ingredient 6. Spot to find some baked goods on campus, informally   solution

By Caleb Shenk • January 19, 2023 • Funnies

ACROSS 1 One option for Halloween 6 Type of numeral or candle 7 Between, en français 8 Acobat’s platform? 9 East Asian doctrine of harmony and natural order   DOWN 1 Another option for Halloween 2 ___Rousey, the first female fighter in the UFC Hall of Fame 3 “___ old for this!” 4 Nutrition unit marathoners often load up on, for short 5 Body part doctors sometimes hit with a hammer                            

By Caleb Shenk • October 28, 2022 • Funnies

ACROSS 1. “I can’t f-f-feel my t-t-toes!” 4. Part of Australia seeing the impacts of climate change 6. ___ dirt (getting on in years) 8. The “sun” in sunny- side-up eggs 9. Clever DOWN 1. Dude 2. Trust 3. Mulligans, e.g. 5. Drop … or what the circled letters do, hinting at the theme 7. It’s way over your head   Scroll down for the answers.                                        

By Caleb Shenk • October 13, 2022 • Funnies

Across: 1. Theme of GC’s opening convocation, with 9-Across 5. How some estimates start 7. ___ Dame 8. Visibly dizzy, in an old-fashioned way 9. See 1-Across   Down 1. Rodriguez who starred in “Jane the Virgin” 2. Stenches 3. Bone: Prefix 4. “Is it too bold of me?” 6. What Scott asked the audience to do when singing the Alma Mater                                                

By Caleb Shenk • September 8, 2022 • Funnies