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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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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