Across 1 "The Queen of Mean" Helmsley 6 They aren't straight 10 In the sack 14 Come to mind 15 Penetrate the cracks 16 Jethrene Bodine portrayer Max 17 As a companion 18 Enjoy [...]

Across 1 "Nuts!" 5 Zorro was a gay one 10 Diced meat 14 Roasting place 15 Nick Adams as Johnny Yuma, e.g. 16 The "A" in A.D. 17 _Brothers & Sisters_ matriarch 18 Train that [...]

Across 1 Sports bra "model" Mia 5 Melissa Etheridge's "___ It Heavy" 9 Climax, e.g. 14 Midvoyage 15 Visitor at gay.com 16 The Lone Ranger's male companion 17 Story teller 18 "She's Crushing My Mind" [...]

  Across 1 Hatcher, on "Desperate Housewives" 6 Folded fast food 10 Frequent Trump portrayer Baldwin 14 Joe Cocker's "You ___ Beautiful" 15 Sandy-colored 16 Caesar's voice 17 Sgt. of a '90s Steve Martin flick [...]

Across 1 With 19-Across, Broadway revival of a 1970 film 8 Home fit for a queen 14 Wonder Woman's wrist ornament 15 Cook of "The Maltese Falcon" 16 Word after poet 17 Draws a bead [...]

  Across 1 Liquor source in Gomer's Mayberry 6 Hoofbeat of a stallion 10 Gay cable network 14 She hoped Gibson was gay in "What Women Want" 15 Org. against pirates 16 Digital rectal, for [...]

  Across 1 Express pleasure orally 5 Give the once-over in a gay bar 9 It may be grand, to Glenn Burke 13 Chaplin partner 14 Collette of "The Hours" 15 Forfeit 16 Just right [...]

Across 1 Low-quality meat 5 Biweekly tide 9 Langston Hughes' "The Weary ___" 14 Disneyland feature 15 Biblical trial word 16 Title character for Barbra 17 Zipper problem 18 Larry Kramer and peers 19 "Couldn't [...]

  Across 1 Martin Crane's support 5 "The African Queen" author 9 Way out of the closet 13 Asian inland sea 14 Like a muscle Mary's waist 15 Thomas ___ Edison 16 Drag queen's stocking [...]

Across 1 "___ because you think I look like a guy?" (with 7-Across) 7 See 1-Across 13 Establishes sexual preference? 15 Classical guitar great 16 Put it to your mouth at a gay rodeo 17 [...]

  Across 1 Diana of "Lady Sings the Blues" 5 Where they sing "Hello Dalai"? 10 Peggy of WOW Cafe 14 Engaged in 15 The way we word 16 Not hard to get in bed [...]

Across 1 Femme character in "Mango Kiss," or lip 5 Slap on the bottom 9 Opera selections 14 Loads 15 "The English Patient" nurse 16 "With parsley," for Traci Des Jardins 17 Start of a [...]

Across 1 Sistine Chapel figure by Michelangelo 7 Torah at Beth Chayim Chadashim 13 It may include Log Cabin candidates 14 Gaily colored flower 15 Start of a quote from Richard Pryor 17 Where students [...]

Across 1 Alfred Douglas' title 5 Spit out 10 Ending for Copland 14 Islamic ruler 15 "Caberet" line about screwing Maximilian 16 Out partner 17 The lowdown 18 Climax at the end of an action [...]

Across 1 "The Death of Friends" author Michael 5 The A in GLARP (abbr.) 9 Fairy story figure 14 How far up it goes (abbr.) 15 Syngman of Korea 16 Dykes on Bikes member, e.g. [...]

Across 1 Lesbos, even to straight people 5 Bodies of sailors 10 "How queer!" 14 Sphincter opening? 15 It can cut your pole 16 Kill, as a bill 17 Words from Rimbaud 18 Playful aquatic [...]

Across 1 GLAAD fundraiser, e.g. 5 Market bear's fear 10 Alternative to "Go straight" 14 A shade of the color purple 15 Skater Sonja 16 Langston Hughes was born here 17 Like vanilla sex 18 [...]

Across 1 Filed for palimony, e.g. 5 Gay rodeo accessory 10 Jeremy Irons title, in "The Borgias" 14 Lesbos, for one 15 Ike's opponent 16 Wilson of "Zoolander" 17 Man in a skirt, perhaps 18 [...]

Across 1 With 67-Across, first Disney Channel series with a gay storyline 5 Dance with a stick 10 Force that causes you to go down 14 One that plays with balls at the circus 15 [...]

Across 1 Prepares to shoot off 5 *"Project Runway" judge Michael 9 Broadway scenery chewers 13 Ballet move 14 Cuddly creatures of Endor 16 Click it to go to AfterEllen.com 17 Fairy tale bad guy [...]

Across 1 Old news agency of Nureyev's land 5 Rock Hudson roles, usually 10 Band that goes either way? 14 A word from Pilate 15 Any song by Patsy Cline 16 Trick 17 2nd number [...]

Across 1 "The Glass Menagerie" segments 5 Where two bones touch 10 Peters out 14 The Indigo Girls' "___ Line" 15 Half sib of Liza 16 Angelina's tomb-raiding role 17 Clothing designer Chow 18 Gay [...]

Across 1 Start of a quote from 22-Across 5 Sharon of "Queer as Folk" 10 See 22-Across 14 Ward of "Once and Again" 15 Like some old buckets 16 Picks out, with "for" 17 Soft [...]

Across 1 Strip in the locker room 5 Sexual attraction, with "the" 9 Don of game shows 14 David Hyde Pierce, to Yale 15 Actor Mapa 16 Homer-erotic tale? 17 Shakespeare's foot 18 Not e'en [...]

Across 1 Prick 5 Rubbed with rubber 11 Some go to hail to get one 14 Circle over St. Peter's head 15 Like some candle at St. Mary's 16 Park of NYC 17 With 36-Across, [...]