Comparing Tongues
Across 1 Sound like a spinning top 5 Taye, the "Black Clark Gable" 10 Obscene four-letter word 14 Frequent online claim 15 ___ Gay 16 Field of study 17 Starting from 18 Cutter of leaves [...]
Teen Angst
Across 1 One of the Three Bears 5 Puts it to 9 Peters out 13 “East of Eden” brother 14 Warm to a come-on 15 Kind of stimulation 16 Go on and on 17 Georgia [...]
Agnes of ‘WandaVision’
Across 1 Poet Gidlow 5 "Sodomy" musical 9 Heroic tales 14 Anderson Cooper's area 15 “All ___ “ (1984 Tomlin film) 16 Almost ready for the tooth fairy 17 Hopeless cases for Dr. Torres 18 [...]
Fostering Age Reversal
Across 1 Six feet under 5 Beginning of “Wicked” 9 Foster 14 Art Deco name 15 “Brothers & Sisters” matriarch 16 Ketchup catcher 17 Palindromic time 18 Like a muscle Mary's waist 19 George of [...]
Do You Get a Rush Out of Hate?
Across 1 Irene who played Coco in “Fame” 5 S&M reminders 10 XXX, in Greek porn? 14 Give ___ to (approve) 15 Easily screwed 16 Trent of Mississippi 17 Circumcision, for one 18 Take steps [...]
Layshia on Top Surgery
Across 1 What's in the stallion's mouth 5 Chiwetel Ejiofor's “Kinky ___” 10 IML winner's accessory 14 “M. Butterfly” star John 15 Dana of “MacGyver” 16 Heterogeneous mixture 17 With 37-Across, Layshia Clarendon's comment on [...]
Dynamic Ceramic
Across 1 Bas reliefs of Lincoln 6 Verdi slave girl 10 “Macbeth” segments 14 Words before once 15 Barneys, e.g. 17 Cobblers put the tongue here 18 Start of a quote by ceramic artist Colin [...]
Eddie Izzard’s Wardrobe
Across 1 Lance once of 'N Sync 5 "Put roses on the piano and tulips on the ___" 10 Milk-colored stone 14 In midvoyage, maybe 15 Dorothy, to Em 16 Lesbian porn star Hartley 17 [...]
Clear as a Bella
Across 1 Moist mounds 5 _A Delicate Balance_ author 10 Cowhand's chow 14 James of _The African Queen_ fame 15 A queen rules it, perhaps 16 Sultry Horne 17 Rednour, who wrote a femme's guide [...]
The Queen’s Gambit
Across 1 "All's Well That ___ Well" 5 Bitch 9 Cut leaves of grass by the sidewalk 14 Draw a cross over 15 Shape of an office that will soon lose a homophobe 16 Island [...]
Eat, Pray, Love, Direct
Across 1 Klinger portrayer on "M*A*S*H" 5 Roman deity related to Diana 9 Watts in King Kong's hand 14 R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love" 15 Genesis man 16 Conversation filler 17 Relief of Lincoln 18 Pt. [...]
Question for a Dear
Across 1 Drivers get off on it 5 Guitarist Eddie Van ___ 10 Like sex with protection 14 Nevada neighbor 15 Manhandle 16 Opposed to, to Jethrene Bodine 17 Walk-way connector 18 Flashy Chevy, for [...]
I Am Nobody!
Across 1 "Come Back, Little ___ " 6 Enchanted Disney character 10 Sherman Hemsley religious sitcom 14 Try to bite, doggy-style 15 Electronic synthesizer 16 "Rag and Bone" author 17 "Sands ___ Jima" 18 Lambda [...]
Rom-com, All Ye Faithful
Across 1 "I've never done this before," et al. 5 Lorca's room 9 "The Great Masturbator" painter 13 "Be that ___ may..." 14 Small songbird 15 Hot to trot 16 Uncommon, to Nero 17 Melissa [...]
A Head of the Game
Across 1 Climax, e.g. 6 Antigay prejudice, e.g. 10 Queens stadium name 14 Pound poem part 15 Fairy tale start 16 David Hyde Pierce and peers 17 Place to become wife and wife 18 Star [...]
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
Across 1 Gunners shoot it off 5 Terence of _Priscilla_ 10 "There Is Nothing Like a ___" 14 At no time, in poems 15 Moore costar 16 Ready for press 17 _Julius Caesar_ costume 18 [...]
Remembering Lynn
Across 1 Mark Bingham of 9/11 5 "I ___ Kick Out of You" 9 Desperate cry 13 Bird, to Brutus 14 Come together 16 Estimating words 17 Kerry, who plays Mia on 48-/64-Across 19 Animal [...]
Music Royalty
Across 1 It requires several G-strings 5 Start of a _South Pacific_ song 9 One who often screws actors 14 Friendly opening 15 Genie portrayer Barbara 16 Cut 17 Ethnic cuisine type 18 Police incursion [...]
Kissing Taylor Swift’s Brother
Across 1 Nine inches 5 Lie beside 9 Roddy McDowall's _Planet of the ___ _ 13 Woody Guthrie's son 14 Lesbian magazine Vice ___ 15 Part used in forking around 16 Like a generation, to [...]
If at First You Don’t Succeed
Across 1 Aid's partner 5 Gave a damn? 10 Where a trolley goes "Clang, clang, clang" 14 Singer Vikki 15 Pool shot hitting two balls 16 Enchanted Disney girl 17 Start of a Stephen Sondheim [...]
Dernaissance
Across 1 Irene of _Fame_ 5 Sound of three men in a tub 10 Bit of salt, for Stephen Pyles 14 Way to come 15 Stars that shoot off 16 Emerald lsle 17 _To ___ [...]
The Boys in the Band
Across 1 Masticate 5 Leathermen ride them 9 Banana treat 14 Jamie who cross-dressed on _M*A*S*H_ 15 Current Amsterdam currency 16 Linney of _Tales of the City_ 17 Early Ron Howard role 18 ___ all-time [...]
The Purpose of Homosexuality
Across 1 Chef Des Jardins 6 Shuttlecock 10 Tops cakes 14 Quinn of Practical Magic 15 Personal lubricant ingredient 16 "South Park" cocreator Stone 17 Public spectacle 18 "Boys Don't Cry" character 19 Ask for [...]
Friend of Elmo
Across 1 Peter player on "ER" 5 "Cast Away" escape boat 9 XXX, to the Greeks 13 Cafeteria list 14 160 rods 15 Chase game 16 The last part of "Semper ubi sub ubi," in [...]
Dolly Would!
Across 1 Untouchable head 5 Gomer Pyle's branch 9 Thomas who wrote "334" 14 Beginning of "Wicked" 15 Cause of Pinocchio's 8-incher 16 Sound of a facial discharge 17 With 38-Across, with "The," venue [...]
Remembering Jerry
Across 1 Spread out on the breakfast table 5 What Trump calls "fake news" 10 Meadow sounds 14 Stick it in your bunghole 15 Online exaggeration? 16 Like some twins 17 Jerry Herman musical based [...]
Original Cyndi
Across 1 Bushy do 5 Just right 9 "Desperate Housewives," and others 14 Navratilova, for one 15 "That smarts!" 16 Belief statement at Metropolitan Community Church 17 Menu option 18 Load of money 19 [...]
Atypical Actress
Across 1 Put it in your mouth, enjoy 5 What kissers do with spit 9 Ancient erection 14 "___ lay me ..." 15 Comedic actor James 16 "Ready ___, here I come!" 17 Foster role [...]
Giant Actor
Across 1 Traci Des Jardins, for one 5 Prodded, with "on" 10 Result of four balls 14 What "let" means to Mauresmo 15 Hit the road 16 "Lord of the Rings" singer 17 Hurler Hershiser [...]
He Does a Lot
Across 1 Shirley MacLaine's la Douce role 5 Rabble, for short 9 Bad bottom-line news 13 Cleans, as a pirate ship deck 15 NCAA home of the Bruins 16 Baseball great Hershiser 17 Home of [...]
LGBT Slogans
Across 1 Clay Aiken and others 6 "Dancing Queen" band 10 Adam and Steve's locale? 14 Oscar winner Marisa 15 Vibrator measure 16 Winged goddess 17 "Ready ___, here I come!" 18 Piece of [...]
Friends of Jessica Jones
Across 1 Easy putt for Patty Sheehan 6 Bunch of stallions 10 Mary's pet 14 Best possible 15 1847 Melville travel book 16 Steinbeck migrant 17 With 18-Across, first Black lesbian superhero on TV 18 [...]
Mistress of Evil
Across 1 Sissy 5 Shoot off a larger branch 10 They may come from Uranus 14 Anti-oxidant berry 15 Model's asset 16 Request from bended knee 17 Woody valley 18 Beatles manager Brian's nickname 19 [...]
Nobody Doesn’t Like Sarah Gilbert
Across 1 Family room piece 6 Actor Omar 10 Pious ejaculation 14 Pat Benatar's "___ With Your Best Shot" 15 Voting group 16 Type of sci, in college 17 Old line for cockpit workers [...]
The Last TV Show
Across 1 _The Primrose ___ _ (Ginger Rogers flick) 5 Chem. pollutant 8 Oral attention getter 12 Blade brand 13 Give a good beating to 15 "Like ___ not" 16 "Jabberwocky" starter 17 Complex, [...]
Satan, Satorially
Across 1 Common connections 5 Go in only partway, at the beach 9 “How queer!” 13 Honeypot lover 14 Anal alternative 15 Etheridge concert series 16 Shirley’s la Douce role 17 ___ Hari 18 Low-voiced [...]
Mary and Rhoda
Across 1 Facial application 4 B in Leviticus 8 Mark through 12 Straddling 14 Toledo's lake 15 Big name in pumps 16 Hard to come by 17 "No" voter 18 Trojans' org. 19 With 35-Across, [...]
The Songs of the Gay ‘A League of Their Own’
Across 1 Line in a Rita Mae Brown novel? 5 No longer jail bait 10 Straddling 14 Tow job 15 St. Teresa's town 16 Half of "Lois and Clark" 17 Where to find hot [...]
Rainbow Connection
Across 1 Top-drawer 5 Drag queen's shoe 9 "Yeah, sure" in Las Vegas 13 Leia's brother 14 On ___ with (equal to) 15 "You're the Top" songwriter Porter 16 Opposed to, to Gomer 17 [...]
Remembering Henri
Across 1 Embarrass with porn, perhaps 6 "Dancing Queen" band 10 WNBA star Rebecca 14 Nephew of Donald Duck 15 Jacques of song 16 Doctor Zhivago 17 Young girl of old comics 18 Cotton [...]
Finding Toni
Across 1 Reproduced nonheterosexually? 5 Lube brand 9 Where bulging pecs are 14 Nathan of "The Good Wife" 15 Part of a fruity drink 16 "Couldn't get out of it" 17 Silica stone 18 [...]
The First Woman Elected
Across 1 Producers of rainbows 6 Words before about 10 Nicky, in "Funny Girl" 14 Seminal computer 15 "The Great Masturbator" painter 16 Second opening? 17 Port in the land of samurai 18 Patsy's "Ab [...]
Megan Says
Across 1 Label on a lemon that isn't a fruit 5 Where women cohabitate 10 Ending with Pride 14 Tomato variety 15 Name on a bomber 16 1847 Melville travel book 17 Start of [...]
Maupin Up Operation
Across 1 Disney film set in China 6 Robin Williams title role 10 Sign over 14 Carol's opening 15 Penetrating reed 16 Yoked beasts 17 Bear 18 Santa's got a long one 19 Lemon zest [...]
Show Me the Mon·e
Across 1 Stallion's sound 6 "A Boy Named Sue" writer Silverstein 10 Simians on Roddy McDowall's planet 14 Transsexual Richards 15 Part of UTEP 16 "And ___ bed" 17 "Rose is a rose is [...]