They’re Back
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 [...]
Educating Betsy
Across 1 Scott of "American Beauty" 7 Subtle difference 13 Wonder Woman's people 15 Drag queen's application for lids 16 End of an SNL quip: "I may not be very good on camera, but ___" [...]
Words from Dear Simon
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 [...]
Missing David
Across 1 With 9-Across and 27-Across, "In the first place, ___" 6 Title for Alec Guinness 9 See 1-Across 14 Isle of the birth state of Bette Midler 15 Aladdin's monkey 16 She had her [...]
Luci the Sexting Robot
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 [...]
The Bottom Line
Across 1 Queer-looking E 6 Opening noted at the office 10 Hieroglyphic serpent 13 Hometown of Brando 14 C&W singer McCoy 15 Homophone of a Broadway bio 16 Target of deep thrust? 17 Lynch of [...]
Pryor Restraint
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 [...]
Advice from Frasier’s Dad
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 [...]
Don’t Cuss, Call Gus
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. [...]
The Left Hand of Darkness
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 [...]
A Swell Movie Character
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 [...]
You’re Fired, and Furiously
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 [...]
Family Entertainment Firsts of 2017
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 [...]
My Father Would Lift Me High
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 [...]
Oliver!…and Elio
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 [...]
Another Transgender First
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 [...]
Clemency at Thanksgiving
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 [...]
Plummer’s Helper
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, [...]
3 Generations
Across 1 Anderson Cooper's area 5 Streisand's "Prince of ___ " 10 The goods 14 Highest elected homophobe's office shape 15 ___ fours (doggy-style) 16 Sir's counterpart 17 Q to a Scrabble player 18 Morgan [...]
Hidden Quote
Across 1 A bit of dialogue from this movie is hidden in the circled letters of this puzzle 8 Frida's celebrations 15 Emulate Dr. Kildare 16 They may penetrate your enemies 17 He rubs you [...]
Kurt Response
Across 1 Put out a feeler 5 Opposite of loads 9 They're sucked, in insults 14 Reed in a Ned Rorem work 15 Dick, for one 16 Show penitence 17 Somewhat unconventional gay teenager Ian [...]
Battle of the Sexes
Across 1 Bear that may be a minor 5 Opposed to, to 8-Down 9 Carell, who played Bobby Riggs in "Battle of the Sexes" 14 Like a Peter Lorre film 15 Sweeping story 16 Movie [...]
Suzanne Summarizes
Across 1 A shade of the color purple 5 What comes out of your head 10 Abercrombie & Fitch event 14 Attack with wrecking balls 15 Queer activist Murphy 16 A doctor makes you strip [...]
Disney Princesses
Across 1 Opponent of Caesar 5 Fruit container 10 Note to Tammy Baldwin's staff 14 Old Hebrew month 15 They reveal a drag queen's thighs 16 Star quality 17 Native American princess 19 Lacking manners [...]
Edie & Thea
Across 1 Family docs 4 ISP invested in PlanetOut Partners 7 Story about a man scattering his seed, e.g. 14 Virginia Woolf novel 16 "My own private" state resident? 17 Go to the bottom 18 [...]
Politics Makes Strange Bedfellow
Across 1 Scout promises to be "morally straight" 6 Samoan investigator Margaret 10 Frat hazing sounds 14 Solid gold measure 15 Trucker's shaft 16 Sex Dr. 17 Oily rock 18 Simba's Broadway love 19 Start [...]
Beyond Great
Across 1 "Mommie Dearest" star Dunaway 5 U. of San Francisco, e.g. 8 Second fruit eater 12 Julia of "Kiss of the Spider Woman" 13 Deep throat problem 15 Manger, to Mary 16 Potatoes high [...]
Alec and Leslie
Across 1 Like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" 8 Sondheim's Todd 15 "Lisa Ben" to "lesbian" 16 S&M activity 17 "To sum up ..." 18 Send to the bottom 19 Change in form 20 Clumsy [...]
In the Nick of Time
Across 1 Haul ass 5 Chocolate factory vessels 9 School of Marcel Duchamp 13 Poet Broumas 14 Bygone pump name 15 Word after "penis" 16 Closet opening 17 Cover for Adam's privates 18 It goes [...]
Talk Show Moments
Across 1 "Viva, Las Vegas" middle name 5 Pantywaist 10 Loose woman, in the land of Auden 14 She played Glinda in "The Wiz" 15 It arouses two body openings 16 Give some relief 17 [...]
Old and Dribbling
Across 1 Simians on Roddy McDowall's planet 5 Like a woman without a woman 10 Anthropologist Margaret 14 "Pandora's Box" heroine 15 "Dallas Voice," for example 16 A lot, maybe 17 "Dancing With the Stars" [...]
A-maize-ing Marlon
Across 1 Superman portrayer Dean 5 "___ On Down the Road" 9 Lickety-split 13 Poet Seward 14 Like the menagerie of Tennessee 16 "What ___ thinking?" 17 Say "So Long, Farewell" 18 Place for a [...]
Hell of a Choice
Across 1 Opponent of Caesar 5 Position in Bernstein's orchestra 10 Deep pink 14 "Exotica" director Egoyan 15 Like bell-bottom jeans 16 Jannings of old films 17 Petty of "Orange Is the New Black" 18 [...]
6 Gay Icons
Across 1 "I'm not in the ___!" 5 Left to pirates 9 "Rubyfruit Jungle" writer Rita Mae 14 Shakespeare's Hathaway 15 US citizen 16 The sound of music? 17 One who does it just for [...]
Time for Kids
Across 1 Pool players put their balls here 5 Perils for Patty Sheehan 10 Tubbies' prefix 14 Sparkle 15 Play too broadly, on Broadway 16 Pious ejaculation 17 First-rate 18 Extreme thespian activity 20 Harold [...]
Hear Me Out: Katy Perry, Lorde
Katy Perry, 'Witness' Once upon a time, former Christian singer Katy Perry was just a simple California gurl doing simple California gurl things, like spraying Reddi Wip from her boobs because it's fun to blast [...]
Uncommon Bond
Across 1 Muscle Mary stat 5 Current band of the past? 9 Looks straight in the eye, say 14 Biz boss 15 Vanilla 16 Give the slip to 17 Wang in fashion 18 ___ fide [...]
Trailblazer
Across 1 Links vehicles for Patty Sheehan 6 Son of Adam and Eve 10 Auntie of Broadway 14 Hole instrument 15 Irene of "Fame" 16 Flamboyant style 17 The bottom line 18 "Yeah, right" 19 [...]
Diora Bared Her Soul
Across 1 Dressed for Mardi Gras 9 Dave Pallone call 15 Rule with whips and such 16 Aileen Wuornos portrayer Charlize 17 Start of the title of a 2006 Diora Baird movie (with "The Beginning") [...]
Kama Fault
Across 1 Fairy tales and such 5 Alpert of "Mame" fame 9 Larry Kramer's alma mater 13 Liberace's style, for example 14 Skin softener 15 Estimating words 16 They call it the ___... 19 "The [...]
Jenny and Michelle
Across 1 Brief moments of lovemaking? 5 Enjoy in an erotic way, with "on" 11 Say whether or not you're coming 15 Tie it to become wife and wife 16 Where LGBT people are accepted [...]
In So Mandy Words
Across 1 Scottish head covers 5 "The Wizard of Oz" dropout Buddy 10 BenGay target 14 Sinead O'Connor's country 15 Frida known for self-portraits 16 Fruit ___ (gay district) 17 Plot unit 18 Big name [...]
Between the Covers
Across 1 Chat room request 6 Eat semi-firm noodles, e.g., with "up" 10 Joe.My.God, for one 14 Get a bead on 15 Position at sea 16 Villain of "Otello" 17 "Alexander" director Oliver 18 Cub [...]
Mercurial Success
Across 1 Drag queen ___ Lettuce 6 Dawson's, in teen TV drama 11 Break it on Broadway 15 Oral performances 16 Primary blood carrier 17 Novelist Patricia ___ Warren 18 Out Pentatonix singer 20 Handle [...]
Drag Politicians
Across 1 What hibernating bears do 6 Name on a column 10 Michelangelo's "David," once 14 It goes on a queen's head 15 Cross-dresser in a Kinks song 16 Series of concerts for Etheridge 17 [...]