Crossword - Issue 19 Interactive Piece

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Across
  1. 2. “The _____ is not ahead of us./ It is what we fall back into/ every time we choose comfort/ over witness” (“What the Earth Asks After the Apology” by Khayelihle Benghu)
  2. 5. “_____ sweater, _____ jeans, white sneakers with _____ accents. _____, _____, _____, _____, _____.” (“Blue Around the Gills” by Nikki Mae Howard)
  3. 7. “When the nurse calls us back, she doesn’t even try to _____ our names.” (“An Untravelled World” by Arianna Adirim)
  4. 9. “The _____ along the seam is there, shining, steady and patient.” (“An Untravelled World” by Arianna Adirim)
  5. 10. “That’s our code. _____, _____. Our way back to each other.” (“The Pattern” by Trae Stewart)
Down
  1. 1. “...a yellow butterfly drifts past like it's riding the whole thing, the _____ and the heat and the hope.” (“All of This, Still” by Katelyn Sweeney)
  2. 3. “...around the corner a group pops _____ and the cork sails through the sky, lands at our toes like the world is saying here, have this too” (“All of This, Still” by Katelyn Sweeney)
  3. 4. “_____, a triple word score, and you’re annoyed that all your morning crosswords failed to prepare you for losing a grown-up game to a child” (“What You Practice” For by Salena Casha)
  4. 5. “It was the kind of color that made your stomach churn, like the ocean’s depths or the inside of a day-old _____.” (“Blue Around the Gills” by Nikki Mae Howard)
  5. 6. “She said the ache in her knees/ was every _____ crossed without consent” (“What the Earth Asks After the Apology” by Khayelihle Benghu)
  6. 7. “Malcolm first noticed it in the _____.” (“The Pattern” by Trae Stewart)
  7. 8. “...Marcy Miller is still scrolling vampire _____ on her phone…” (“What You Practice” For by Salena Casha)