October 2025
Across
- 1. _______ Without Borders: nonprofit pressing for broader distribution of generic lenacapavir
- 5. Last name of Chicago mayor
- 7. _____ Out: the act of disclosing one's identity
- 9. _____ Pumpkin Launch: happening Nov. 1
- 11. 16th President who is the subject of "lost speech" event at McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington
- 15. ______ City: where Beadology Iowa is located
- 17. Acronym for the federal program created in 1992 to help with long-term housing needs of people living with HIV
- 18. ____ Island: the Quad Cities community where tiny homes are being built for veterans
- 19. Dia de los _______: Day of the Dead in Spanish
- 20. Creature from the Black ______: showing at Fleur Cinema in Des Moines
- 22. New Illinois hotline for LGBTQ+ people
- 23. City where One Eighty built two tiny homes
- 24. _______ Girls: Beloved '80s sitcom portrayed in Oct. 22 Urbana event
- 26. Last name of Joppa Village co-founder
- 27. One of the client groups that many tiny home efforts are trying to help
- 28. Last name of CEO of Community Home Partners
- 29. _____ Moines: Iowa's capital city where the superintendent was detained for violating a final deportation order
Down
- 2. ____ homes: another name for "tiny homes"
- 3. The key concept of Allaina Humphreys' column
- 4. ___ pain: type of pain found to be relieved by cannabis in recent study
- 6. Focus of Linn-Mar student broadcast that drew ire of Cong. Ashley Hinson
- 8. Gaelic precursor to Halloween
- 10. ________ Home Partners: name of nonprofit that represents the Rock Island Public Housing Authority
- 12. 1993 Disney movie about witches showing at Putnam Museum
- 13. 2003 musical about a witch that is featured in Oct. 21 event in Urbana
- 14. ________ RoanL the music star who donated tour costumes to Big Tie in Missouri
- 16. Focus of Foundation 2 article
- 21. _______ Village: cottage house community in Des Moines
- 25. Home of the main campus of Southern Illinois University.