October 2025

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