Across
- 5. Pop star and gay icon who apologized to her fans for being straight
- 6. Traditional topknot hairstyle worn by samurai during Japan’s Edo period
- 7. Largest Indonesian island
- 9. Couple name coined by Taylor Swift fans for a speculated lesbian relationship between Taylor and a Victoria’s Secret model
- 10. University of Tennessee fans
- 11. Chemical in plastics and resin that can leach into food and drinks
- 15. A Confucian philosophy that promotes respect and obedience to elders and authority figures
- 17. Shortest player in NBA history at 5’3”
- 18. The fastest sea route between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean would be via the ___
- 21. Name of Taylor Swift’s “lost album” according to some Swifties
- 22. New York City’s largest jail located on an island in the East River of the Bronx
- 23. Basketball player with the most blocks in NBA franchise history
- 25. Which LGBTQIA identities were left out of Born This Way
- 27. Acronym coined by Cardi B
- 29. What someone in queer media may be holding space for
- 33. What Japan’s Edo period was known for
- 34. Most recent Asian country to legalize gay marriage (2025)
- 37. The third woman to win the Grammy for Best Rap Album
- 38. Tallest player in NBA history at 7’7”
- 39. Where Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato first acted together
- 44. Rhythmic dance of Brazil
- 45. Samurai film genre
- 48. Part of the brain that contributes to feelings of love and connection
- 50. Chips in the UK
- 51. Animated series about a biracial warrior in Edo Japan
- 53. Ancient Roman city in Southern Italy buried by a volcanic eruption
- 57. First openly transgender member of U.S.Congress
- 58. Jamie Lee Curtis’s character in Freaky Friday
- 59. A nickname for New Zealanders
- 61. Famous Sichuan opera technique where performers change their elaborate face masks in a split second, creating a dramatic effect
- 63. Vehicle commonly driven by lesbians
- 64. The Chinese nationalist party that retreated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War and established a government
- 66. Collection of sayings and ideas attributed to Confucius
- 67. First Asian country to legalize gay marriage
- 68. A shopping cart in the U.S. South
- 69. Basketball achievement when a player gets double digits in three out of five statistical categories
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- 1. Actor whose SNL impersonation of Troye Sivan caused Troy to make him his IG profile pic
- 2. Main buyer of sanctioned Iranian oil
- 3. Protagonist of Never Have I Ever
- 4. Lesbian pop star married to a former contestant of the Bachelor
- 8. Second question at Chipotle
- 11. Music festival held annually in Manchester, Tennessee
- 12. A soccer uniform in the UK
- 13. Nail polish remover you bring to the club
- 14. Bubble tea in Korea
- 16. Tupac’s aunt who was on the FBI’s most wanted list for her involvement in the Black Liberation Army and later fled to Cuba
- 19. Chinese Lunar New Year zodiac animal for 2025
- 20. Ancient Chinese classic text foundational to Taoist philosophy and attributed to Lao Tzu
- 24. Most common first name in South America
- 26. Fries in the UK
- 28. Intersectional feminist theorist and author with an uncapitalized name
- 30. Capital of Japan later renamed Tokyo
- 31. Someone who has been cheated on in China wears one
- 32. Rapper working with Netflix on a “Diddy” documentary titled “Diddy Do It?”
- 35. A smriti text from ancient India and one of the most important epics of Hinduism
- 36. Good morning in Brazil
- 40. Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman in space in 1963
- 41. Purple mascot for McDonald’s
- 42. Busiest transshipment port in the world
- 43. Normal-type Pokémon known for its enormous size and insatiable hunger
- 44. RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12 saboteur
- 46. Anti-police political slogan (acronym)
- 47. Dinosaur with tiny arms
- 49. The former name of the Tennessee Titans when the franchise was in Houston
- 52. Animal Crossing’s stock market
- 54. Where boys and girls can all be queens
- 55. A rugby play that restarts the game after a stoppage
- 56. In the Handmaid’s Tale, this is the lowest social class of women in Gilead
- 60. Shinto spirits, deities, or sacred forces found in nature, objects, or ancestors
- 62. Home furnishing retailer founded in Sweden
- 65. The anti-hero of Despicable Me
