Darby Ratliff, Author at Autostraddle

Darby Ratliff

Articles written: 40

About Darby Ratliff

Darby is a queer crossword constructor and graduate student living in St. Louis.

All Posts on Autostraddle

11 across / 3 letters / "___ Last Stop" (Casey McQuiston novel)

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AF+ Crossword Is Having Girl Dinner

4 across / 6 letters / "The Renunciations" poet Kelly

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Mini Crossword Admits It Didn’t Totally Get “Dune”

8 across / 5 letters / "___8" (iconic queer Netflix show)

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Mini Crossword Can Admit When It’s Wrong

2 down / 5 letters / Food item a grill butch might prepare

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Mini Crossword Is Gay, Does Crime

3 down / 5 letters / Leans, like how the softball community leans lesbian

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Mini Crossword Also Leans Lesbian

6 down / 4 letters / "Everything Everywhere All at Once" actor Michelle

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Mini Crossword Thinks All Beloved Characters Are Queer, Won’t Be Convinced Otherwise

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Mini Crossword Is Ready for Grill Szn

38 across / 3 letters / Gamma ___ Lambda (sorority for LGBTQ college students)

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AF+ Crossword Is Feeling Thirsty

9 across / 4 letters / Like some exams or sex

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Mini Crossword Is Blown Away

7 across / 5 letters / Word before "beaver" or "to please"

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Mini Crossword Will Take It Easy on You

7 across / 5 letters / hint: Bluestockings Cooperative or City Lights

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Mini Crossword Holds a Grudge

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Mini Crossword Knocks ‘Em Back

1 across / 5 letters / clue: ___ Taco (ice cream novelty discontinued in 2022)

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Mini Crossword Wants Everyone to Watch Women’s Hockey

32 across / 4 letters / clue: "The Incredibles" fashion icon Mode

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AF+ Crossword Prefers Tagalongs

7 across / 6 letters / clue: Peek through, like a lesbian's beanie collection

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Mini Crossword Might Have a Hat Problem

5 down / 4 letters / clue: "Can a gay girl get an ___?" (Renée Rapp lyric from "Not My Fault")

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Mini Crossword Is in a Tizzy

2 down / 5 letters / clue: Instrument central to the 2018 queer horror film "The Perfection"

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Mini Crossword Is Rereading “Middlemarch”

9 down / 3 letters / clue: "___ of Me" (PJ Harvey song)

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AF+ Crossword Sparks Joy

1 across / 5 letters / Grammy winner Victoria who wrote "Touch Me" about Kehlani

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Mini Crossword Loves a Good Portmanteau

1 across / 5 letters / clue: Events for Sha'Carri Richardson and CeCé Telfer

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Mini Crossword is Much Inclined

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AF+ Crossword Ordered Extra Fries

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Mini Crossword Loves a Good Mystery

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Mini Crossword Does Revenge

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Mini Crossword Is Perhaps a Little Too Curious

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Mini Crossword Is Totally a Spy

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Mini Crossword Gets a Pass

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AF+ Crossword Will Be Graded on a Curve

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Mini Crossword Is Having a Sandwich

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Mini Crossword Is a Utility Gay

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Mini Crossword is Going Downhill Fast

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Mini Crossword Could Go for a Pizza Pie

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Mini Crossword is Listening to “the rest”

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A+ Crossword Aims to Please

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Mini Crossword Crosses the Pond

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Mini Crossword Is Dynamite

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Mini Crossword Was Wearing Buffalo Check First

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Mini Crossword Says Blaze It

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Mini Crossword Admittedly Does Not Know Much About Golf

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Mini Crossword Had a Crush on Viola

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Mini Crossword Wears Many Hats