Black Crossword
Sunday, January 12, 2025
By Juliana Pache
Founded by Juliana Pache, Black Crossword is a free daily mini crossword puzzle that places emphasis on terms and clues from across the Black diaspora.
This puzzle was previously published on blackcrossword.com. Pache’s forthcoming collection Black Crossword: 100 Midi Puzzles Connecting the African Diaspora, is set to release on June 3, 2025. Pre-order the book here.
Pache's first crossword collection, Black Crossword: 100 Mini Puzzles Celebrating the African Diaspora, is available on Studio Store here.
If you know, you know.
ACROSS
1
Corn unit
4
“___ the girls up!” (Stun the crowd, in slang)
7
Gorilla or chimp
8
Forensic evidence
9
Author of “Another Country”
11
Trumpeter and vocalist Armstrong
12
Split up
14
Small bill
15
Nat ___ (cable channel)
16
Size above sm
17
Mag. positions
DOWN
1
Uber alternative
2
Translucent variety of glass
3
Pulitzer-winning Toni Morrison novel
4
Author of “We're Alone: Essays,” ___ Danticat
5
Licorice-fl avored herb
6
Beach acquisition
10
Hwy. violation
12
Los Angeles rapper Kennedy
13
Uno + uno