This heartbreaking story is one of many. Those of us old enough to remember those dark days, who worried about our gay friends who lived large, and then lost, remember. But the young’uns really don’t know. Thank you for sharing it.

Ha!! I didn’t notice that - maybe I should play those numbers!

It’s been a while - I forgot about hashtags!

#CrosswordSky #GridSky

Do you want hints?

I avoid 95 as much as possible and I’m a lot older than your daughter, with decades of driving experience. Between the huge trucks who don’t obey the law, never-ending daytime construction, and the speeding cars, it’s not safe for anyone. Thanks for taking this on.

Yum

They claim not - but both are from the pacific northwest so I wonder…

I initially thought the purple cat was something like “words that sound like they start with a letter” - so EFFORT but then i realized. I stand by APPLE as a legit tree more so than YEW which I think of as a bush - but I recovered.

Was it EFFORT, slightly missing the correct purple category? And who among us did not choose APPLE? LOL

Connections
Puzzle #785
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟦🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟦🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Aw thank you! I’m trying to claw my way back LOL - haven’t missed a puzzle but just missed writing about them. Nice to know someone reads!

Thanks Aaron. I do them sometimes but too often stare at the blank grid in frustration. I’ll knock off cryptic-lite Puns & Anagrams as a palette cleanser but have to be in the right offbeat frame of mind for cryptics.