ACROSS
1. *“Seven sisters, _____ plaintiffs” (slogan for lawsuit levied against Vassar for wage discrimination based on gender)
5. Makes stable
13. Largest empire in pre-Columbian America
14. *What the Alumnae House celebrated on April 4, 2024
17. Malik formerly of One Direction
18. Marie who let them eat cake
19. Efron of “The Greatest Showman”
20. Minecraft explosive
21. Subculture associated with dark bangs and eyeliner
22. Unpigmented
24. Olive _____, Popeye’s girlfriend
27. German article
28. *Vassar dining option that reopened with a new system in February of 2024
33. HS degree equivalent
34. Backstabbed
35. United _____ Emirates
38. Commercials, for short
39. Super
40. Appliances that show shows but not in black-and-white
43. Small batteries
45. *Solar phenomenon that was partial on Vassar’s campus on April 8, 2024
46. *At the Gordon Commons, ceramic ones were introduced
48. Sea, in Spain
49. Bottom dwelling fish
51. _____ 1, Hwy. running from Florida to Maine
54. _____ Miami
55. _____ Paolo
57. *Unusual seismic activity that shook up Vassar on April 5, 2024
63. *Insect that was prevalent on Vassar’s campus in the early fall
64. Leader
65. “How _____ Your Mother”
66. I agree, cutesily
67. But in Barcelona
DOWN
1. *Vassar-specific social media app that was introduced at the beginning of the fall semester
2. Belonging to the league below the MLB
3. *Bike share program that launched November 1, 2023
4. Europe suffix
5. Gave a once-over
6. _____ six (five fifty)
7. Tree creature
8. From _____ Z
9. Fair treatment acronym
10. Lodge
11. WSW opposite
12. Location
15. Money dispenser
16. Sign before Virgo
20. Fork prong
23. One half of OutKast
24. Mining loot
25. Not ____, but soon
26. Opposite of now, for short
29. Absolutely destroy
30. Seer
31. _____ Lingus
32. Not ystrdy, or tmrw, but _____
34. *Bill proposed by Vassar’s SJP which 86.1% of student’s surveyed were in favor of
35. Service point
36. Vassar office that has spare keys, abbr.
37. Every
38. Promise
41. Spinning measurement, abbr.
42. LAX or LGA org.
43. Those who make you happy
44. German car whose logo is four interlocking rings
47. Street where Big Bird hangs out
49. Little Debbie company, with “foods”
50. Beam of light
51. Court decider
52. ____ Te Ching
53. Messes up
56. Prefix meaning vision
58. Drama, slangily
59. Minecraft villager noise
60. What in Oaxaca
61. Young _____ (kids, affectionately)
62. Folk singer DiFranco
63. Unfinished piece, abbr.
“Long Awaited” answers
Answers
Category Match answers
SUFANA
Words from Taylor Swift Album Titles: SPEAK, SWIFT, DEPARTMENT, FOLKLORE
Words from Lady Gaga Album Titles: MONSTER, CHEEK, STAR, WAY
Words from Ariana Grande Album Titles: EVERYTHING, NEXT, WOMAN, TRULY
Words from Beyonce Album Titles: 4, RENAISSANCE, LION, DANGEROUSLY
NICK
States of struggle: FUNK, SLUMP, DOWNSWING, RUT
Plays in baseball: STEAL, TAG, HIT, RUNDOWN
_____ bug: PILL, SOFTWARE, JUNE, STINK
Types of drums: SNARE, STEEL, HAND, TOM