just gridding!

We are super excited to bring you our first guest puzzle (g1) on just gridding! It's from friend of the blog (and friend of the bloggers) Rebecca Goldstein, who is bringing you a spicy and sassy 17x that we both adore. Enjoy! Note from Rebecca:  This puzzle was born at one of my happy places - the local, queer-owned barber shop, a rad, bro-free space where I get a fresh cut and great conversation  with the owner and OG butch lesbian, Julie, on a monthly basis. The theme occurred to me while driving home from my last cut, and I thought my favorite new puzzle blog might just be the right space for it. Thankfully, Rachel and clr agreed - big thanks to them for giving this guest grid a loving home! pdf puz   P.S. If you are interested in running a guest puzzle here on just gridding, you can reach out to us at justgridding at gmail dot com. 

hi, here's a 21x21 for you. thank you to Pete Rimkus who test solved while this idea was in its early stages, and to Rachel for testing the final puzzle. fyi i will be posting solo puzzles on the 13th day of each month. collabs, bonus puzzles, and "Just Griddings" to come whenever we feel like it.  -clr p.s. a quick update from Rachel: Hello! As you may or may not know, clr and I were both involved in creating "These Puzzles Fund Abortion," a pack of easy/medium crossword puzzles from some of your favorite constructors, to benefit the Baltimore Abortion Fund (BAF). That pack is still available to anyone who donates to *any* abortion fund. We will continue to host information about the pack on the " These Puzzles Fund Abortion " page of this blog. If you haven't donated/solved yet, please consider contributing to a fund near you today, and then email your receipt to bafpuzzles (at) gmail.com! pdf puz

This is our first "team" puzzle (which is what we are calling collaborations), made in four hours by Rachel, clr, and guest constructor Brooke Husic literally this morning. It's a little eclectic! It's also filled with fun things and backyard kiddie pool vibes. Triple thanks to Matthew Stock for the test solve ❤️! pdf puz

Thank you to everyone who submitted clues for the "crowdsource the clues" effort on this first "just gridding" puzzle, as well as those who attended the Twitch stream last night to discuss, finesse, and finalize the clues for this puzzle. Contributors are listed below the embedded puzzle (edit: and thanks to Norah Sharpe for sorting and tagging contributors!). Feel free to claim the ones you wrote in the comments! If you are a newer constructor who requested feedback on your submissions, I'll be in touch over the next couple of weeks (we got far more than we expected, so this may take me a while!).  -rf .pdf .puz ps. thank you to Matt Gritzmacher of Daily Crossword Links for the test solve! Clue contributors: Adam Nicolle : 8D Adrian Johnson : 50A, 2D, 24D, 34D Ben Bass : 20A, 30A, 4D Brooke Husic : 18A, 12D, 30D, 44D David Harris : 7A David Koelle : 59A Eli Selzer : 33D, 35D, 36D Evan Birnholz : 34A, 41A, 53D Gabe Gonzalez : 58A Heather Pierce : 46D, 54D H...