Gay Slang Crossword

Using the clues provided ( and you have, in most cases, the gay slang explanation

and the meaning you’d be more likely to find in a dictionary… ) fill in the grid…

ACROSS

1. A euphemism – such as ‘not the marrying kind’ - for those whom hesitate to describe themselves as 21 Down. Or a single man formally entered into the Catholic Church. ( 9.8 )

9. A term used by an older gay man to refer to a young male partner. Or a type of poultry. ( 7 )

10. A young male prostitute. Or a young land-lord. ( 4-3 )

12. A groin level hole between the cubicles in men’s toilets. Or a, um, wondrous cavity. ( 5.4 ) See 21 Across for 4.

15. A term used to describe a partner of a gay man, whom is attempting to look straight. Or just a collective term for facial follicles. ( 5 )

16. A woman or girl, as referred to in the language of 26 Down. Or My Fair Audrey Hepburn. ( 7 )

17. The practice of sucking off one’s favourite member ( a skill shared by Cliff Jones and Alexis Arquette ). Or, um, self-service. ( 4-9 )

19. The ‘Gay Plague’ to the tabloids. Or ‘Slim’, in Africa, apparently. ( 4 )

21. See 12 Across. ( 4 )

22. To ejaculate into your partner during anal intercourse. Or to emerge from under-water. ( 4.2 )

24. A ‘specialist’ in Oriental men. Or a chopstick royal. ( 4.5 ) See 36 Down for 5.

25. See 20 Down.

28. To walk in an exaggeratedly feminine way. Or just ground meat. ( 5 )

29. One with a, um, taste for the Irish. Or, well, the wife of a King Edward. ( 6.5 ) See 35 Across for 5.

30. A rubber. Or a raincoat. ( 6 )

32. A gay man who conforms to particular dress code. Or what Mini-Me is to Dr. Evil. ( 5 )

33. One who bats for both teams. Or is ‘ambisextrous’. ( 8 )

34. To, well, perform the action of licking off the chocolate from a ring doughnut, on your lover. Or the name of the lip of a cup. ( 3 )

35. See 29 Down. ( 5 )

37. To cruise in public toilets. Or something small and thatched in the country. ( 7 )

40. A lesbian ( ‘woman in comfortable shoes’ ). Or a protective wall for a river. ( 4 )

41. To look or draw attention to in 26 Down. Or, well, nearly Darth’s surname. ( 4 )

42. A big heavy hairy balding older gay man. Or a grizzly. ( 4 )

43. An arse so slack it’s like throwing a sausage up Regent Street. Or an, um, American area of outstanding natural beauty. ( 5.6 )

DOWN

2. Putting an arm where a penis usually goes. Or a clenched hand. ( 4 )

3. See 28 Down. ( 4 )

4. The practice of dressing up and acting like a woman. Or to haul. ( 4 )

5. A man with a predilection for Indian lovers. Or a spicy royal. ( 5.5 ) See 35 Down for 5.

6. A man or boy to the speakers of 26 Down. Like 16 Across, but not. ( 9 )

7. An unspoken language of coloured materials, worn in the back pocket to signify sexual preferences. Or a serviette cipher. ( 12.4 ) See 27 Down for 4.

8. Give hints about one’s gayness, without declaring it. Or to lose your Kirby Grips. ( 4.8 )

11. Beautiful, to those speaking 26 Down. Or fide. ( 4 )

13. A lubricant for sex. Or, with one letter changed, a Winter Olympic sport. ( 4 )

14. What you hide in until you come out. Or a wardrobe. ( 6 )

15. Cupcakes. Or the base of something. ( 6 )

18. Packet. Or Linford Christie’s mid-day sandwiches. ( 5-3 )

20. See 25 Across for 5.

21. Sewage canoeist, marmite driller, or sausage jockey. Or a nancy-boy. ( 10 )

23. The gay colour. Or a kind of shears. ( 4 )

26. A secret language initiated in the 40’s for private gay conversations. Revealed in ‘Round The Horne’. ( 7 )

27. See 7 Down. ( 4 )

28. See 3 Down for 4.

30. An exaggerated display of caricatured femininity. Not just a row of tents. ( 4 )

31. See 39 Down. ( 7 )

35. See 5 Down. ( 5 )

36. See 24 Across. ( 5 )

37. A gay air steward. Or a Trolley Dolly. ( 4.4 ) See 38 Down for 4.

38. See 37 Down. ( 4 )

39. A Cockney Rhyming Slang euphemism for the arse. Or a very naughty old man. ( 4.7 ) See 31 Down for 7.

‘A Queer Companion’, by Abson Books of London.

Last revised: 28/07/01