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CROSSWORD #819: Going Too Far

Posted on by Brendan Quigley

GOING TOO FAR: [ ACROSS LITE][ PDF][ JPZ] 
PROGRAMS: [Across Lite] [Adobe Reader] [Crossword Solver]


Many of the words in this crossword puzzle are one letter too long, and won’t fit in the space provided. You’ll have to extend these words into the black squares. An entry may begin or end in a gray square. When the puzzle is complete, the letters in the gray squares, read from left to right and top to bottom, will spell out a quote by John Muir.

The HTML5 version works, but alas, you can’t put any letters in the black squares. Ditto for the Across Lite file. I think the PDF is the way to do this time. However, if you are determined to do it on a screen, I’d recommend solving it in the JPZ format (be sure to grab Crossword Solver, too).

As another alternative, my man Alex Boisvert came through with another online solver, as well.

However you choose to solve it, I hope you enjoy it.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.


13 thoughts on “CROSSWORD #819: Going Too Far”

  2. Very clever. I don’t remember seeing this particular format before. I’m glad I read the explanation first or might never have figured it out. It worked just fine in JPZ and I really liked the quote too. Keep up the good work BEQ!

  3. Can’t thank Alex Boisvert enough for his format!!!! Nice puzzle. Have you ever thought about an underground or tunnel (or “underground” or “tunnel”) theme where black squares hide parts of the answers to physically represent them?

  7. I think you should start a tradition where every time you have a puzzle number ending in “9” (819, 829, etc.), you post a variety puzzle. Just a thought.

  8. That was excellent. I’m calling BS on 15A and 18A since I had to Google them afterwards, but it was definitely a fun solve and well constructed.

  9. I found the JPZ format worked just fine for solving, as it often does with puzzles like this. Thanks for the extra format.

  10. There was a similar format Mystery Hunt puzzle this year that my team demolished before I got to look at it, so I was really happy to get to do this one!

  12. i recall that Eric Berlin was famous for doing this type of crossword with the added dimension. Nice to see you construct one.

  13. Whoa.
    I guess I’m proud of myself – as an “amateur” solver – for solving this one (on paper) without having read the instructions. (Until just now)

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