I like easy crosswords, personally.\u00a0 Part of that is because they’re simply the ones I can do, but I just don’t get the rush from banging my head against a really hard crossword for too long.\u00a0 Still, even I think some crosswords are too easy, and could use from some toughening up.\u00a0 Plus, some easy crosswords are kind of boring, in that they use the same entries and clues over and over.\u00a0 It would be nice to spice them up somehow.<\/p>\n
Enter the Crossword Obfuscator<\/a>.\u00a0 This little tool will take a .puz file of your choosing and make it significantly harder in one of several ways:<\/p>\n If these sound familiar, perhaps you’re familiar with the series of videos Tyler and I did where I had to solve a normal crossword and he had to do it under a ridiculous constraint.\u00a0 Among the videos we released were a Rhyme Time episode<\/a> and a Turtle Power one<\/a>.\u00a0 That latter one is probably my favorite of the whole series.<\/p>\n Anyway, have fun trying these out!\u00a0 Be sure to tag us on Twitter<\/a> if you plan on streaming a solve with one of these constraints.\u00a0 And may we humbly suggest solving using the Crossword Nexus solver<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I like easy crosswords, personally.\u00a0 Part of that is because they’re simply the ones I can do, but I just don’t get the rush from banging my head against a really hard crossword for too long.\u00a0 Still, even I think some crosswords are too easy, and could use from some toughening up.\u00a0 Plus, some easy…<\/p>\n\n