{"id":1038,"date":"2025-04-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2025-04-27T07:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:57:10","slug":"puzzle-136-going-too-far-with-quiara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/28\/puzzle-136-going-too-far-with-quiara\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle #136: Going Too Far (with Quiara!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kvfKCc7BpsA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>PUZZLE LINKS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/solve?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/QVAB_GTF_going_too_far.ipuz\">Online Solver<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/QVAB_GTF_going_too_far.ipuz\">iPuz Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the title implies, this is a Going Too Far puzzle featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/qvxwordz.blogspot.com\/\">Quiara Vasquez<\/a>! We&#8217;ve been working on this puzzle on and off for about a year (!!) so we&#8217;re happy to finally present it here.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know you can make this type of puzzle too? Just make a barred crossword in Ingrid and then <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/crosswordnexus\/variety-tools\/blob\/main\/going-too-far\/going_too_far.py\">do some Python magic<\/a> to convert it to the format you see here. It&#8217;s easier than you might think.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1039 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-8.06.50\u202fAM-1024x1001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-8.06.50\u202fAM-1024x1001.png 1024w, https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-8.06.50\u202fAM-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-8.06.50\u202fAM-768x751.png 768w, https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-at-8.06.50\u202fAM.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hey, do you like variety puzzles like this one? I&#8217;m participating in the Newport Dunes triathlon in November, and there&#8217;s an associated fundraiser. If you donate any amount, you&#8217;ll receive four variety puzzles and an adorable Kirby-shaped American-style crossword. All the money goes to support the Newport Bay Conservancy, a worthy cause if I&#8217;ve ever seen one. <a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/alexboisvert\/Donate\">Here&#8217;s the link to donate.<\/a> Thanks for your support!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/solve?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/QVAB_GTF_going_too_far.ipuz\">Enjoy the solve!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver | iPuz Download As the title implies, this is a Going Too Far puzzle featuring Quiara Vasquez! We&#8217;ve been working on this puzzle on and off for about a year (!!) so we&#8217;re happy to finally present it here. Did you know you can make this type of puzzle too? Just&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/28\/puzzle-136-going-too-far-with-quiara\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Puzzle #136: Going Too Far (with Quiara!)&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,67,6,7],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-1038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collabs","category-going-too-far","category-puzzles","category-variety-puzzles","tag-quiara-vasquez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1060,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}