{"id":1157,"date":"2026-06-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:51:05","slug":"puzzle-151-act-a-fool-patchwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/12\/puzzle-151-act-a-fool-patchwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle #151: Act a Fool (Patchwork)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qfjbe4RKbwQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>PUZZLE LINK:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/solve?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/ActAFool_Harder.ipuz\">Online Solver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last time we ran a Patchwork puzzle here, we offered an &#8220;easier&#8221; and a &#8220;harder&#8221; version. This time we&#8217;re only giving the solver link for the harder version, because (a) I think it&#8217;s more fun and (b) we&#8217;ve updated the solver to work better with this puzzle type. That said, other iPuz solvers (like XWord) won&#8217;t be able to handle the harder version, so if you really want to download something, <a href=\"\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/ActAFool_Easier.ipuz\">here&#8217;s the easier version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, a new Patrick Berry puzzle suite just dropped, so you need to go get it: <a href=\"https:\/\/aframegames.com\/store\/?download=the-4th-crypt\">https:\/\/aframegames.com\/store\/?download=the-4th-crypt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hey, did you know that there&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/AsgAX5q6r\">Crossword Nexus Discord<\/a>? And a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/crosswordnexus\">Patreon<\/a>! If you want to support what we do here, the easiest way is to join the Patreon as a free member. If you&#8217;re feeling extra generous, a paid membership will get you a few acrostics each month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/solve?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/ActAFool_Harder.ipuz\">Enjoy the solve!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff PUZZLE LINK: Online Solver The last time we ran a Patchwork puzzle here, we offered an &#8220;easier&#8221; and a &#8220;harder&#8221; version. This time we&#8217;re only giving the solver link for the harder version, because (a) I think it&#8217;s more fun and (b) we&#8217;ve updated the solver to work better with this puzzle type. That&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/12\/puzzle-151-act-a-fool-patchwork\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Puzzle #151: Act a Fool (Patchwork)&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":[86,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patchwork","category-puzzles","category-variety-puzzles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157","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=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}