{"id":1166,"date":"2026-07-03T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:57:39","slug":"puzzle-153","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/03\/puzzle-153\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle #153: Twice As Ice (Contest Crossword with Kelsey!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UqmUxkRPBS0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SOLVER LINK:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/solve\/index.html?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/TwiceAsIce.ipuz\">Online Solver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kelsey and I made a crossword! I like making crosswords with friends. I need to do it more often. And hey, it&#8217;s a crossword with a meta element! Here are your instructions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This puzzle&#8217;s contest answer is one way to obtain some classic video games. To enter the contest, email your answer to twiceasice@crosswordnexus.com before July 17, 2026.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As usual, the randomly selected winner will receive a puzzle pack or puzzle subscription of their choosing. Also as usual, using Google to solve the meta is totally fair game. Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/solve\/index.html?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/TwiceAsIce.ipuz\">Enjoy the solve!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLVER LINK: Online Solver Kelsey and I made a crossword! I like making crosswords with friends. I need to do it more often. And hey, it&#8217;s a crossword with a meta element! Here are your instructions: This puzzle&#8217;s contest answer is one way to obtain some classic video games. To enter the contest, email your&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/03\/puzzle-153\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Puzzle #153: Twice As Ice (Contest Crossword with Kelsey!)&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":[9,52,6],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crosswords","category-meta","category-puzzles","tag-kelsey-dixon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","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=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}