{"id":377,"date":"2022-05-13T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2022-05-09T04:44:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T04:44:31","slug":"puzzle-42-two-by-two-plus-special-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/13\/puzzle-42-two-by-two-plus-special-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle #42: Two By Two (plus special announcement!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uT3SBzmDxGk\" 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\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/TwoByTwo.jpz\">JPZ Download<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/solve\/index.html?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/TwoByTwo.jpz\">Online Solver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A puzzle from the archives today! This one was originally published over a decade ago at the now-defunct Crossword Fiend Forum. I cleaned up the clues and fill a bit, had <a href=\"https:\/\/halfbakedpuzzles.blogspot.com\/\">Will<\/a> test it out, and here it is! Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more! I signed up for the Malibu Triathlon in September because I was looking for a reason to get in shape, and it turns out they&#8217;re doing it as a fundraiser for Children&#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles. My son has a good friend who received life-saving treatment at CHLA, so I&#8217;m thrilled to be helping raise money for them.<\/p>\n<p>What does this have to do with crosswords you ask? Well, I am allergic to simply asking people for money, so I decided to make some crosswords for the occasion. If you <a href=\"http:\/\/connect.chla.org\/goto\/alex_boisvert\">head over to my donation page<\/a> and make a donation of any amount I&#8217;ll send you five exclusive puzzles for your trouble. Specifically, there&#8217;s one acrostic, one kaidoku, one &#8220;two outta three&#8221;, one snake charmer, and one crossword. And what a cute crossword it is! How can you say no to this little guy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-379 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Kirby-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Kirby-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Kirby-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Kirby-450x450.png 450w, https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Kirby-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Kirby.png 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A great deal for a great cause! Tell your friends! And thanks for your support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/solve\/index.html?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/TwoByTwo.jpz\">Enjoy the solve!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver A puzzle from the archives today! This one was originally published over a decade ago at the now-defunct Crossword Fiend Forum. I cleaned up the clues and fill a bit, had Will test it out, and here it is! Enjoy. But wait, there&#8217;s more! I signed up for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/13\/puzzle-42-two-by-two-plus-special-announcement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Puzzle #42: Two By Two (plus special announcement!)&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crosswords","category-puzzles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","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=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}