{"id":733,"date":"2023-05-19T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/?p=733"},"modified":"2023-05-19T17:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T17:23:22","slug":"puzzle-94-speak-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/19\/puzzle-94-speak-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle #94: Speak Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gh7u-KTWUq8\" 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><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>PUZZLE LINKS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/SpeakUp.ipuz\">iPuz Download<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/solve\/index.html?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/SpeakUp.ipuz\">Online Solver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here it is, the puzzle that was famously (?) accepted by the New York Times, and then, months later, rejected by the New York Times. I later repurposed it for Crosswords LA, and now I&#8217;m using it here. So, it&#8217;s had a good run, despite its rocky beginnings.<\/p>\n<p>Since we passed $2500 so easily in my <a href=\"http:\/\/connect.chla.org\/goto\/AlexBoisvert\">charity fundraiser<\/a>, and there are still four months left to go, I&#8217;ve moved the goal to $5000. Can we hit it? Only with your help! Don&#8217;t forget that if you donate you&#8217;ll get 6 puzzles from me, one from Kate Chin Park, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pandorasblocks.org\/crosswords-for-cancer\">16 from the CCCC set<\/a>. It&#8217;s a pretty good deal, really!<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you like acrostic puzzles? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/crosswordnexus\">Join our Patreon!<\/a><br \/>\nDo you want a place to discuss puzzles? <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/ep2J3KXcmM\">Join our Discord!<\/a><br \/>\nDo you want even more puzzles? <a href=\"http:\/\/connect.chla.org\/goto\/AlexBoisvert\">Check out our charity puzzle pack!<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/solve\/index.html?file=\/downloads\/site_puzzles\/SpeakUp.ipuz\">Enjoy the solve!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver Here it is, the puzzle that was famously (?) accepted by the New York Times, and then, months later, rejected by the New York Times. I later repurposed it for Crosswords LA, and now I&#8217;m using it here. So, it&#8217;s had a good run, despite its rocky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/19\/puzzle-94-speak-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Puzzle #94: Speak Up!&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":[9,6],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crosswords","category-puzzles","tag-kelseys-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733","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=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":734,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosswordnexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}