GOING TOO FAR: [ PUZ][ PDF][ FULLSCREEN]
PROGRAMS: [Across Lite] [Adobe Reader]

Another one of my many Going Too Far variants. For those that don’t know the drill, here’s the instructions:

Twenty-nine of the answers in this crossword are too long and won’t fit in the spaces provided. Each of these answers will either begin or end in the gray square immediately before or after it, or appear in both. When the puzzle is done, all the gray squares will have been used exactly once, and the letters in them (reading left to right, line by line) will spell out a quote by Stewart Francis.

Thanks to Alex Boisvert for helping with the digital version of the puzzle up above. (The Across Lite version might be a bit dodgy, but hey, it’s your life). Looks like Alex is a fan too, as he too made a puzzle based on Stewart’s one-liners.

The summer drive is still rolling. Let me give you the quick pitch: the site remains free, please enjoy the puzzles guilt-free. I know many many of you do and for that, I am pleased. However, if you’ve been enjoying the work and you’ve got a couple of extra beans in your pocket, it does help with some administrative costs. Suggested donation of $20, please and thank you, through PayPal or Venmo preferred, but there’s always Zelle (to the email in the “get in touch” link coming up), checks, hell I’ll take crypto. Get in touch. Long form appeal is here.

Everyone who can contribute will get two bonus puzzles as a thank you: one themed, one themeless, both Sunday- (read: super-) sized. And one randomly selected donor will get a customized puzzle from me. Thanks to all who’ve been able to chip in thus far.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.