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xkcd #2896: Crossword Constructors
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Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an 'eHit'.
Or they could push for the sort of crosswords with more black squares (very common here in Britain) that rarely have anything bigger than a 1x1 intersection. There are other ways to challenge the solver.
I only do the cryptics myself - I like that you can be confident you have the right answer without waiting for the crossers to check your guess.