Crossword Dungeon

Imagine a crossword forming the layout of an old-school dungeon crawler. 

Each letter is a "room" and each room has a treasure, trap or monster. Solving a letter of the crossword levels-up the connected rooms, making the dungeon harder. The puzzle solving confounds the RPG elements and the RPG mechanics confound the puzzle solving.

Uses old puzzles from Washington Post.

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