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Two Across: a proposal invitation template
The weekend crossword, set by you for one solver. The starred clue is your question; the shaded answers are their name and the word date, and tapping them pens them in.
The design
The whole invitation is a newspaper puzzle page lying on the café table, a ballpoint resting beside it. The grid is built from their own name: it runs across the middle of the puzzle, the word for the occasion crosses it, and both are shaded, waiting. The starred clue, printed big above the grid, is the question itself ("Will you be my date to the Lantern Ball? (4)"). Tap a shaded answer, tap the pen, or simply type, and the pen travels the squares writing it in; once both are in, the clues are ticked off and the solution line under the grid reads their name and your question. Below, the page carries on in the puzzle page's own parts: the setter's note (your letter) with a halftone picture, the Across clues (why them), the Down clues (the evening), the answers-revealed box (when and where), picture clues, the setter's rules (where no is as correct an answer as yes), and the final clue, Your answer (3) or (2). A yes is inked, ringed and stamped Correct; a no is inked, underlined neatly and stamped Also correct.
Colours and type
Two Across comes in 3 colourways: Café table, blue biro, Sunday linen, red pen and Night edition, green ink, with 2 type pairings: Puzzle page & biro and Weekend edition & pen. The colours and type change in the editor at any time; the layout stays its own.
Who it suits
Made for date, in the Interactive style.
What is included
An invitation website with a page made for the one person you are asking, with your own note on why them and a reply they send with one tap. You write your own words and add your photos in the live editor, send every guest a personal link by email or any messaging app, and follow the replies as they come in. Free for up to 10 people, with the full design.
More proposal templates
- Player Two: An arcade cabinet waiting in attract mode: "Player 2, press start". They press it, a little pixel scene plays, and the screen asks the question.
- Tick One Box: The note passed across the classroom, folded into a tight triangle with their name on it. They unfold it, read the question, and answer by ticking a box: Yes or No.
- The Corsage Box: A wrist corsage on satin in a clear florist's box, their name on the lid. Lift the lid and the ribbon tag slides out with the question and the occasion.
- Side B, Track Six: A mixtape made by hand. They open the clear case, the J-card folds out in marker and biro, and the last track on side B, ringed twice, is your question.
- Admit Two: A pair of cinema tickets, seats side by side. They tear off the stub to keep, turn it over, and the question is printed on the back.
- Par Avion: A paper plane folded from airmail paper waits on the desk with their name on the wing. One tap throws it: it loops the room, lands, and unfolds into the question.
- Four Flashes: A photo booth on a fairground at night. They press the button: the strip feeds out of the slot, the booth flashes four times, and the fourth frame is you holding up a card with the question.
- Table for Two: A reserved table in a dark restaurant. They tap the candle, the light spreads across the white tablecloth and two glasses, and the reservation card reads: a table for two, if you'll say yes.
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