I'll try to see if I can implement your idea from the code level.

Cool! If you're taking feature requests, I'd love to see an endless mode. No idea how hard it would be to build while keeping puzzle quality high, haven't thought about it much.

Pips is easily my new favorite NYT game apart from the daily (full) Crossword. Forces me to use my brain in a way the other games don't. Would love to be able to play this more than once a day.