Beekeeper Crosswords

A new themed puzzle every Wednesday

Puzzle #52: “On Your Feet”

Posted by keeper on July 1st, 2008

Puzzle #52If it’s Wednesday, it must be time for another Beekeeper crossword.  And so it is.  In fact, this is puzzle #52, which means we’ve been keeping a steady pace, running one crossword a week, for an entire year now.  Happy anniversary!  It’s been no walk in the park, and there’s been a delay or two, but it’s been a good time, and we hope to keep catering to your cruciverbalistic cravings for some time to come.

This puzzle is interesting for another reason.  If your like many of us, you get tired of seeing the same old bording three letter words time after time.  So have we, and that’s why we banished all of the three letter words from the puzzle entirely.  You still get to enjoy some of the same old boring four letter words — no, not those — but that’s a task for another day, and another puzzle.

As has been the case for the entire year, you can download puzzles as either Across Lite files or printable PNG images.  You won’t go wrong either way.

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Puzzle #51: “Escalation”

Posted by keeper on June 24th, 2008

Puzzle #51Welcome back.  We’ve got another fine puzzle for you this week, but its theme is a bit different than you may be used to from Beekeeper crosswords.  This is because there are plenty of theme entries, but we aren’t going to make it obvious which ones they are.  There should be enough hints for you to figure it out though.  (Yes, the title of the puzzle is one of those hints.)

What with one thing and another, the difficulty of this puzzle has been adjudged (by our ever faithful panel of experts) to be a Thursday on the NYT challenge scale.  If you feel up to the challenge, you can download it as either an Across Lite file or a printable PNG image.  Happy solving.

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Puzzle #50: “Trix are for…”

Posted by keeper on June 17th, 2008

Puzzle #50Welcome back.  You’ve arrived just in time for another fresh new crossword.  This week’s offering has been rated as a Wednesday/Thursday on the NYT difficulty scale, and makes a good part of any well-rounded breakfast.

As always, you may download it either as an Across Lite file, or as a printable PNG image.  The choice is yours.  Happy solving.

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Puzzle #49: “TV Gduie”

Posted by keeper on June 10th, 2008

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We can reduce the focus to a soft blur, or sharpen it to crystal clarity. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical.

– The Outer Limits

Puzzle #49Welcome back to everyone out in TV-land.  You may notice if you check your episode guide crossword clues that this week’s sit-com line-up is a bit….twisted.   However, we have confidence that, as always, everything will work out neatly by the end of each 30 minute episode, or at least by the time you fill in 57-down.  Our ever-faithful panel of reviewers have given this puzzle two thumbs up, three glares of annoyance, and 4 groans of agony.  They’ve also rated it as a Wednesday/Thursday level on the venerable NYT difficulty scale.

As usual, you can acquire this puzzle in your choice of formats — either VHS or BETA HD-DVD or Blu-Ray Across Lite or printable PNG file.  Y’all come back now, hear!

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Puzzle #48: “A Path to Perfection”

Posted by keeper on June 3rd, 2008

Puzzle #48They say you should write what you know, so that’s what we did.  This puzzle was inspired by our local 60 across — a veritable palace of perfection.  To work the puzzle, you don’t need to be perfect: you just need enough know-how to handle a Wednesday-level crossword, and the ability to click on a download link.  You can even choose between a perfectly elegant Across Lite download or a perfectly elegant printable PDF file.

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Puzzle #47: “Lore Reversal”

Posted by keeper on May 27th, 2008

Puzzle #47Welcome back.  It is once again Wednesday, which means that it’s time for a new free crossword puzzle, and time for me to once again find something fascinating to say about it without actually giving away the theme.  Unfortunately, I’m tapped out this week.  Our panel of reviewers have told us that it ranks as a Wednesday/Thursday on the NYT difficulty scale, but beyond that you’ll just have to accept that it’s a really nifty puzzle with a really boring description.  Tune in next week and maybe we will return you to your usual witty banter.

As usual, you can download the puzzle in your choice of format: either as an Across Lite file or a printable PNG image.  Enjoy.

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Puzzle #46: “Generally Speaking”

Posted by keeper on May 21st, 2008

Puzzle #46Welcome back.  It’s Wednesday again, and that means its time for a new crossword puzzle.  Luckily, a quick glance at the picture to the left tells us that this week’s offering is just that — a crossword.  For further details you’ll just have to download it (in either Across Lite format or as a printable PNG image) and check it out for yourself.  We can, however, tell you that it scores at approximately a Wednesday level of difficulty — not too hard, and not too easy.

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Puzzle #45: “Chef’s Special”

Posted by keeper on May 13th, 2008

Oscar: I got brown sandwiches and green sandwiches….  Well, what do you say?
Murray: What’s the green?
Oscar: It’s either very new cheese or very old meat.
Murray: I’ll take the brown.
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon

Puzzle #45This weeks puzzle offers a tasty treat for all audiences, as it is geared to be somewhat simpler than many of our offerings — somewhere around a Monday/Tuesday on the New York Times spectrum.   Thus, this crossword acts a cruciverbalistic fettucine bolognese — simple, yet richly flavored.  Hopefully it will suit your puzzling palate.

However, in traditional fashion, we are serving it in our usual flavors — either as  an Across Lite file or as a printable PNG image.  Bon appétit.

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Puzzle #44: “Multiple Choice”

Posted by keeper on May 6th, 2008

Hamlet: To be, or not to be?  That is the question.
Contestant: I’ll choose ‘be’.
Regis: Is that your final answer?

Puzzle #44This week’s crossword puzzle may be called “Multiple Choice”, but we’re actually giving you the same choices we always do.  You can download your puzzle in Across Lite format; you can grab a printable PNG image; or you can leave it unworked and unappreciated on our server.  Either way, the cost to you is the same — nothing at all.

According to our experts, this puzzle is a wee bit easier than many of ours.  It’s probably between a Tuesday and a Wednesday on the NYT difficulty scale.  Of course, your mileage may vary.  (Prius drivers should get at least 40 puzzles to the gallon, while H2 drivers will get somewhat fewer.)

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Puzzle #43: “Jeepers Creepers”

Posted by keeper on April 29th, 2008

Puzzle #43Jeepers Wally, is it Wednesday already?  I guess that means that it’s time for another free crossword puzzle, and we’re just the guys to give it to you.  All the usual rules apply:   You are guaranteed to get a theme with every puzzle.  You are guaranteed that there will be no roman numerals or compass directions and a bare minimum of sloths, regardless of toe-count.  You are not guaranteed any money back if you are not satisfied, but whaddayawant from a free puzzle.  As a special for downloading today, you get the “lite” version, with 20% fewer mistakes in the clues.  (We keep our costs down by omitting the professional editor and pass the savings on to you — but our tireless review panel keep us honest.)  The same review panel has reported that the challenge level of this puzzle sits solidly at “Wednesday” on the NYT difficulty scale.  However, YMMV.

Look for downloads in the usual formats: either Across Lite or a printable PNG image; and we’ll see you back here next Wednesday.

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