Beekeeper Crosswords Themed Puzzles from Beekeeper Labs

Suppose Tarzan was hauled into court — perhaps for assaulting tresspassers on his jungle estate.  Who, or what, would you expect to take the stand in his defense?  And suppose he insisted on a jury of his peers.  Who would fill the box?  As a Viscount, Lord Greystoke is a peer of the realm, but as Lord of the Jungle he’d consider his equals, if any, to be the noble great apes.  Perhaps we could call upon 6 of each?  That should be interesting to see.  In any case, it’s a trying situation.

Title: Tarzan’s Trial
Difficulty: Tuesday
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Attaboy!  You can do it!  Almost there!  Way to go! Feeling sufficiently encouraged to try a crossword now?  Good.  Actually, you shouldn’t need much encouragement, since this puzzle weighs in as a solid Tuesday on the venerable NYT difficulty scale.  Still, we do like to keep this blog up-beat, just in case the puzzles leave you beat up.

Title: Way to Go
Difficulty: Tuesday
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Title: Loose Screws
Difficulty: Tuesday/Wednesday
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Doctor, doctor, give me the news
I’ve got a bad case of lovin’ you
–Moon Martin

Title: Doctor! Doctor!
Difficulty: Tuesday
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“As is frequently pointed out by the critics, Macbeth was probably written in haste. No one knows why Shakespeare was in a hurry, unless he was nauseated by all the bloodshed. At any rate this explains the unusually large number of tragic flaws in the play.”

-Richard Armour, Twisted Tales from Shakespeare

As we all know, this is November, and the time for witches is past.   However, there’s always time for our favorite trio of weird sisters, so this week we serve up a tasty brew of etymological excess straight from the cruciverbalist’s cauldron.  A cursed good time should be had by all.  (The purists among us may note, upon working the puzzle, that only the title is even vaguely related to The Scottish Play.  This is true, but it still gives me something to blather about in this introduction, which is really all the excuse I need.)

Title: Toil and Trouble
Difficulty: Thursday
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Welcome. As of the time of this posting, the election is pretty much over and, believe it or not, life and the crossword puzzle go on. We are pleased to report that this week’s puzzle is 98.7% politics-free. How can we accomplish this amazing feat? Lots of meditation and extensive use of ear-plugs. So why not kick back, forget voting booth, and fall into the grid? Happy solving.

Title: Net Profit
Difficulty: Tuesday
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October is drawing to a close, and that means scary things are in the air — election day, the stock market, and (oh yeah!) a small holiday that that you might choose to call Samhain, All Saints Eve, or Candy Day.  To commemorate these frightening times, we bring you a hauntingly appropriate puzzle.  We’d describe it as fiendish, except that we decided to give even neophyte solvers a ghost of a chance of solving it before the witching hour — thus, you’ll have to settle for a challenge that is merely impish.

Title: Ghost Story
Difficulty: Tuesday
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Once more we give you greetings from the amidst the colorful leaves and trees of Western PA.  Fall is upon us, and the foliage is falling, and so it falls upon us to foresee what might befall once Fall has fully fallen.  Or something like that.  (And, for our loyal Florida contingent, we wish to assure you that it really does fall below fifty degrees in the frigid wastes north of the Georgia border.   In fact, the fahrenheit factor is falling fast.)

Title: After the Fall
Difficulty: Tuesday/Wednesday
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Welcome back to Beekeeper Crosswords.  Fasten your seat-belts, for this week’s entry will take you on a road-trip.  Pack a bag of OREOs, grab your little dog TOTO, set your GPS for RTE 66 and let’s ROLL.

Title: Two for the Road
Difficulty: Thursday
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(BTW, any current or potential customers of CrossFire should note that this puzzle was produced using a pre-release copy of version 1.02.  If you find yourself needing support for grid circles before it is released, just contact us and we’ll see about getting you a test copy.)

Title: Turn, Turn, Turn
Difficulty: Wednesday/Thursday
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