Beekeeper Crosswords Themed Puzzles from Beekeeper Labs

Welcome 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.

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

This 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.

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

This 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.)

Jeepers 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.

Completely round is the perfect pearl the oyster manufactures.
Completely round is the steering wheel that leads to compound fractures.
Completely round is the golden fruit that hangs on the orange tree.
Yes, the circle shape is quite reknowned.
‘Tis sad to say it can be found in the low-down dirty run around
My true love gave to me.
— from “The Ballad of the Shape of Things” by Sheldon Harnick

Alter your orbits and circle round, for this week’s puzzle celebrates the purest of all geometric shapes.  How so?  That would be telling, but if you enter the ring and go a few rounds with this weeks grid, you should be able to figure it out.  Our panel of experts (to whom we are always grateful) have reviewed the difficulty of this puzzle and confirmed that most clues should fall within your sphere of knowledge, thus putting it at a Wednesday level of difficulty on the classic New York Times scale.

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

“As always, should you or any of your IM force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.”
— Mission Impossible

Since it’s Wednesday again, you know what your mission is, and it’s far from impossible.  Simply download this puzzle in the format of your choice — Across Lite format or printable PNG image — and solve it at your leisure.  If you choose to accept it, you will find that it ranks roughly a “Wednesday”  level of difficulty. And, as the man said above, “good luck”.

We apologize for the lack of a puzzle in this post, but we want to take a moment to put on our other hats as representatives of Beekeeper Labs, and point out a new page/application that we just put up over on our main site.  KnotWize is  a nifty little interactive Java applet that lets you create and modify celtic knotwork designs (like the one you see here).  It’s colorful, configurable, and free to use — and the designs you create are (of course) yours to use as you like.  Make picture frames, cross-stitch designs, or just hypnotic mazes to mystify your dog, cat, or 5-year-old.

Don’t worry, though, we haven’t forgotten that this blog is supposed all about crosswords –  you’ll get your usual fix on Wednesday with no commercial interruptions.

Once again we gather together, pencils in our hands, to celebrate the arrival of a new crossword.  Some come with dictionaries held before them, or with the mighty Google toolbar in hand, while others seek to rely upon their wits alone, perhaps unaided by even a simple eraser.  Yet all are welcome to join in the feast.

This week’s offering is relatively straightforward, having been rated as a “Tuesday” on the NYT difficulty scale.  It can, as always, be downloaded in a choice of formats: either as an Across Lite file or as a printable PNG image.  Pick your favorite format, and let the solving begin.

Well, here we are again with another new puzzle.  What do we have to say about it?  Um….  Er….  It’s a puzzle.  And it’s new.  It’s free, it’s themed, and we figure it runs somewhere around a Wednesday level of difficulty.  Beyond that, we’ll let you try it for yourself and draw your own conclusions.

As always, the puzzle is available in two different formats: either as an Across Lite file or as a printable PNG image.  Enjoy!

Well, here we are at the end of March, and it’s time to celebrate Springtime.  Those of you who are looking at your calendars might think that March 25th is a bit late to mark the arrival of Spring, but then it’s taking its own sweet time arriving in our neck of the woods.  In fact, you might say that this puzzle is not so much a celebration as a plea for Spring.  On the other hand, we may hope that you, gentle reader, are out enjoying the passing of Winter and that this puzzle will help you rejoice in your good fortune.  If not, perhaps it will help distract you from the dreary view out your window.  Either way, you win.

Our dedicated reviewers have examined this puzzle, rubbed our noses in our mistakes, made us clean up our messes, and pronounced it adequate.  (They’re a tough crowd.)  Further, they have adjudged it to be roughly Tuesday-level on the NYT scale.  You can, however judge for yourself by downloading and working the puzzle in your favorite format:  either as an Across Lite file or  a printable PNG image.  Enjoy!