If you’ve visited our site before, you’ve probably noticed a few changes—one of which, of course, is the addition of a blog. All of this is to celebrate our brand-new printing press (more on that in a future post).

Because of this, we thought what better way to kick things off than a themed crossword puzzle designed by us specially for this blog? We went with a crossword puzzle because 1) we love crossword puzzles, 2) designing it was a challenging and surprisingly addictive experience and 3) it felt fitting in light of this new milestone for us, which is paper printing.

Without further ado, we present Pleekō’s first crossword puzzle! You can find the clues below, as well as a link to the printable version.

ACROSS
1. With 35 down & 40 down, common image file formats (4)
7. Associate or rival (4)
10. Parts of a play (4)
13. Printer pink (7)
15. Charity (abbr.) (3)
16. Pineapples, nuclear reactors and the earth all have one (4)
17. Reservoir (3)
18. Johannes who invented the first printing press (9)
21. Amiss, out of place (4)
22. Android rival (3)
24. A kind of beer (3)
25. Rowing paddles (4)
28. C 60% M 40% Y 40% K 100%, usually (9)
33. Useful thing on a phone (3)
36. ______ serif, for example Helvetica (4)
37. Essential part of a typewriter (3)
38. Colour matching system for printing (7)
40. Fancy event (4)
41. Border (4)
42. Aliens, perhaps? (abbr.) (4)
DOWN
2. Ambulance, for instance (abbr.) (3)
3. Extra (5)
4. Large primate (3)
5. Structure surrounding a picture or door (5)
6. Sharp pain (4)
8. Finish (3)
9. When the plane will land (abbr.) (3)
11. Essential computer component (abbr.) (3)
12. Final amount on an invoice (5)
13. “______ Dick”, famous book by Herman Melville (4)
14. Oktoberfest country (abbr.) (3)
16. Street feature (abbr.) (3)
19. Old-school pitcher (4)
20. Boy meets ______ (4)
23. Japanese city (5)
25. “Without” in 14 down’s language (4)
26. Stomach muscles, for short (3)
27. What books are made of (5)
29. Camera setting that controls exposure (3)
30. Camera & printer manufacturer (5)
31. Transparent sheet used for hand-drawn animations (3)
32. Myanmar currency (4)
34. _____ Thai, launching ______ or paw ______ (3)
35. See 1 across (3)
39. Shirt, informally (3)
40. See 1 across (3)

Download the printable version here. The solution will be shared in the next blog post.

P.S. If you complete this, we’d absolutely love to know what you think! Please tag us on Instagram or share your opinion below in the comment section.