Land of 10,000 Beers

by George Barany, John Child, and Phil Platt

This commissioned Sunday-sized puzzle celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit (in more ways than one) in the home state of two of its co-constructors. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about the puzzle's theme by clicking here for our "midrash." 

Click here (two pages) or here (one page, for those with good eyesight) to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. We thank Christopher Adams, Steve Bachman, Martin Herbach, and Alex Vratsanos for testing the puzzle and assuring that it represented an accurate and fair challenge.

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http://tinyurl.com/10kbeerspuz

More puzzles here (all) and here (tributes).

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