Creative Writing, Prose, Puzzle

Century Puzzle

by Siddiq Islam In wishing The Poor Print a happy one-hundredth issue, I submit a puzzle of unwarranted length (sorry). The aim of the puzzle is to highlight the ambiguity of relationships and the conclusions to which we jump. As you read, check the assumptions you make along the way, remember the information you receive […]

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Cryptic Crossword [6]

by Siddiq Islam Editor’s note: The solutions to this puzzle are available here. Across 1 Rest on back wheel (6) 4 Beginner with no pen eraser (6) 9 Era of mindless rage (3) 10 Last of cacti in Sahara ill (5) 11 To hang but with no initial laughing allowed (3) 12 Hilly Tour d’England […]

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Cryptic Crossword [5]

by Hamish Dodd Editor’s note: The solutions to this puzzle are available here. Across 6  Tom Sawyer’s friend is tangled in her freckly bun (11,4) 8  Anger following burst of energy in kingdom (6) 9  Royal Mail sends final amount to marsupial (6) 10  Agreement about a tree (3) 11  Group’s charged on board for personal items (11) 13  Re-wind some strange documentary program (4) 15  In lieu […]

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Cryptic Crossword [4]

by Tom Rose Editor’s note: The solutions to this puzzle are available here. Across 1 A unit representative of a typical, grizzly hospital (8,6) 9 Gods of a mount from the east (5) 10  A welcoming signal? (9) 11  Decapitate pig with blade (3) 12  Minecraft block-style copper starts to become increasingly corroded (5) 13  Make a bet, lose £1000, […]

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Cryptic Crossword [3]

by Tom Rose Across 1 Poor mark suggests something’s wrong (3,4) 5 Fix the wizard a big cheese? (7) 10 Just holding one is a long way off (4) 11 ABBA overdo dancing, honest (5,5) 12 Using some incorrect or pidgin Latin is sluggish (6) 13 ‘People known to love sheep stew’, His Highness inaccurately […]

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Cryptic Crossword [2]

by Siddiq Islam ACROSS 3 Dodgy cat simp affects me (7) 7 Somehow turn coo into fried bread for soup (7) 8 Act differently under X-ray scan (3) 9 Clumsy detective derives coulomb (7) 12 Oscar Brown wearing beret reflects upon divine literature (5) 13 Am going for cheese that’s oozing without ease (6) 16 […]

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