Puzzle

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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Artwork

Cryptic Crossword [1]

by Hamish Dodd ACROSS 1. Flowers left chess mob sorry to be so moved. (6,8) 9. Art Virgos, somehow high above us, wrote The Rite. (4,10) 10. Allusion changed slightly for deep respect. (9) 11. South Africa after uniform of country. (3) 13. Average day of this season to hear horse-like bullock. (6,7) 17. Genuine […]

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Poetry

To My Secret Admirer

by Hamish Dodd To my secret admirerWhose words have hurt me so,You slandered me in The Poor Print;Your name I do not know. Such callous words from callow lips,Your cowardice is clear,To take to print with acid tongueAnd my good name to smear I hope you’re at the bar tonightBut think it shan’t be so,For […]

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