Musician Abhors Getting Parking in Eden
I was first inspired to write Paradise Lost while listening to an episode of Desert Island Discs, for which Both Sides Now was one of the selected eight records. Looking back at the archive helpfully...
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Ys-y as ’Pie!
Nebuchadnezzar gives an insight into the creation of Dire Straits Spoiler alert – this blog discusses the themes of a few of my previous puzzles. Please spare a thought for me as I sit staring at a...
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Step by Step post-amble
Almon Brown STROWGER was an undertaker who lived in Kansas City, Missouri and the inventor of the automated step-by-step telephone exchange. Before his invention, local telephone calls were made by...
View ArticleAnagrammatic Liberal Blog
By Oyler Cast your mind back to the summer of 2024 when we had a General Election. The PM announced it whilst getting rather wet. Of course, we were bombarded with election stuff and it was during...
View ArticleHexiamond Divisions by The CQ Elves
Who are The CQ Elves? If you are a UK subscriber you may have watched QI and you’ll know about the QI Elves who come up with all the quite interesting stuff. Some of you may have had an inkling that...
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Monky Business – Gareth reflects
I can date the genesis of Monky Puzzle precisely. It was the day this Futility Closet post was published. It was clear to me that Cistercian Numerals were both obscure and interesting, which is an...
View ArticleHappy Puzzling by Oyler
In 2024, The Wizards of OZ were invited to set the puzzles for the Ritangle school’s competition for 2025. Zag had set a crossnumber puzzle for the previous year’s competition and it had been well...
View ArticleChill Out – Hawk Keeps His Distance
The interconnectedness of things is one of those ideas that’s difficult to get your head around. Like some areas of mathematical probability, it’s often counterintuitive, even paradoxical. How can it...
View ArticleBonus Puzzle!
As a special treat, we’re publishing a bonus puzzle this month. It’s Dream On (2026) by Elint. It hasn’t been through the normal Magpie layout or editorial process but we think you will enjoy it....
View ArticlePartitioned Digits V by Oyler
I spent most of the summer of 2025 setting puzzles that partitioned the digits into various sets. The inspiration for this started a few months earlier, in that 2025 was a square year and is 452. If...
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