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The Magpie magazine, published monthly, provides excellent crosswords and numerical puzzles. The editorial team includes Mark Goodliffe and Shane Shabankareh.

London, UK
Joined February 2012
A sample puzzle from the Magpie archives is available free at piemag.com/wp-content/upload…
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An issue from the Magpie archives (April 2004) is also available free to subscribers with more time on their hands than usual...
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The April issue of the Magpie is now available (piemag.com), containing puzzles by Opsimath, Ferret, Joshua Tree, Stick Insect, Phi and Miles.
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The Magpie reaches its 200th issue! It's an editors' issue, featuring puzzles by Gareth, Mr Magoo, Serpent, Mash and Tiburon, available now at piemag.com/.
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December's issue is now available for download (piemag.com). It's the annual editors' issue containing puzzles by Serpent, Tiburon, Mash, Mr Magoo and Gareth!
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September's issue is now available to download at piemag.com/, featuring puzzles by Chalicea, Shark, Stick Insect, Eclogue, Pointer and Arden.
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August's issue is now available to download at piemag.com/, featuring puzzles by Serpent, Mr Magoo, Hedge-sparrow, Harribobs, Nebuchadnezzar and Nod.
Friedlander and Fine have published an article in Frontiers in Psychology on the potential use of cryptic crosswords in research into insight problems. The article uses examples from puzzles published in @MagpiePuzzles and is freely available at bit.ly/2IP2QCs.
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July's issue is now available to download at piemag.com/, featuring puzzles by Eclogue, Mr E, Charybdis, Artix, Serpent and Hedgehog.
June's issue is now available to download at piemag.com/ , featuring puzzles by Phylax, Ferret, Ifay, Flowerman, Schadenfreude and Oyler.
May's issue is now available to download (piemag.com/), featuring puzzles by Hedge-sparrow, Zag, Harribobs, Raffles and Chalicea, plus a puzzle by a mystery setter.
The March issue is now available at piemag.com/, containing puzzles by Chalicea, Dysart, Nod, The Ace of Hearts, Serpent and Miles.
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December's issue is now available at piemag.com/. It's a special issue, with all puzzles by members of the editorial team.
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October's issue available at piemag.com/ with great puzzles by Ifay, Jaques, Nudd, Pointer, Porlock and Miles.
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September's issue available at piemag.com/ with great puzzles by Chalicea, Shark, Eclogue, The Ace of Hearts Dysart, and Googly.
Magpie co-founders Mark and Simon have set up a You Tube channel about cracking cryptic crosswords: youtube.com/channel/UCC-UOdK…
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Today Simon's vlog compares me and him solving today's difficult & clever Times crossword bit.ly/2vI2gBj
August's issue now available at piemag.com/ with great puzzles by Opsimath, Nebuchadnezzar, Artix, Harribobs, Zag and Nutmeg.
July's issue now available at piemag.com/ with great puzzles by Chalicea, Phylax, Shark, Serpent, Cagey and Nod.
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