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+title: "UK Election Puzzle 2024"
+permalink: /puzzles/20240701
+author: Dylan Beattie
+meta:
+  og_description: A cryptic crossword puzzle to commemorate the UK General Election
+  og_image: /puzzles/20240701.png
+---
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+    <p><em>A puzzle with two valid solutions. Friday’s headlines will reveal which one is correct. </em></p>
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+      <li><a href="20240701.pdf">PDF Version</a></li>
+  </ul>
+    <script type="module" src="ipuzzler.js"></script>
+    <ipuzzler-puzzle src="20240701.ipuz"></ipuzzler-puzzle>
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+layout: right-sidebar
+title: "Puzzles"
+permalink: /puzzles
+author: Dylan Beattie
+meta:
+  og_description: Crosswords and other puzzles.
+  og_image: /miscellany/us-election-2020-crossword.png
+---
+<article>
+    <h1>Puzzles</h1>
+    <p>From time to time, I create puzzles. Just for fun. Here's a selection of puzzles I've created over the years.</p>
+    <ul>
+      <li><a href="20240701">UK Election Puzzle 2024</a> - a quantum cryptic crossword</li>
+      <li><a href="us2020/us-election-crossword.html">US Election 2020 Crossword</a> - a cryptic crossword themed around the 2020 US Presidential election</li>
+      <li><a href="xmas2015/">Christmas Venn</a> - an Christmas card that's an interactive 5-dimension Venn diagram</li>
+    </ul>
+</article>