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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Puzzle Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: PICKFORU
Pete Sorts a Thousand Pieces by Secret Letter Overnight
Our critic dismisses the garish tree image but deciphers the coded back-markings, reorganizes the entire table into lettered fiefdoms by dawn, and leaves his human questioning their own sanity.

My human, in their infinite and often misguided quest to entertain themselves, has procured a box of what appears to be shattered light. They call this PICKFORU "Stained Glass Puzzle" a "toy for adults," a laughable designation for what is clearly a large, flat surface-in-waiting. Its alleged purpose is to be painstakingly reassembled into a picture of a tr…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★★☆
Superior intellect, exquisite demonstration.
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