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Mightiest of Minds Solving Ty., 2011
(version of H L Atkinson, Yorkshire Post, 1909)

#2

1.Qg5!   ()

1...f5    2.Qe7#
1...S any 2.Qxe5#
1...fxg5  2.Rxg6#
1...gxh6  2.Qxf6#
1...d2    2.Qxd2#

A half-pin after a queen sacrifice key with some by-play to give the white queen and rook something more to do. A simple two-mover for a junior solving tourney, versioned from a somewhat heavier problem that can be seen as PID 30798 in my Meson database.