I do love Lovatts puzzles,
They keep me on my toes,
Word puzzles, number puzzles,
Anything that goes.
When first I started puzzling
It was to have some fun,
My only real ambition
To solve each and every one.
I started entering contests
And to my great surprise
I found upon my doorstep
A little booklight prize.
Then followed in succession
A voucher and a cheque,
A dictionary/thesaurus
And [more…]
Same puzzles – new name!
Handy Killer Addoku has been renamed Handy Killer Sudoku commencing with Issue 38, on sale March 4. Killer Sudoku is what this clever puzzle is most commonly called. The Lovatts name, Addoku, was confusing for Killer Sudoku fans, who didn’t recognise this as the same puzzle they love to do. [more…]
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The word bungalow, meaning a single-storey house, comes from India, from the Hindi word for a low thatched house, bangla meaning literally ‘Bengalese house’.
A sturdy fabric called serge, made in the French town [more…]
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