Monthly Archives: July 2019

BIG Competition Solutions – Issue 319

Traitors, treachery and treason

Traitors sometimes pop up in our crossword clues, highlighting the fact that history is full of tales of treason. In some cases, the names of traitors have become words to describe a person who acts treacherously.

The most famous traitor is probably the biblical disciple Judas Iscariot, who indicated Jesus’ identity to the Temple guards [more…]

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 118 – Gremlin – Baffler p27

The Baffler, page 27

A TITI is a New World monkey not an ‘Old World monkey

Thank you to Merilyn House from Helensburgh, NSW for alerting us to this gremlin

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 118 – Gremlin – Baffler p117

Baffler solution, page 117

The solution for the clue ‘Kristin … Thomas’ reads LCOTT instead of SCOTT

Thanks to Christine Rae of Donnybrook WA for alerting us to this gremlin

Crossword & Puzzle Collection Solutions – Issue 118

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Subscriber Sweepstake 21

Congratulations to the latest winners in our Lovatts Subscriber Sweepstake!

These lucky subscribers have shared in over $1000 worth of prizes!

Apple Watch Series 3 – Miss Trisha Griffin, Queanbeyan NSW
Kindle Wi-Fi eReader – Margaret Crabbe, Bundaberg North QLD
Fitbit Inspire – Mrs Shelley Biasi, Bowral NSW
Breville Toast & Melt Sandwich Press – Mrs Veronica Wernert, Bonbeach [more…]

Colossus 182 Competition Solutions

Enigma Crossword Competition Winner for June 2019

Congratulations to Helen Sherrott, winner of last month’s Enigma online crossword competition. The winner will receive a $100 gift card, courtesy of Lovatts Crosswords & Puzzles.

The left handed life

All left-handed people are evil, worthless, mysterious and bring bad luck. At least, that’s what they used to think in former days. The Latin word for left is ‘sinister’, which has only come to mean evil or treacherous because of its leftist leanings.The old Saxon word for left was ‘lyft’ which also meant worthless. [more…]