Monthly Archives: November 2019

Pull up a chair

We spend a great deal of our lives sitting down, whether driving, eating or reading because it’s very hard to do these things standing up.

Fortunately, there are many different types of seats to sit on. In the kitchen, there’s a kitchen chair or backless stool. In the dining room, there’s the dining chair, or [more…]

UK COLOSSUS Winners (Issue 334)

Cashwords Jackpot
Cashwords winners are published on our website www.lovattspuzzles.com

The Baffler
3 x £50 Cash
T Down, Hailsham; J Ogilvie, Wakefield; G Wilson, Torrisholme.

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
P Smith, York.
2 x £25 Love2Shop vouchers
J Brooke, Pinner; Mrs C Walker, Flamborough.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
D Rawlings, Glasgow.
2 x £25 Love2Shop vouchers
R Davis, Chilcompton; J Loveday, Covingham.

The Knowledge
Sol: Periodic Table
2 x £25 Cash
Mrs J [more…]

Crossword & Puzzle Collection Solutions – Issue 120

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BIG Competition Solutions – Issue 323

Colossus 184 Competition Solutions

What’s in a middle name?

Hello!

We sometimes ask for a person’s middle name in a crossword clue, although we usually choose a well-known one, unless we’re feeling very cruel.

We have middle names for various reasons. A person may be given a middle name to distinguish them from other people with the same first name and surname, especially a father [more…]

UK CROSSWORD PUZZLE COLLECTION Winners (Issue 124)

Cashwords Jackpot
Cashwords Jackpot winners are published on our website.

Double Monster
£100 Cash
L Wright, Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

Monster Colossus
£50 Cash
G Richards, London.
2 x £25 Cash
P Canham, Ipswich; S Mills, Ipswich.

Monster Starhunt
Sol: Woody Allen
£50 Cash
J Thompson, Braintree.
2 x £25 Cash
S Dray, Blaenannerch; B Klein, Sheffield.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
S Walker, Alnwick.
£25 Cash
C Kilford, Erith.

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
Mrs M Young, Bangor.
£25 Cash
E Lowe, Guthrie.

Contest Coupon
£25 [more…]

Christine’s BIG Crossword 325 – Gremlin

Anarchy, page 19

The ‘Across’ clues are numbered incorrectly. They should be numbered 1,5,6,7 across.

Thanks to Carolyn Frame from Queanbeyan for alerting us to this error.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 325 – Gremlin

Memory Lane, page 46

The French author of Gigi at 1 down is spelt incorrectly. The correct answer is COLETTE.

Thank you to Carolyn Frame from Queanbeyan for alerting us to this gremlin.