Crossword & Puzzle Collection Solutions – Issue 133
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Crossword & Puzzle Collection 134 – Gremlin
Stinker, page 56
The clue at 40dn should have been plural ‘Lumber processing plants’ for the answer SAWMILLS.
Thanks to H Smith from WA for reporting this gremlin.
Christine’s BIG Crossword 352 – Gremlin
Pop Words, page 47
The clue at 11 down was missing the word break-up (2,3,6).
Thanks to T Pinkard from TAS for reporting this gremlin.
Silverware, flatware and cutlery ????
The word cutlery comes from the Old French word coutellerie (related to today’s French word couteau ‘knife’) yet the words knife, fork and spoon are all from Old English.
The knife was by far the earliest of the cutlery items, with the word knife coming from the Old English cnif. The first knives would have [more…]
Enigma Crossword Competition Winner for December 2021
Congratulations to K Collins, winner of last month’s Enigma online crossword competition. The winner will receive a $100 gift card, courtesy of Lovatts Crosswords & Puzzles.
Bon appetit
Many of our food terms comes from the French, such as menu, short for menu de repas ‘list of what is served at a meal’. The term a la carte means ‘food ordered as separate items’ as opposed to a table d’hôte, ‘meal served at a fixed price’. Haute cuisine is high-quality cooking in [more…]
Code Crackers (Issue 124)
Acrostic
Sol: Clint Eastwood, Rawhide
$50 Cash
Mrs C J Allen, Esperance WA; D Arnott, South Yarra VIC; M Foley, Lavington NSW; M Page, Uralla NSW; J Riley, Argenton NSW.
Super Starhunt
Sol: Alden Ehrenreich
$50 Cash
M Devine, Gladesville NSW; A Leigh Pollard, Edithvale VIC; C Pollard, Chester Hill VIC; C Taylor, Mackay QLD; Y Vreeken, Glenmore Park NSW.
Monster Prize [more…]
CLUEWORDS WINNERS (Issue 182)
The Baffler
Russell Hobbs Sandwich Press
A L Pollard, Edithvale VIC.
$50 Cash
D Bickerton, Wameral NSW; M Devine, Gladesville NSW; E Johnston, Niddrie VIC; P Long, Croydon Park NSW; P Murphy, Ettalong NSW.
MAXI!
Wonderboom Wireless Speaker
E Filsell, Semaphore Park SA.
$50 Cash
N Blondeau, Stafford Heights QLD; K Carroll, The Vines WA; M English, Fingal TAS; L Nottage, Goolwa SA; [more…]