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Christine’s Cryptic Collection 28 – Gremlin – Double Take 3

Double Take 3 puzzle, p44

The cryptic clue at 13ac should have read ‘Possibility occurs for spiritless spectrum (8)’ rather than ‘Possibility occurs for spectrum, unhesitatingly (8)’ for the answer PROSPECT.

Thanks to M Delzoppo for alerting us to this gremlin.

Colossus Competition Solutions – UK Issue 373

MEGA Competition Solutions – UK Issue 82

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Big Competition Solutions – UK Issue 368

UK BIG Winners (Issue 367)

The Demon
£100 Cash
K Gent, Kent.
£50 Cash
Mr T J Webb, Suffolk.

MEGA! Goliathon
£100 Cash
B Whitworth, Cheshire.
£40 Cash
C Andrews, Dorset.

Contest Coupon
Wiz Words
Sol: Muscle
Collins Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary and Lists Set
S Davies, Lancashire; C Frampton, West Yorkshire.

£25 Cash for each contest.

BIG Easy
Sol: Keep your nose clean
S Dearden, Lancashire.

Wheel Words
Sol: Egg beater
L Stone, Bedford.

The Knew Yorker
Sol: Finger
D Henning, Hampshire.

Acrostic
Sol: [more…]

UK CROSSWORD PUZZLE COLLECTION Winners (Issue 143)

Double Monster
£100 Cash
Mrs C Taylor, Lincolnshire.

Monster Colossus
£50 Cash
Miss S Chapple, Devon.
£25 Cash
M Holmes, Norfolk; C Rifkin, Kent.

Monster Starhunt
Sol: Scarlett Johansson
£50 Cash
W Duthie, Aberdeenshire.
£25 Cash
Mrs E A Dunster, Surrey; N Keep, West Sussex.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
A Tyrrell, Berkshire.
£25 Cash
L Dear, London.

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
S Ross, Cheshire.

£25 Cash for each contest.

PhotoFind
Sol: She laughs with a harvest
P Canham, Suffolk.

Hexagon Word
Sol: [more…]

UK COLOSSUS Winners (Issue 372)

The Baffler
£50 Cash
L Gayle, Wednesbury; H Gould, Derbyshire; K Money, Milton Keynes.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
J Robinson, Yorkshire.
£25 Cash
J Green, Cheshire; C Harvey, Glasgow.

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
R Wainfur, South Wales.
£25 Cash
J Baldwin, Hertfordshire; M Jukes, Edinburgh.

The Knowledge
Sol: Emancipation
£25 Cash
S Brown, Essex; C Thomas, Bridgend.

COLOSSUS Crossword Winners (Issue 203)

Giant Cryptic
$250 VeganBeauty eGift Card
P Green, Swan Hill VIC.
$50 Cash
T Gray, Hamilton NZ; G Spencer, Weston ACT.

Stinker!
Lenovo Smart Clock
S Barnett, Jindalee QLD.
$100 Cash
L Hodgson, Mareeba QLD; T Pickwell, Grenfell NSW; J Stevens, Collie WA.

The Baffler
Twinings Tea Chest & Tea
N Beard-Duguid, Yangebup WA.

The Knowledge
Sol: Emancipation
$50 Cash
J Pickford, Whangarei NZ; H Wilton, Frenchville QLD.

Crossword & Puzzle Collection Solutions – Issue 139

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