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UK COLOSSUS Winners (Issue 375)

The Baffler
£50 Cash
J Hodgson, Harrogate; C Jones, Cannock; D Robinson, Cleveland.

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
T Wilson, Glasgow.
£25 Cash
D Easton, Suffolk; J Fulton, Ayrshire.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
E Russ, West Sussex.
£25 Cash
M Foley, Lancashire; J Green, Cheshire.

The Knowledge
Sol: Dark Skies
£25 Cash
Mrs M Burke, Cumbria; P Norris, Merseyside.

Cashwords Jackpot 45

£1000 Cash
Mrs M Noble, Yorkshire.

£500 Cash
P Cobb, Essex.

£100 Cash
L Hancock, Essex; C Harvey, Glasgow; S Hills, Surrey; B Jones, London; K Turner, Wigtownshire.

Cashwords Jackpot 44

£1000 Cash
S Poffley, London.

£500 Cash
M Press, Sudbury.

£100 Cash
S Brown, Durham; S Butler, Bracknell; D Deakin, Lincolnshire; I Rooke, Dorset; J Thomson, Lanarkshire.

UK BIG Winners (Issue 370)

The Demon
£100 Cash
S Mann, Gloucestershire.
£50 Cash
S Stewart, Carnwath.

MEGA! Goliathon
£100 Cash
C Naylor, Hornsea.
£40 Cash
A Round, Glasgow.

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Wiz Words
Sol: Poems
Collins Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary and Lists Set
C Booth, Linwood; J Coffey, Telford.

£25 Cash for each contest.

BIG Easy
Sol: Match made in Heaven
K Gruitt, Dunfermline.

Wheel Words
Sol: Travelled
G Lawrence, Ipswich.

The Knew Yorker
Sol: Beloved
C Robinson, Fife.

Acrostic
Sol: Kate Gleeson Engineer
M Briggs, [more…]

UK BIG Winners (Issue 369)

The Demon
£100 Cash
J Batram, Bedfordshire.
£50 Cash
H Coffey, Mitton, Tewkesbury.

MEGA! Goliathon
£100 Cash
M Such, Leicestershire.
£40 Cash
M Curtis, Scarborough.

Contest Coupon
Wiz Words
Sol: Countdown
Collins Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary and Lists Set
L Dear, London; J Wainwright, Wiltshire.

£25 Cash for each contest.

BIG Easy
Sol: Make a fresh start
L Read, Bedfordshire.

Wheel Words
Sol: Appetiser
K Baxter, South Shields.

The Knew Yorker
Sol: Festivity
J Hardie, Aberdeen.

Acrostic
Sol: Barren-Ground Caribou
D [more…]

Sheep words and phrases you might find in crossword clues

Where do sheep get their wool cut? The baa-baashop!

Just kidding. Shearing or clipping is usually done by skilled shearers. A sheep may be said to be sheared or shorn, depending on the dialect, and raddle is the coloured pigment that is used to mark sheep.

The above example is just a small clipping of the countless words and phrases that stem from sheep and sheep farming [more…]

MEGA! Winners (140)

MEGA Mix
Fitbit Inspire HR
DJ Edmonds, Denistone NSW.
$50 Cash
B Day, Hackham West SA; J Edwards, Miranda NSW; S McDonell, Cooranbong NSW; H Radnell, Wodonga VIC; S Vidler, Bentley Park QLD.

MEGA Stinker
Breville 4 Slice Sandwich Press
M Barnett, Gordon ACT.
$100 Cash
E Metcalfe, Charlestown NSW; A Mullan, Bassendean WA; S Rycroft, Huntingdale WA.

BIG Winners (Issue 367)

The Demon
NutriBullet Mega Pack
P Tree, Hamilton NZ.
$50 Cash
C Haas, Glenorchy TAS; C McMillan, Auckland NZ.

MEGA! Goliathon
Base Collective Magnesium Wellness Pack
J Bailey, Gosnells WA.
$25 Cash
T Allen, Arana Hills QLD; D Gallagher, Rochester VIC; A Heit, Blackbutt QLD; R Wauchop, Elanora Heights NSW.

Contest Coupon
Wiz Words
Sol: Tropics
Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus Combined Edition
Y Cole, Blacktown NSW; M Davies, [more…]

Subtle differences with similar meanings

When it comes to writing crossword clues, we have to be very careful when describing a word, especially when there’s another word with a similar meaning. Fortunately, the other word is usually of a different length and wouldn’t fit the clue space, or certain intersecting letters won’t fit in with other words in the [more…]