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UK BIG Winners (Issue 373)

The Demon
£100 Cash
J Clee, West Midlands.
£50 Cash
H Bailie, Bangor.

MEGA! Goliathon
£100 Cash
W Morrison, Glasgow.
£40 Cash
V Fleming, County Durham.

Contest Coupon
Wiz Words
Sol: Panther
Bradford’s Reference Set
B Mills, Hemel Hempstead; C Williams, Tenterden.

£25 Cash for each contest.

BIG Easy
Sol: Raining cats and dogs
J Robson, Staffordshire.

Wheel Words
Sol: Chemistry
S Wilks, Hertfordshire.

The Knew Yorker
Sol: Leopard
F Henning, Hampshire.

Acrostic
Sol: David Bedford, Composer
H Gould, Derbyshire.

Two-Way Teaser
Sol: [more…]

Handy Jackpot Winners (No.57)

$1000 Cash
B Worboys, Central Coast NSW.

$500 Cash
D Barr, Brisbane QLD; D Donald, Cherrybrook NSW; B Lewis, Hervey Bay QLD; I Sanderson, Tuross Head NSW.

$200 Cash
T Babington, Canberra ACT; P Beckett, Wellington NZ; K Brooker, Singleton NSW; H Maroun, Merrylands NSW; R Matheson, Shoalhaven NSW; A McInnes, Brisbane QLD; P Sherwood, Perth WA; C Steedman, [more…]

The history of owls

Since the ancient times of the Greeks, owls have been perceived as being wise. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, is often depicted with an owl perched on her head or on one of her shoulders, symbolising knowledge and scholarship. Athena and her ‘Little Owl’ appear on opposite sides of ancient Athenian coinage. The [more…]

UK CROSSWORD PUZZLE COLLECTION Winners (Issue 146)

Double Monster
£100 Cash
A Croft, Selby.

Monster Colossus
£50 Cash
A Goward, Farnborough.
£25 Cash
D Barrett, Norwich; S Press, Farnborough.

Monster Starhunt
£50 Cash
J Bragg, Sheffield.
£25 Cash
C Howorth, Lancashire; A Josephs, Hartlepool.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
K Seymour, Mansfield.
£25 Cash
J Harris, Stanley.

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
L Ede, Surrey.

£25 Cash for each contest.

PhotoFind
Sol: Some insect repellant
C Booth, Renfrewshire.

Hexagon Word
Sol: Tongue
J Holness, Spalding.

Spirogram
Sol: Comet
S Nardini, Portsmouth.

Cluedunnit
Sol: Judy Garland
B Linehan, [more…]

UK COLOSSUS Winners (Issue 378)

The Baffler
£50 Cash
R Osborne, Lincolnshire; J Smith, Derbyshire; J Wilson, Suffolk.

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
H Dennis, Derbyshire.
£25 Cash
K Kearsley, Cheshire; I Rooke, Dorset.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
A Evans, County Durham.
£25 Cash
G Lawrence, Suffolk; C Travis, Somerset.

The Knowledge
Sol: Languages
£25 Cash
I Batty, Sheffield; T Turn, Cheshire.

Enigma Crossword Competition Winner for June 2023

Congratulations to N Lane, UK, winner of last month’s Enigma online crossword competition. The winner will receive a £50 cheque, courtesy of Lovatts Crosswords & Puzzles.

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 143 – Gremlin

Acrostic 1, page 36

There are two extra lines at the end of the solution for D.

Thanks to S Penman from WA for alerting us to this gremlin.

Golf & golfing terms

It’s not clear whether the game started in Scotland or was adapted from the Dutch who frequently traded on the east coast of Scotland. The evidence for this is the word golf, which came from the medieval Dutch term kolf, meaning club or stick. However, most other golfing terms are Scottish, and it was [more…]