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VARIETY BUMPER PUZZLES Winners (Issue 125)

Double Jumbo
$400 Cash
A Beetson, Toowoomba QLD.

Jumbo Cross
$200 Cash
N Beard-Duguid, Perth WA.
$100 Cash
A Taylor, Townsville QLD.

Jumbo Findaword
$200 Cash
M Loftus, Titirangi NZ.
$100 Cash
S Lamberth, Nambucca Heads NSW.

PhotoFind
Sol: Crystal Chandelier
$50 Cash
H Milde, Steelton SA.

Hexagon Word
Sol: Pander
Base Collective Magnesium Wellness Pack
C Kajewski, Bribie Island QLD.

Cross Out
Sol: Trombone
Seed & Sprout Shopping Set
P Wintershoven, St Albans Park VIC.

Two-In-One
Sol: Paul McCartney
De’Longhi [more…]

BIG Competition Solutions – Issue 372

Colossus 200 – Gremlin

MAXI!, page 38

The clue box for ‘Everest mountains’ had an incorrect extra arrow.

Thanks to M Allen from NSW for reporting this gremlin.

Fathers & Father’s Day

“It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.” – Mark Twain (1927).
Mark Twain is often acclaimed for being an insightful novelist and humourist and his observations of children’s relationships with their fathers are no exception. Like many children contemptuous of the generation gap, [more…]

Cashwords Jackpot 47

£1000 Cash
J Seaton, Leicestershire.

£500 Cash
W Crocker, Devon.

£100 Cash
L Farrell, Swansea; W Michael, Southampton; J Parish, Northampton; S Pedley, Derbyshire; A Tappenden, Kent.

UK COLOSSUS Winners (Issue 379)

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
L Williams, Tenterden.
£25 Cash
N Mace, Farnborough; L McFarlane, Nuneaton.

The Baffler
£50 Cash
A Allen, Jersey; R Hawkins, Devon; N Keep, East Grinstead.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
C Andrews, Dorset.
£25 Cash
L Connolly, Thurrock; M Hendry, Norfolk.

The Knowledge
Sol: Glastonbury
£25 Cash
I Batty, Sheffield; L Stone, Bedfordshire.

UK MEGA Winners (Issue 85)

MEGA Mix
£100 Cash
J Green, Cheshire.
£25 Cash
G Parry, Lancashire.

MEGA Stinker
£100 Cash
J Stringer, Yorkshire.
£25 Cash
C Sullivan, South Yorkshire.

UK BIG Winners (Issue 374)

The Demon
£100 Cash
P Bryant, Devizes.
£50 Cash
N Butcher, Perth and Kinross.

MEGA! Goliathon
£100 Cash
C Hawkins, Morpeth.
£40 Cash
K Bushnell, Dagenham.

Contest Coupon

BIG Easy
Sol: Bundle of fun
£25 Cash
R Cooper, Swindon.

Wheel Words
Sol: Bandolier
£25 Cash
D Thompson, Kettering.

Wiz Words
Sol: Humour
Bradford’s Reference Set
D Hobbs, Eastbourne; P Middleton, West Lothian.

The Knew Yorker
Sol: Giggle
£25 Cash
W Horton, Newport City.

Acrostic
Sol: Erna Schneider Hoover
£25 Cash
M Ling, Colchester.

Two-Way Teaser
Sol: [more…]

Discover popular garden phrases

If everything in the garden is rosy, it means all is well, but be careful you don’t dig up any dirt that would be better left unearthed! Life as a bed of roses is thought to be a good thing, although you would have to think the thorns would make it a bit prickly.

The [more…]