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Handy Binary + Hexoku 05 – Gremlin

Super Hexoku 4, page 59

The puzzle was missing some of the given numbers.

Thanks to K Drummond from NSW for reporting this gremlin.

Handy Binary + Hexoku 05 – Gremlin

Super Hexoku 3, page 55

The puzzle was missing some of the given numbers.

Thanks to K Drummond from NSW for reporting this gremlin.

UK CROSSWORD PUZZLE COLLECTION Winners (Issue 147)

Double Monster
£100 Cash
J Stewart, Peterlee.

Monster Colossus
£50 Cash
W Robinson, Burnham on Sea.
£25 Cash
P Beck, Motherwell; H Gould, Derbyshire.

Monster Starhunt
£50 Cash
D Ayling, Waterlooville.
£25 Cash
K Gruitt, Dunfermline; C Womack, Biggin Hill.

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
C Sullivan, Doncaster.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
C Timms, Oxford.
£25 Cash
T Osborne, Warwick.

Contest Coupon

PhotoFind
Sol: Going round and round in circles
£25 Cash
A Hallam, Great Yarmouth.

Hexagon Word
Sol: Cellos
£25 Cash
J Newman, Fareham.

Spirogram
Sol: [more…]

UK COLOSSUS Winners (Issue 380)

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
P McGregor, Ballymoney.
£25 Cash
S Evans, Ormskirk; C Harvey, Glasgow.

The Baffler
£50 Cash
K Hurrell, Dover; A Josephs, Hartlepool; B Rodway, Dorset.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
L Priestley, Peterborough.
£25 Cash
R Davis, Somerset; Y Nicholson, Southampton.

The Knowledge
Sol: Unicorns
£25 Cash
R Gardener, Bideford; G Saffin, Taunton.

UK BIG Winners (Issue 375)

The Demon
£100 Cash
G Parry, Shrewsbury.
£50 Cash
L Dear, London.

MEGA! Goliathon
£100 Cash
D Speller, Telford.
£40 Cash
B Sunderland, Bradford.

Contest Coupon

BIG Easy
Sol: Round table talks
£25 Cash
C Marcantel, Romford.

Wheel Words
Sol: Pollinate
£25 Cash
J Baldwin, Hemel Hempstead.

Wiz Words
Sol: Mirror
Bradford’s Reference Set
J Liddle, Prudhoe; G Thompson, Doncaster.

Patchwork
Sol: Chandelier
£25 Cash
S Lawes, Gillingham.

Acrostic
Sol: Chris Austin Hadfield
£25 Cash
J Batram, Leighton Buzzard.

Two-Way Teaser
Sol: Raise the roof
£25 Cash
D [more…]

Popular colourful phrases

Surprisingly, quite a few sayings that include the word colour relate to naval terminology.

To sail under false colours is to pretend to have a different view or identity in order to conceal one’s true purpose. This tactic was used by pirates who preyed on ships by flying a ‘friendly’ flag to lure in vessels [more…]

Handy Puzzles 129 – Gremlin

Word Target 1, page 30

There were only 11 hidden words, not 12.

Thanks to S Penman from WA for reporting this gremlin.

Handy Binary + Hexoku 05 – Gremlin

Super Hexoku, page 31

There was a missing given number in the top left-hand hexagon, number 2 should have been shown in puzzle.

Thanks to K Drummond from NSW for reporting this gremlin.