Christine’s BIG Crossword 387 – Gremlin
Missing Link, page 12
There wasn’t a space for the N on the grid.
Thanks to P Fletcher from Nottingham for alerting us to this error.
Cashwords Jackpot 52
£1000 Cash
G Sparkes, London.
£500 Cash
J Muir, Inverness.
£100 Cash
P Carless, Devon; B Dodds, Cambridgeshire; A Griffith-Jenkins, Pembrokeshire; J Slater, Tyne and Wear; E Smith, Aberdeenshire.
Colossus Crosswords 390 – Gremlin
MAXI!, PAGE 39
There are incorrect extra arrows on the clue squares for ‘Fallen timbers’ and ‘Alcohol abstainer’.
Thank you to T Barritt from Norwich for alerting us to this gremlin.
Get To Know Greek Letters
Hello!
The Greek alphabet was first used in the 8th century BC and is still used today. It has a set of 24 letters which you might see as mathematical symbols or the names of stars.
Our own alphabet is named after the first two Greek letters, Alpha and Beta, and you may have noticed that [more…]
Learn about the phrase ‘How’s your father?’
The history of some of our colloquial or idiomatic phrases is often the subject of debate, as is the case with the expression ‘How’s your father?’ To a non-British person, it might sound like an innocent enquiry after the health of a parent, but there’s much more to it.
Music hall comedian Harry Tate used [more…]