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UK BIG Winners (Issue 387)

The Demon
£100 Cash
E Evans, Essex.

£50 Cash
S McNally, Norfolk.

MEGA! Goliathon
£100 Cash
A Childs, Hampshire.

£40 Cash
P Fletcher, Nottingham.

Contest Coupon
BIG Easy
Sol: Take the lead
£25 Cash
D Thompson, Northamptonshire.

Wheel Words
Sol: Dribbling
£25 Cash
J Buckle, Southampton.

Wiz Words
Sol: Tango
Bradford’s Reference Set
C Barry, Leicester; D Rushton, Lancashire.

Patchwork
Sol: Ballet
£25 Cash
C Marcantel, Greater London.

Acrostic
Sol: Kroombit Tinker Frogs
£25 Cash
P Lymath, Merseyside.

Two-Way Teaser
Sol: Chorus Line
£25 Cash
C Beattie, Dumfriesshire.

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UK COLOSSUS Winners (Issue 391)

Giant Cryptic
£100 Cash
G Hicks, Cheshire.

£25 Cash
A Barritt, Norwich; J Clee, West Midlands.

The Baffler
£50 Cash
D Easton, Suffolk; J Highgate, Surrey; R Stitson, Devon.

Stinker!
£100 Cash
A Loheide, Lancashire.

£25 Cash
H Buck, Plymouth; R Hawkins, Devon.

The Knowledge
Sol: Henley Royal Regatta
£25 Cash
J Raby, Lancashire; E Smith, Aberdeenshire.

UK MEGA Winners (Issue 91)

MEGA Mix
£100 Cash
S Proud, County Durham.
£25 Cash
D Barrett, Norfolk.

MEGA Stinker
£100 Cash
G Budd, Hertfordshire.
£25 Cash
E Theobald, North Lincolnshire.

Twice As Nice: Exploring Echo Words

One of the clues you might find in our crossword puzzles is ‘Aimlessly (5-5)’ – answer WILLY-NILLY. It comes from will I, nill I – ‘I am willing, I am unwilling’. It is an example of a rhyming jingle.

Rhyming jingles are fun to use, even though they have the rather serious name of reduplicatives. [more…]