Monthly Archives: August 2025

Prefixes & Suffixes

When we come across a word we don’t know, we can often work out what it means by knowing what the prefix or suffix means.

We know, without having to think about it, that the prefix un turns a positive into a negative. Happy becomes unhappy, done becomes undone. Dis means ‘the opposite of’ or [more…]

Colossus Crosswords 404 – Gremlin

Cryptic Cross 1, page 52

The first clue should have been numbered 1 across not 8 across.

Thanks to M Mason for reporting this gremlin.

 

Acrostic Puzzles 59 – Gremlin

Code Cracker 7, page 64

There were given numbers for both the Letter & Number Grids instead of letters for the Number Grid.

Thanks to S Roberts from NZ for reporting this gremlin.

 

 

Christine’s BIG Crossword 399 – Gremlin

Point To Point, page 44

The clue numbering was incorrect.

Thanks to AJ Argent from QLD for reporting this gremlin.