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Words Jump Off The Page

Some of our more colourful vocabulary comes straight from the pages of fiction. We can thank prolific author Charles Dickens for introducing in his novels the following words, which are still in common use: butterfingers, someone who drops things; abuzz, alive with noise and activity; the creeps, a shiver of horror; devil-may-care, of a [more…]

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 159 – Gremlin

Word Snake, page 53

The clue at 6. should have read ‘Indigestion remedy’ for the answer ANTACID.

Thanks to J Barratt from SA for reporting this gremlin.