if you think you've spotted one, please check below to see whether it's already been reported or →click here to browse errors by magazine title. If you're the first to bring the boo-boo to our notice, we'll send you a Gremlin spotter fridge magnet!
→Submit a Gremlin report here →Return to the Gremlin magazine index page
Wheel Words 2, page 68 with solution on page 80
Printed solution contained nine words that did not contain the middle letter O.
Leaving out these words, discovering 15 words would be Good, 20 would be Very good and 25+ Excellent
Thanks to M Scullion for alerting us to this gremlin.
Adders, p7 and solution p74
2. This set had two possible solutions: 18+13=31 and 59+26=85.
Thank you to A Thorne for alerting us to this error.
Acrostic 42, pages 72-73
Clue C should have read ‘Most unctuous’ rather than ‘More unctuous’ for the answer OILIEST.
Thanks to J Ford from Qld for alerting us to this gremlin.
Letter Scramble, page 33
There is an alternate solution possible, with THICKEN an anagram for the given solution KITCHEN.
Thanks to K Byatt from NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.
Cluewords 22, page 45
The clue ‘Group of notes’ should have been ‘Groups of notes’ for the answer CHORDS.
Thank you to M Allen from NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.
Cryptic Patchwork, page 79
The clue at 1ac should read 8ac to correspond with grid reference.
Thanks to A Young from QLD for alerting us to this gremlin.
Double Take 1, pages 8-9
The word break-up for the cryptic clue at 1. & 4ac. should be (5,1,4) not (4,1,4).
Thanks to A Garner from Vic for alerting us to this gremlin.
Two-Way Teaser puzzle, pp28-29
The cryptic clue for 34ac should have included the word break-up (7) rather than (6) to read ‘More led into fashion again (7)’.
Thanks to R Timmins from NSW for reporting this gremlin.
Mental Sums, p19 and solution p75
3. Equation should have been 3 x 7 – 21 = 5, not =-5.
5. Sequence had two possible solutions: 24 and 25.
Thank you to L Vee from Qld for alerting us to these errors.
