Solving crosswords can be an emotional pastime. You can feel frustrated when stumped on a clue, elated when you’ve completed the grid or surprised when a prize arrives in the post. To express these emotions you may use an ‘interjection’.
An interjection is an exclamation or remark that expresses sudden emotion. The word interjection means [more…]
Thank you for the prize of a Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary for MEGA 65 Stinker.
Along with a couple of earlier winnings from Lovatts competitions of a Collins English Dictionary,and a Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus, hopefully I’ll be able to continue submitting successful entries.
Patrick Hooper
Most of us know someone whose life has been affected by cancer. I have received many letters over the years from puzzlers who have found comfort in doing crosswords throughout their own or their partner’s chemotherapy treatment, when a lot of time is spent waiting in hospitals for tests, results of tests or for [more…]
I’m sat here with my Lovatts mug, crossword books and pen,
dictionaries, reference books, and my Oxford little gem,
white out, pencils, rubbers too, all to help my aim,
to finish both The Stinker and The Demon once again.
Love your crosswords.
Pauline Allen
Eaglescliffe.
I was delighted to receive a handy gadget prize in the BIG 209 competition and even more pleased to receive the accompanying letter with its encouragement to [more…]
There are many reasons why we enjoy competitions – the glory of being a winner, the recognition for our efforts, the motivation to achieve at a higher level of performance and the skills gained while competing.
According to the Oxford dictionary, competition means ‘the activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by [more…]
In our June BIG and Holiday Collection 73 we asked our puzzlers to write their own acrostic poem and send it in. We have received many creative submissions. Here are some of them:
Gorgeous I’d call you
Wonderful one
Ever a memory
Naïve as the sun
Shy with affection
Cos youth is too lame
Always I’ll love you
None other can tame
Ere [more…]
It is a sad reality that nearly all of us know a person living with dementia and have witnessed the effects this has not only on them, but on their carers, family and friends.
This disease can happen to anybody. Though it is more common after the age of 65, people in their 40s, 50s [more…]
Because food is a basic necessity of life, words for food have probably been around since the first words were invented. The word food itself is an old word, related to fodder and comes from the Old English fodor which in turn came from the Germanic futter.
You may remember I’ve previously written about that [more…]
