Now that winter’s here, how tempting it is to stay at home and rug up warm and cosy. Wrapped up in a duvet*, perhaps. What if you could actually wear your duvet?
Sounds too good to be true, especially if you’re one of those hothouse plants that really feels the cold, but a small Australian [more…]
The UK Daily Express reported that Britons believe doing crossword puzzles is the answer to beating the recession.
As many as 76% reckon finding ways to occupy themselves is the key to getting through the credit crunch, a survey found.
And 86% of the 1000 people polled said they found traditional crossword puzzles more stimulating than [more…]
CELEBRITY PROFILES FROM CODE CRACKER STARHUNTS ISSUE 51 – PLEASE MAKE A SELECTION:
Bill Oddie
James Fleet
Michael Cera
Michelle Williams
Seth Rogen
» Bill Oddie
Bill Oddie, also known as ‘Britain’s best-known birdwatcher’ is an English actor, author, comedian, artist, musician and most recently conservationist and television presenter.
Bill performed in several Cambridge Footlights productions before writing scripts [more…]
My brain was wary-
Maths can be scary!
Then, believing “if you don’t try,
you don’t know”,
I gave Calkuro a go.
Calkuro, does my brain tease –
But now for it
my braincells shout “More please!”.
Mrs Maree Thorpe
Wallsend
Watch our online video tutorial to try CALkuro for yourself!
A big thank you for the Classic Polaroid Camera which I was lucky enough to have won recently.
A lot of your letters from crossworders make reference to white-out. The Parker erasable pens are available from the bigger office suppliers, and possibly newsagents. I did receive one from you many years ago and have found [more…]
I have put in my first DIY entry. The reference books I used were Webster’s Int. Dictionary 1960 edition, Australian Crossword Dictionary 1987, Wordsworth Crossword Dictionary 1994 and Complete Crossword Dictionary Miriam Webster 2007.
I didn’t have to use my books very much for the grid – I found I need them more for [more…]
It was lovely to receive a parcel in the mail last Monday. I have a collection of teaspoons and now I have a Lovatts one as well. The book light is wonderful, now I won’t need to put the bed light on at night when I read.
Keep up the wonderful work you all [more…]
Thank you so much for the tea towel which I am not going to use, but hang on my lounge room wall, to remind me that I am quite smart. I also love the ‘Symply Too Good to be True’ book. Thank you so much for providing the crosswords, I have so much fun [more…]
When James and I first started compiling crosswords, back in the 70s, we found that nearly all crosswords used those odd words that you only ever see in crosswords – such as ambo (an oblong pulpit), arras ( a wall hanging to conceal an alcove), eyot or ait (isle in a river) or umiak [more…]
