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…]
Did you hear about the man sitting under a toadstool? He was a real fungi! (Though there wasn’t mushroom under there!)
Toadstools are associated with magical beings in many cultures, but why? Is it because they appear magically overnight, or because they look like colourful pixie caps? Maybe it’s because of the hallucinogenic affects, if [more…]
