I do the Colossus crossword that you put in the Australian Women’s Weekly to keep myself sane (april 09) and I have only one word left. It has taken a while to complete as I have only a few short moments to myself each day due to two little girls under 6 clamouring for [more…]
Why is it, when I do a cryptic crossword,
I get stuck on a word,
I go to sleep,
when I awake, I can solve the clues,
very easily,
then I repeat it again the next night,
it works for me,
why is it?!?
Diana Saunders
Mirrabooka, WA
I’ve been intending to submit this story for sharing with your subscribers for quite a few years. I think quite enough water has gone under the bridge to get away with it now! It is a wonderful tale of the innocence of youth, and I am sure that even the most sensitive and prudish [more…]
John Jeremy George
Passionately abhorred
Crude Aussie blokes
Telling lewd, bawdy jokes
Cheryl Roach
A Lazy Susan is a revolving tray in the middle of the dining table for easy access to condiments and shared dishes.
What a strange name for this turntable that became fashionable in the early 20th century.
If your name is Susan, I am sure you are not lazy, but you are probably interested in the [more…]
English abounds with similes in the form of ‘as x as a y’ but where did this one come from?
The answer is not clear, but the expression has been around since before Shakespeare (and the good Bard used it in Henry IV).
Quite possibly ‘as dead as a doornail’ has survived down the centuries because it [more…]
The quality of CRYPTICS is not simple it dropeth down with great exasperation CONGRATULATIONS to the graphic artist who produced this great Shakespearean cover.
My 96 year old fellow puzzler, George Howe, and my lifelong friend, Madge Sinclair have both expressed their congratulations. We are all Shakespearean Devotees. We were all stumped by the [more…]
Thank you so much for your generosity in increasing the number of your magazines. In the past, especially with the Starhunts, I limit the number of puzzles that I do each day so that I wont run out before the next one arrives! Thank you again, Christine. Congratulations to you on what you do [more…]
A very big thank you for my win of the first prize of $500 for Aprils BIGCash. Actually, this is the second time I have won this prize!
I am an 87 year old Chinese Singaporean and an avid doer of your crosswords for the past 15 years. This has been made possible through the [more…]
