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…]
If you are feeling Nostalgic (Demon 3dn) you are feeling WISTFUL. Nostalgia comes from two Greek words meaning returning home and pain to signify the pain a person feels when he/she wishes they were home. WISHFUL is not quite the same; wistful is wishful plus yearning or longing.
Our Demon looks just a little stout [more…]
I’ve submitted my first DIY entry for a long time. Since Black Saturday I have been unable to send in my efforts as I found my clues were all dark, dreary and sad, and it was obvious that living so close to the devastating fires had negatively affected my thought process. So I am [more…]
You ask in BIG Magazine what are my favourite books? I love anything by Jeffrey Archer and have just finished ‘Paths of Glory’, a fictional? biography of George Mallory based on letters written to his wife Ruth. After reading it the reader is left with the question, “Who was the first man to conquer [more…]
What a surprise! After many submissions I finally ‘cracked it’. First there was your cheque for $100 for my winning entry in the Demon then there was your prize for my winning entry in Ninesies. Thank you so much.
I intend to use the money towards subscriptions to some of your publications. The newsagents in [more…]
Weve often called our puzzles ‘food for thought’ and highlighted the links between a healthy mind and a healthy body.
Now we’ve gone a step further and invited lifestyle guru Annette Sym to give us the lowdown on healthy eating.
Annette, as well as being an excellent cook, is an Australian public speaker and author. You [more…]
That daily crossword or Sudoku puzzle has just been elevated from fun time waster to vital task.
Australian researchers have found it’s not grey matter that disappears with age, but connecting white matter in the brain.
The research is rewriting the book on how the brain ages, and shows how important it is to undertake mentally [more…]
Hi Christine
I have recently turned 77 years old and I receive The Works, Mega and Code Cracker magazine. One of your readers asked where people started each crossword and my response is that I start each crossword all over the place depending on my mood , eg. The Colossus is started in the centre [more…]
