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Cryptic clues have the ability to take you into a fantasy world where ageing can be reversed, where Sue keeps her horse in a backstreet and where Eisenhower put a ban on floral art. What fun!
In the Giant Cryptic contest ‘Why age son, when it can be reversed with a bouquet?’ at 7ac gave [more…]
We clue this variously as ‘Alfred the Great’s kingdom’, ‘Thomas Hardy’s fictional area’ or even ‘Prince Edward, Earl of …’. So what or where is Wessex? The story of Wessex is really the story of the beginning of England.
Wessex was the Kingdom of the West Saxons, founded around AD 500 by Cerdic. The kingdom [more…]
We like to think of ourselves, along with all you good readers, as a happy, puzzling crew, especially when it comes to matters of words; veritable comrades in clues!
The comradeship may have been stretched a bit thin at 9ac in The Demon when we had to disqualify a few entries because of the misspelling [more…]
The Baffler is bafflier,
The Stinker’s demonic.
Our searches are deeper,
We need a MNEMONIC.
El Camino’s trail REAL
We found was quite royal.
We love being baffled.
To Lovatts we’re loyal!
If your sand sea’s an ERG,
Then you’re in the SAHARA.
If your tree seeds are wingèd,
It’s M for SAMARA.
FIACRE? A French word
For an old-fashioned coach.
Don’t GYBE in your yacht
If you don’t [more…]
The weather becomes mighty cold down here,
Normal for this time of year,
When I need a ‘cheerer-uppa’,
My first instinct is to make a ‘cuppa’,
So to win a Bodum mug and teapot,
Which keep my beverage piping hot,
Is a definite plus – they look good too,
And when I settle down to do,
A Lovatts puzzle – or maybe [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…]
