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Christine's Hello
Colossus 255 – Hello
Reader Steve Stevenson recently queried our clue ‘Iris’ for the answer fleur-de-lis. He felt it should be lily, not iris. Both Oxford and Collins dictionaries, our main sources, have two definitions for fleur-de-lis – ’stylised lily as a French heraldic charge’ and ‘iris’. Although fleur-de-lis translates as ‘flower of the lily’, it doesn’t refer to a flower but to the well-known symbol (right) which is widely thought to be a stylised version of the species...
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Colossus Winners – Issue 243BAFFLER No 243 5 x £50 Prize Cheques Terry Lazenby, Blyth; Karen Ogden, Maidstone;...
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The Judge Sums Up
MEGA! 15 – Judge Sums UpSibyl’s prophecy for a Stinker A simple spelling mistake caught out some Stinker-lovers at 1dn. ‘Prophetess’ needed SIBYL not SYBIL. Sibyl’s were depicted as old women who lived in caves making prophecies. The most famous was the one... [Read more or comment]
BIG 227 – Judge Sums UpWinner in the Bigcash I hope you liked our first clue in the Bigcash from this issue – the very optimistic ‘Successful competitor’ for the answer WINNER. Unfortunately you can’t all be winners, well not all the time anyway, so our judges... [Read more or comment]
Colossus 238 Judge Sums UpStows away in the shop Let’s start with clue 169dn in the Stinker, which was a little ambiguous. ‘Stores’ suggests a few different answers including two that fitted the spaces on our grid; the noun SHOPS, places you buy things, or the... [Read more or comment]
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DIY Clues typed or hand-written?When compiling the DIY puzzle in the Christine’s BIG Crossword, is it acceptable to TYPE the list of clues rather than HAND WRITE the list of clues and then submit your answers together with the original completed grid? Anne Baxter Read More →
Great to have bi-monthly crypticI was delighted to receive the new Cryptic magazine for which I have subscribed. I am afraid I do have one gripe though – why on earth, in a magazine dedicated to cryptic crosswords, to you include dreadful acrostic and logic puzzles? I do not wish to do such puzzles and, if I did, I would subscribe to your bi-monthly Puzzle Collection. All... [Read more or comment]
A puzzling journeyThis week I had to travel from Newcastle upon Tyne to Aberystwyth on Tuesday and make the return journey the following day. The two trips totalled over 12 hours (I was thinking I could have flown from Newcastle to Faro, Portugal and back twice in that time!). So you can imagine how grateful I was to have my copy of BIG with me. It kept me fully occupied... [Read more or comment]
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