Irish BIG Winners (Issue 217)

Irish Crossword
Page 2
Solution: Celtic
1 x £100
Thady Rooney, Manor Hamilton.

2 x Lovatts Puzzler’s Prize Packs
Peter Lannon, Thomastown; Rachel Wilson, Swords.

BIG Winners (Issue 217)

BIGCASH
£300 Winner
Lizzie Roper, Llandrindod Wells.

5 x £40 Winners
F Cooke, Northallerton; P Farrell, Gendros; J Hearnshaw, Smethwick; Patricia Humphreys, St Neots; Rachel Savage, Hay Mills.

Goliathon
1 x Antler Expandable Luggage Set
Phil Bennett, Salisbury.

2 x Lovatts Engraved Glass Decanter Sets
A Brown, Irby; M Wilson, Chester-Le-Street.

2 x Crossword Solver’s Dictionaries
Margaret Ledgard, Caythorpe; M Payne, Partridge Green.

DEMON
1 x Olympus X43 14 MP Digital Camera
R Robinson, Watchet.

2 x Lovatts Engraved Weather Station
Brain Beesley, Tettenhall; Robert Hamlen, Chippenham.

2 x Collins Pocket Spellers
K Homes, Rotherham; B Smith, Plymouth.

BONANZA
Big Easy -  P4
Solution: Accommodation
3 x Collins Gem Prize Packs
R Bardsley, Teignmouth; Mary McStay, Bolton; Yvonne Nordqvist, Bognor Regis.

Ninesies – P8
Solution: Curtain
3  x Lovatts Puzzler’s Packs
Susan Fielding, Blackpool; L Hill, Aberdare; Diane Lack, Ringwood.

Wheel Words – P10
Solution: Letterbox
3 x Crossword Solver’s Dictionary
P Arscott, Tetney; P Hagger, Hull; Linda Howard, Thatcham.

Elevenses – P14
Solution: Chamber
3 x Elevenses Prize Packs 
Margaret Gorrie, Folkestone; A Layton, Great Yarmouth; D Nuttall, Walsall.

Acrostic – P28
Solution: Oktoberfest Germany
3 x Kodak Disposable Cameras
J Bing, Wellingborough; Bernice Dodds, Wisbech; Hazel Nurse, Conwy.

Do Your Block – P38
Solution: Behaves
3 x Lovatts Out & About Prize Packs
J Adderley, Erdington; Iris Clark, Beckenham; Freda Sellars, Kirton.

Fill-In – P38
Solution: Sleeps
3 x I Love Coffee Prize Packs
Roslyn Collett, Chichester; P Courcha, Uckfield; Halina Langley, Taunton. 

Wiz Words – P39
Solution: Japanese
3 x Collins Electronic Crossword Solvers
Gill Johnson, Sherborne; S Peatey, Christchuch; Pauline Sievey, Bromley.

Starhunt 5 – P40
Solution: Wendie Malick
3 x Collins Gem Prize Packs
J Cornes, Carshalton; F Harris, Bridgend; Linda Littlewood, Salford.

Starhunt 6 – P40
Solution: Val Kilmer
3 x Lovatts Kitchen Prize Packs
Patricia Coll, Blandford Forum; Jackie Elliston, Bury St Edmunds; Ina Osborn, Benfleet.

Starhunt 7 – P41
Solution: Tom Arnold
3 x Gardener’s Prize Packs
Barbara Gent, Murci, Spain; A Smith, Formby; Ena Young, Derry.

Starhunt 8 – P41
Solution: Seth Green
3 x Lovatts Stationery Sets
Tony Chapman, Blurton; Alexander Grant, Waterloo; Vivienne Howorth, Worcester.

Big Tougher – P44
Solution: Industrialisation
3 x BUSH – Clock Radios
June Feasby, Linton-On-Ouse; Trudy Kitto, Bishop Auckland; J Stevenson, York.

FindaWord – P75
Solution: Ride off into the Sunset
3 x Cookbooks
Barbara Heaney, Clydebank; G Murray, Aberdeen; Sheila Tattersall, Poulton-Le-Fylde.

Puzzle Collection Winners (Issue 71)

COLLECTION CONTEST No 71
2 x £100
D King, Leeds; D Young, Christchurch.

6 x £50
Susan Bray, London; E Dale, Broadstairs; Dorothy Hooper, Rochester; Pauline Morris, Stourbridge; George Neale, Sileby; Shirley Roy, Drumaness.

Double Monster Drawer No 71
2 x £100
V Cooper, Ryton-On-Dunsmore; Barbara Thomason, Wembley.

Monster Colossus Winner No 71
1 x £50
Peter Barber, Forfar.

Monster Colossus Runners-Up No 71
4 x £25
Dawn Aiton, Hayes; Alyson Brown, Duston; J Gilham, Bedfont; Ben Walton, Leeds.

Monster Starhunt Winner No 71
1 x £50
I Morris, Newtown.

Monster Starhunt Runners-Up No 71
4 x £25
Sharon Holtham, Bishops Stortford; I Riggs, Telford; Ann Tyrrell, Maidenhead; David Unsworth, Middleton.

STINKER No 71
2 x Olympus X43 14MP Digital Camera
V Gardner, Morley; C Ottolini, Darlington.

3 x Silver Personal CD Players
Carol Cafe, London; R Ireland, Cheltenham; M Winkworth, London.

GIANT CRYPTIC No 71
2 x Breville Illuminating Kettles
Emma Hatherley, Portsmouth; J Shrimpton, Maldon.

3 x Bradford Crossword Solver’s Dictionary
E Buswell, Loughborough; Patrick Dunleavy, Hamilton; T Pengilley, Ipplepen.

COLLECTION CONTEST COUPON No 71
Chain Letters – P53
Solution: Dependability
3 x Lovatts Puzzler’s Packs
Winifred Faulkner, Blackpool; A Garner, Goole; A Waller, Swinton.

Spirogram – P59
Solution: Baboon
3 x £10 One-4-all Multi-store Gift Cards
Ann King, Burgess Hill; P Portlock, Doncaster; M Whalley, Cheltenham.

Pop Words – P60
Solution: Randy Newman
3 x “Original Easy Listening” 3CD Box Sets
Emma Burtenshaw, Great Dunmow; Ray Davis, Crawley; C Smith, Grimsby.

Findaword – P64
Solution: Tip The Waiter
3 x Lovatts Kitchen Packs
Alice Entwistle, Horwich; Hilary Gray, Weston-Super-Mare; Margaret Gribben, Larne.

Starcross – P65
Solution: Age Of Heroes
3 x Collins Gem Dictionary & Thesaurus
A Hallam, Great Yarmouth.D Warman, London; C Wilson, Kingstanding.

Cluedunnit – P70
Solution: Shirley Maclaine
3 x Film Strip Flip Over Photo Frames
S Cheek, Newport; Dorothy McGrail,Bishops Hull; P Wilford, Rotherham.

Retroflex – P71
Solution: Editor
3 x Lovatts Out & About Prize Packs
Roslyn Collett, Chichester; S Cooper, Plymouth; C Harding, Beck Row.

Who Am I? – P72
Solution: Michael Crawford
3 x Collins Gem Packs
S MacKenzie, Ross-Shire; Tina Meeke, Blackley; Valerie Saye, York.

Colossus 229 Judge Sums Up

A tale of two queens
Interesting that Elizabeth I
went down in history as Gloriana, whereas the other Tudor queen lives on as ‘Bloody Mary’. Both queens ordered many executions of enemies so why does history remember them so differently?
Perhaps the reason is in religion. The Roman Catholic Mary ordered the deaths of Protestants and Elizabeth the deaths of Catholics, including the very notable Mary, Queen of Scots. The battle for religious dominance was fierce and eventually England passed a law so that no Catholic could ever again be monarch.
The name Gloriana came from Edmund Spencer’s epic poem, The Faerie Queen, a work written in praise of Elizabeth. The poem’s books had such titles as ‘Temperance’, ‘Chastity’ and ‘Justice’ and it connected the Tudor queen with King Arthur. At a time of political and religious upheaval Spencer’s poem helped confirm Elizabeth’s rightful place as queen. GLORIANA was the answer to Stinker clue 40dn.
Another borrowing from literature was found at 321ac. DEMI-MONDE means ‘half world’ and originated in Alexandre Dumas’ 1855 play Le Demi-monde. The demi-monde described those who inhabited a hedonistic world of drinking, gambling and promiscuity. Toulouse-Lautrec lived in Paris in the late 1800s, was known to be fond of more than a drink or two and associated with the world of dancers and prostitute; the subjects of many of his artworks. Our clue ‘Toulouse-Lautrec’s louche world (4-5)’ required a bit of detective work, so well done to all who found the answer.
‘Tour coach’ at 228dn was CHARABANC. This wonderful word comes from the French for ‘carriage with wooden benches’. Originally horse-drawn, these open-topped vehicles were popular with the wealthy for sightseeing before WWI. Post-war saw motor charabancs used to take factory workers on annual outings to the seaside.
PHISHING, the answer to ‘Internet fraud’ at 224ac, is a new word to many of you. In fact it is a very new word, only appearing in the latest dictionaries. It is thought to come from fishing and be influenced by another recent coinage connected with computer hacking, phreaking, a portmanteau of phone and freak. Luckily in our Stinker this answer was all crossed by other words going down and so it didn’t cause too much trouble.
In the Giant Cryptic 25ac had some of you scratching your heads. In ‘Badly suited detective first to have prepared for test’, the straight part of the clue is at the end. ‘Badly’ is an anagram trigger applying to ‘suited’ and ‘detective first’, or the letter ‘d’. Rearrange these letters and you get STUDIED.
‘He works in an underground group’ was an amusing clue at 28dn for COAL MINER. If you put GOLD MINER then 39ac was incorrect. ‘Difficult request that’s in high demand?’ was a TALL ORDER not TIDY ORDER.
In the Baffler ‘My Fair Lady director, George …’ saw some visiting the video shop or dusting off the film guide. George CUKOR worked from the 30s till the 80s directing over 60 films.
Another few words to prove elusive were PHO for ‘Vietnamese soup’, AGORA for ‘Hellenic forum’ and RYOKAN for ‘Japanese inn’.
We had a query that there was a square missing after the clue ‘Black’ but EBON was correct, a poetic form of ebony.

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