http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news Play Crosswords Puzzles & Trivia by Christine Lovatt - Subscribe to Puzzles for the United Kingdom Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:44:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I 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, ... http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/03/09/great-to-have-bi-monthly-cryptic/ BIGCASH No 208 £300 Winner Maureen Grant, Shetland. 5 x £40 Winners E Brown, Ashton; R Cresswell, Walsall; J Monahan, Coventry; Kay Tullett, Eastbourne; A West, Earls Barton. Goliathon No 208 1 x Alba 7 inch Portable DVD Player W Smith, Bognor Regis. 1 x The New English Cookbook Dawn Aiton, Hayes. 3 x Lovatts Rain Jackets & Trolley Token ... http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/03/08/big-winners-issue-208/ Subscription draw winners for January and February:  Mrs G Jones, Clydach, Swansea; Mrs D Manning, Sutton, Surrey; Mrs P Randall, March, Cambridgeshire; Mrs R Welfare, Torquay, Devon; Mrs P White, Colchester, Essex http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/03/02/lucky-subscriber-draw-winners-janfeb-10/ BAFFLER No 218 5 x £50 Prize Cheques V Nolan, Urmston; Enid Kelleher, Weeting; Janet Matthews, Edmunbyers; Lynne McFarlane, Nuneaton; Michelle Robson, Cannock. GIANT CRYPTIC No 218 2 x Glass Decanter Sets. E Lake, Slough; J Whittaker, Farnham. 2 x Lovatts Prize Packs including Coffee Mug, Lovatts Rain Jacket & Screwdriver Sets Angela Firth, Kirkburton; Irene Proctor, ... http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/02/22/colossus-winners-issue-218/ BIGCASH No 207 £300 Winner J Mills, Kingswood. 5 x £40 Winners Karen Dack, Southall; James Girdwood, West Calder; M Hulse, Clevedon; J Newcombe, Walton-On-Thames; Anne Winter, Middlesborough. Goliathon No 207 1 x HoMedics Shiatsu Massage Cushion with Heat Anne Cook, Burnley. 1 x Market Kitchen Cookbook D Varley, Morley. 3 x Lovatts Rain Jackets P Evans, Maghull; S Reardon, Didcot; ... http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/02/17/big-winners-issue-207/ COLLECTION CONTEST No 66 2 x £100 M Appley, Sheffield; C Jones, Cannock. 6 x £50 E Dunne, Lingwood; Judith Gisborne, Malaga, Spain; Yvonne Leach, Shipley; R Mitchell, Baldock; Joan Painter, London; B Tunks, London. Double Monster Drawer No 66 2 x £100 Janet Robinson, Fangfoss; H Wardell, Marton. Monster Colossus Winner No 66 1 x £50 M Ward, Sandwich. Monster ... http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/02/17/puzzle-collection-66-winners/ Many words have changed meanings over the years and there’s usually an interesting view of history behind the words. Here are some words from ancient Greece. Paraphernalia, for instance, comes from the Greek para alongside and pherne dowry. In ancient Greece, when a bride moved into her husband’s house, she took ... http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/02/10/hello-colossus-218/ BAFFLER No 217 5 x £50 Prize Cheques A Howe, Bristol; Pauline Lewis, Llanrumney; John Otter, Northallerton; Betty Perkins, Heanor; H Todd, Leicester. GIANT CRYPTIC No 217 2 x Glass Decanter Sets F Khan, Islamabad; L Walsh, Bolton. 2 x Lovatts Prize Packs including Coffee Mug, Lovatts Rain Jacket & Screwdriver Sets, J Davis, Kettering; E Gray, ... http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/01/28/colossus-winners-issue-217/ Congratulations to these lucky Cryptic Prize Pack winners: Mrs Jean Culkin, Lancaster, Lancashire; Mrs Ann Haynes, Heanor, Derbyshire; Mr Albert Hodgson, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan; Mrs K J Nixon, Attleborough, Norfolk; Mrs Joyce Nolan, Middlesborough, North Yorkshire; Mrs P V Rogers, Mendlesham, Suffolk; Mrs E Ruthven, Corby, Northamptonshire; Ms D Trimble, Holywood, County Down; Mr Terry Westwood, Great Barr, Birmingham; Miss ... http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/01/28/cryptic-crosswords-winners-sample-mag/ Mighty Mega 1 x £200 E Rollo, Muir of Ord. Mega Mix 1 x £100 I Mitchell, Kings Lynn. Mega Stinker 1 x Alba Pocket Camcorder D King, Leeds 2 x Franklin Electronic Pocket Spellers A Hallam, Great Yarmouth; Rita Roberts, Billingham. Subscribers Only Contest! 1 x £50 Paul Ainsworth, Barnsley. http://www.lovattscrosswords.co.uk/news/2010/01/18/mega-winners-issue-04/