Lovatts Publications - Crossed Wires

Current word list for August BIG: HOUSEWIFE and BATT
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Every month in our Crossed Wires column (appears in Lovatts BIG Crossword Magazine) we will be featuring a word, or series of words, and encouraging readers to get involved by submitting their clues for the chance to win a book prize.

Remember to keep clues short and accurate. Cryptic clues will be accepted however the prize will be awarded for the best straightforward clue submission. Entries will be featured on this page and winners announced in Crossed Wires.

To submit your clue, please complete the contact form appearing on the Christine's Mailbag page (accessible here) or send your entry by regular mail to P.O.Box 999, GOSFORD NSW 2250.

JUNE WINNER

Thanks to everyone who contributed clues for words appearing in June's issue of BIG - entries appear below.
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The book prize goes to Estelle Swinton’s clue for skydiving, ‘brolly hopping’ which is British RAF slang for parachute jumping.

Congratulations Estelle! Your book prize is on its way.

JULY WORDLIST (entries now closed - submissions appear below) : Alarm Clock • Crouton • Tiresome • Apostrophe • Children. Winner will be announced in September's Crossed Wires.

This month in August BIG we're reducing our word list to two:HOUSEWIFE and/or BATT. Good luck!

READER SUBMISSIONS, JULY '08 - (CLICK TO VIEW)

ALARM CLOCK:

Dream-breaker	Lynne Atkins
Jangling horologe Rousing timepiece Noisy timepiece	Bev Robb Bev Robb Bev Robb
Waker-upper	Ali Nielsen
Timepiece Device to rudely awaken	Cynthia Barrow Cynthia Barrow
Timepiece People rouser	May Burgemeister May Burgemeister
Point gun at clock!	Maggie Taylor
Wake-up timepiece Rousing ticker	Wilhelmine Halpin Wilhelmine Halpin
Awakener	Vern Daw
Can be set to wake you	Jacqui Dwyer
Awakening buzzer	Rose Lynch
Waker-upper Rude awakener Noisy timepiece Morning ringer Rise-and-shiner	Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul
Wake up timer	Vikki Gardner
Bedside timepiece Wake up timepiece Wake up buzzer	Kerry Benger Kerry Benger Kerry Benger
Rouser	Jane Johnston
Sleep shatterer	Jill Mortlock
Noisy pre-set timepiece	Peta McMullen
Sleep arouser	TJ Fanning
Warning – S.O.S	Barbara Ingram
Sleep breaker	Julie Hanns

CROUTON:

Soup garnish	Lynne Atkins
Sippet Small piece of fried bread	Bev Robb Bev Robb
Bread cube	Ali Nielsen
Sippet Crunchy soup surprise	Cynthia Barrow Cynthia Barrow
Sippet Small piece of fried or tasted bread	May Burgemeister May Burgemeister
The upper crust	Maggie Taylor
Crunchy morsel Soup accompaniment	Wilhelmine Halpin Wilhelmine Halpin
Sippet	Vern Daw
Toasted bread bit for soup	Jacqui Dwyer
Soup garnish Small piece of fried bread	Rose Lynch Rose Lynch
Toasted cube Soup topping Soup cube Crunchy salad topping Soup toastie Soup treat Mini toast square Mini toast cube	Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret
Soup garnish	Vikki Gardner
Soup toasts Crunch soup addition Small toasted bread cubes	Kerry Benger Kerry Benger Kerry Benger
Crunchy floater	Jane Johnston
Soup sippet	Jill Mortlock
Small fried crust Fried garnish Melba toast	Peta McMullen Peta McMullen Peta McMullen
Soup garnish	TJ Fanning
Sippet	Barbara Ingram
Small crisp bread	Janice Johnson

TIRESOME:

Vexatious	Lynne Atkins
Drab Dull Boring Humdrum Tedious	Bev Robb Bev Robb Bev Robb Bev Robb Bev Robb
Dullsville	Ali Nielsen
Exhaustive Politicians and petrol prices!	Cynthia Barrow Cynthia Barrow
Vexatious Ho-hum Tedious Wearisome Onerous Burdensome Bothersome Exasperating	May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister
A housewife’s lot	Maggie Taylor
Boring Exhausting Ho-hum	Wilhelmine Halpin Wilhelmine Halpin Wilhelmine Halpin
Tedious	Vern Daw
Hum-drum	Jacqui Dwyer
Wearisome Tedious Boring	Rose Lynch Rose Lynch Rose Lynch
Wearying Tedious Boring Annoying Fatiguing	Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret
Monotonous	Vikki Gardner
Boring Monotonous Prolix	Kerry Benger Kerry Benger Kerry Benger
Pesky	Jane Johnston
Enervating	Jill Mortlock
Tedious Monotonous	Peta McMullen Peta McMullen
Monotonous	Barbara Ingram

APOSTROPHE:

Much misused punctuation mark	Lynne Atkins
Punctuation mark Digression from discourse	Bev Robb Bev Robb
Salutation	Ali Nielsen
Punctuation mark Grammatical sign	Cynthia Barrow Cynthia Barrow
Punctuation Digression Discursion Salutation	May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister
Half of ”	Maggie Taylor
Sign in word indicating possession or omission of letter or letters	Wilhelmine Halpin Wilhelmine Halpin
Soliloquy	Vern Daw
‘ is one	Jacqui Dwyer
Sign showing omission of letter in a word Exclamatory address to a particular person	Rose Lynch Rose Lynch
Punctuation mark Sign of possession Abbreviation mark Saxon genetive	Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret
Punctuation mark	Vikki Gardner
Punctuation mark Possessive punctuation mark Omission punctuation mark	Kerry Benger Kerry Benger Kerry Benger
See in all the wrong places!	Jane Johnston
Raised comma	Jill Mortlock
Punctuation mark Signalling possessive case	Peta McMullen Peta McMullen
Punctuation mark	TJ Fanning
Punctuation	Barbara Ingram
Shows ownership	Janice Johnson

CHILDREN:

Contraception	Lynne Atkins
Offspring Progeny Boys and girls Tots Juveniles Kids	Bev Robb Bev Robb Bev Robb Bev Robb Bev Robb Bev Robb
Offspring	Ali Nielsen
Moppets Little vegemites	Cynthia Barrow Cynthia Barrow
Tykes Whipper snappers Ankle-biters Descendants Rugrats Brood Kinfolk	May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister
What you have before you know any better	Maggie Taylor
Future generation Progeny Fruitful blessing	Wilhelmine Halpin Wilhelmine Halpin Wilhelmine Halpin
Youngsters	Vern Daw
Infants Sons or daughters	Rose Lynch Rose Lynch
God’s gift Offspring Heirs Very young people Under-teens School-goers Newest generationers Youngest generation Pre-teens	Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret
Rug rats	Vikki Gardner
Youngsters Boys and girls Offspring Progeny	Kerry Benger Kerry Benger Kerry Benger Kerry Benger
Issue	Jane Johnston
Next generation	Jill Mortlock
Issue Progeny Weans	Peta McMullen Peta McMullen Peta McMullen
Progeny	Barbara Ingram

READER SUBMISSIONS, JUNE '08 - (CLICK TO VIEW)


CARNIVOROUS
CLUE:	SUBMITTED BY:

Predacious	Patricia Murphy
T-Bone lover	Julie Hanns
Meat eating	TJ Fanning
Flesh eating	Heather Barnard
Non-vegetarian, Vulturous	Wilhelmine Halpin
What lion, tigers are	H. Adey
Feeding on flesh	May Burgermeister
Predatory	Diana Saunders
Feeding on flesh	Jacqui Dwyer

CONSIDERABLE


CLUE:	SUBMITTED BY:

Quite a lot	Patricia Murphy
Substantial	TJ Fanning
Worthy of thought	Kerry Benger
Appreciable	Heather Barnard
Mighty, pretty	Wilhelmine Halpin
Worthy of respect	H. Adey
Substantial	May Burgermeister
Deem worthy	John Barret
Large in volume	Katie Nash
Having merit	Maria Kanas
Significant	Diana Saunders
A lot of	Jacqui Dwyer
Worthy of respect	Bev Robb
Hard to miss	Sharyn Murdoch
Mighty	Peta McMullen

LIGHT-FINGERED


CLUE:	SUBMITTED BY:

Larcenous	Julie Hanns
Artful Dodgerish	Patricia Murphy
Shifty	TJ Fanning
Skillful at stealing	Kerry Benger
Pickpocket's skill	Heather Barnard
Delicate touch	H. Adey
Crafty	May Burgermeister
Furtive	Estelle Swinton
Faintly faganised	John Barret
Skillfull in picking pockets	Katie Nash
Purloiner	Maria Kanas
Picking pockets	Diana Saunders
Prone to stealing	Jacqui Dwyer
Having nimble digits	Bev Robb
Pale digit	Sue O'Donnell
Flash-digited	Sharyn Murdoch
Hot-handed	Peta McMullen

SKY-DIVING


CLUE:	SUBMITTED BY:

Performing parachute manoeuvres	Patricia Murphy
Heavenly aeroisatics	John Barret
Aerobatics	TJ Fanning
Parachute sport	Kerry Benger
Human aerobatics	Heather Barnard
Free-falling	H. Adey
Jumping out of an aircraft and then free-falling	Lainie Mercieca
Brolly hopping	Estelle Swinton (Book prize winner for June)
Free-falling using parachutes	Katie Nash
Welkin plunger	Maria Kanas
Performing manoeuvres in sky	Diana Saunders
Aerial gymnastics	Bev Robb
Plunge from the sky	Peta McMullen
Thrill seeking	Craig Marion

TRACTOR


CLUE:	SUBMITTED BY:

Mean machine	Lois Horvath
Farm machine	TJ Fanning
Agrimotor	Kerry Benger
Grey fergie	Heather Barnard
Farmers' work-horse	Wilhelmine Halpin
Harvester	H. Adey
A motorised plough	May Burgermeister
Calf dozer	Estelle Swinton
Vehicle used for tillage	Katie Nash
Farm tool	Maria Kanas
Puller	Diana Saunders
>Motorised clydesdale	Sharyn Murdoch
Prime mover	Peta McMullen
Automated farm machine	Craig Marion

READER SUBMISSIONS, MAY '08 - (CLICK TO VIEW)


CLUE:	SUBMITTED BY:

Junk dropper	Madge Thiele
Human trash dispenser	Bev Robb
Outdoor mess-maker Trash dropper Paper scatterer Street dirtier Careless refuse leaver	Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul Margaret Paul
Litterlout Polluter (winning entry) Pig Slob Slop Sloven Irresponsible picnicker	May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister May Burgemeister
To strew rubbish unlawfully	Monica de Knecht
Thoughtless picnicker	Heather Barnard
Refuse Wiretap	R Clarke
Young beetle Refuse insect	David Thomas David Thomas
Waste waster	Gwen Bishop
Mess pest	Peta McMullen
Stretcher-ed grub with no right is back making a mess	Veronica Burke
Kitten’s spy-piece	Marjorie Watson
Trash-talking insect	A J Argent
Carrier insect is a polluter	Eveline Hunter
Habitual rubbish-dropper No Elle, just a little grub spreading rubbish!	Darryl Merton Darryl Merton
Untidy pest	Joy Rutland
Untidy germ	Ruth Hanna
Teenager	TJ Fanning
Messy insect Stretcher pest	Margaret Hunt Margaret Hunt
Refuse beetle	Mr Camillo Lamonaca
Illegal rubbish dropper Public rubbish dropper Puppies’ flea or Grub let it!	Ms Kerry Benger Ms Kerry Benger Ms Kerry Benger
Lazy waste disposer Lazy litter lobber Careless chaff caster Thoughtless trash tosser Thoughtless tosser!	Patricia Murphy Patricia Murphy Patricia Murphy Patricia Murphy Patricia Murphy
An insect in the garbage	Jenni Thomas
Messy smoker Butt thrower Untidy pedestrian Paper strewer	John Charlton John Charlton John Charlton John Charlton
Trash tosser Waste dropper Rubbish scatterer Garbage dumping lout	C Henry C Henry C Henry C Henry
Careless disposer	Winifred Smith
Drongo Slob	Nancy Fry Nancy Fry
Trash dropper Path polluter	Pal Webb Pal Webb
Bert guilty! Know why? He drops rubbish!	Gordon Spencer
Person who drops rubbish in public places	Beverley Dicks
Rubbish to irritate messy person	Jessie Cunniffe