Christine's Hello

Hello - June 2009 Hello - June 2009

We’ve often called our puzzles “food for thought” and highlighted the links between a healthy mind and a healthy body. Now we’ve gone a step further and invited lifestyle guru Annette Sym to give us the lowdown on healthy eating. Annette, as well as being an excellent cook, is an Australian public speaker and author. You may have seen her Symply Too Good To Be True cookbooks for sale in your local newsagents. I’ve known Annette for many years and I find her utterly inspiring. She’s bright and bubbly, full of commonsense ideas about feeling healthy and she has a wealth of tantalising recipes to tempt... 

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Magazine News

Puzzle Fun 4 Kids - July/Aug Issue Out Now!

The latest Puzzle Fun for Kids magazine hits the shelves today. Issue 68 is crammed... 

Brush with fame

Have you ever had a brush with fame? You know, shared a lift with George Clooney or... 

Star Grazing

Have you ever solved a Starhunt but had absolutely no idea who the ’star’... 

Subscriber Draw Winners - April/May 09

1st Prize Mr Warren Davies, Wentworth NSW Runners-up prizes Mr John Williams,  Atherton... 

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Lovatts Trivia Teaser

Words and Phrases

Lazy Susan

What a strange name for this revolving tray in the middle of a table! If your name is Susan I am sure you are not lazy, but you are probably interested in the origin of the name of this handy serving aid. Well, like many other English expressions,... [Read more or comment]

As dead as a doornail

English abounds with similes in the form of ‘as x as a y’ but where did this one come from? The answer is not clear, but the expression has been around since before Shakespeare (and the good Bard used it in Henry IV). Quite possibly ‘as... [Read more or comment]

At one fell swoop

This means all in one go or in one sudden action. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macduff on hearing of the death of his family says; All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? This... [Read more or comment]

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Mailbag

Of birds, bees and crosswords

I’ve been intending to submit this story for sharing with your subscribers for quite a few years. I think quite enough water has gone under the bridge to get away with it now! It is a wonderful tale of the innocence of youth, and I am sure that even the most sensitive and prudish of the Lovatts ‘family’ will not be offended. This true... [Read more or comment]

Cheryl’s Clerihew

John Jeremy George Passionately abhorred Crude Aussie blokes Telling lewd, bawdy jokes Cheryl Roach  Read More →

Stumped by Baffler but love the cover!

“The quality of CRYPTICS is not simple – it dropeth down with great exasperation” CONGRATULATIONS to the graphic artist who produced this great Shakespearean cover. My 96 year old fellow puzzler, George Howe, and my lifelong friend, Madge Sinclair have both expressed their congratulations. We are all Shakespearean Devotees. We were all stumped... [Read more or comment]

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