Third Time Lucky!

Thank you very much for my third win on the “Large Print Crosswords” competition! What’s even luckier is that I have received a different prize every time - first was the Collins Large Print Dictionary, second was the Collins Large Print Dictionary & Thesaurus (’cos you’d run out of the dictionaries, lucky me!) and this time, I received the Oxford Large Print Dictionary, another different publication! Doubly blessed - three wins of three different books, thank you so much!

I love your crosswords and subscribe to the maximum number of issues, also buying the Large Print, Variety Puzzles, Cryptics and some of the Handy publications from my local newsagent. I got my addiction from my Mum, who passed away earlier this year, 4 months short of her 91st birthday, and who had only started to ‘lose her marbles’ in the last couple of years of her life - there’s confirmation that crosswords are good for our mental health! Now approaching 66, I won’t be giving up any time soon and expect to keep my little grey cells limber and lively for many more years, with your help!

Thank you for my prizes and all your hard work, giving me much enjoyment, many challenges and great relaxation!

Very best wishes
Jane Johnston
Kewarra Beach, Qld

THE EYES HAVE IT!

Thank you so much for selecting me as a Super Sudoku prize winner. I was very excited since I don’t tend to win anything in raffles or sweeps or whatever - in fact, the last thing I can remember winning was a side of lamb back in 1971.  That was more of a problem than a joy as we’d just bought a side of lamb and had a very small fridge!

Anyway, thanks again. I really enjoy each issue of the magazine. It gives me hours of pleasure. I don’t subscribe because I live in a small town and need to support the local newsagent.

I spent the money on saving two people’s sight through the Fred hollows Foundation, so the money did lots of good.

Jan Brennan
Vic

All referenced up

Thank you for the prize of a Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary for MEGA 65 Stinker.

Along with a couple of earlier winnings from Lovatts competitions of a Collins English Dictionary,and a Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus, hopefully I’ll be able to continue submitting successful entries.

Patrick Hooper

Lovatts Mind Gym

I was delighted to receive a handy gadget prize in the BIG 209 competition and even more pleased to receive the accompanying letter with its encouragement to keep on puzzling. Not that I really needed that but it is a relief to know that I have a therapeutic addiction to Lovatt’s puzzles. I’m in my 82nd year and keeping active in the Mind Gym is great exercise.

Thank you sincerely.
Alva Faul, Invercargill, New Zealand

A friend in puzzles

What a lovely surprise when I got home from work the other day to find a parcel waiting for me from you! I was a winner in the Holiday Collection 71, and won an awesome bag and calculator! I was thrilled with this win, as I enter all your competitions, hardly ever missing one. People are so right when they say crosswords are addictive - living on my own these puzzles are my best friend, and help keep the old mind alert!

Thank you again, and I look forward to further winnings maybe in the future. What a wonderful job you people do compiling these puzzles - I have attempted the DIY a couple of times, coming runner up a few years ago, and it makes you realize just how hard it is to compile a crossword. Looks easy, but can be very frustrating - all looks fine until about the last 5 clues and nothing fits. So I do appreciate the hard work by you people to keep us amused. Keep it up!

Thank you again
Sue Velvin

Latest win is a Stinker!

I would just like to say thank you for the various prizes I have won over the years, the latest being for winning the Stinker competition in Colossus 217. The Stinker, the Demon and the cryptics are my favourite competitions. I always look forward to the crossword books coming through my letter box and can,t wait to get started. Many thanks to you and your staff for all the hard work you must do.
Pat Wilford

As happy as Thelma

Thank you for the book and $50 cheque that I have won so far.

I enjoy reading the comments from other puzzlers and ran across “As happy as Thelma” in January BIG. My granny was also full of Aussieisms and I use them a lot. The one she used the most was “you’re not holding your mouth right” when she was having problems doing something.

“Happy as Larry”: Blissfully contented.
I couldn’t find “Sitting up like Jackie”. However, after consulting my “John Blackman’s Australian Slang Dictionary” and “Don’t come the raw prawn” also by John Blackman, I found a couple you might like.
“To take a geek”: To look at something
“Don’t come the raw prawn”: What you say to someone who is trying to delude, deceive or hoodwink you with a far-fetched absurd idea or scheme.

If you ever do an Aussie word/slang puzzle I am ready for you.

Thank you for many hours of ‘bashing my brains out’ attempting to complete your puzzles.

Jenny Rumley
Neilborough, Vic

Motivated by the fun

Thank you for the watch. It is something I really needed – with such a nice dial – which I can read!

The search for new words and the fun of fitting everything together is the motivation, but along the way a pat on the back with a prize is wonderful.

Thank you very much. Best wishes to you all.

Joan Hoskings
Scone NSW

Lovatts gets brain exercising

Thank you very much for the biggest prize I have won from lovatts, it’s wonderful.  From Colossus, I won a stainless steel Breville Cafe Roma espresso/cappuccino machine.
I enjoy doing my favourite crosswords, Baffler and Cryptic, something to get your brain matter exercising. As a senior, I have bought Lovatts for years, and can’t wait to do Cryptic in Colossus.
Thank you again.
Diana Saunders

Biggest prize I could ever win

Thank you so much for my prize in the August Demon (my birthday month too), Collins - Dictionary & Thesaurus book.
You have absolutely no idea how ecstatic I was to not only receive the beautiful prize which I have already used for the next Demon but the feeling of achievement knowing I completed the DEMON correctly.
I was crying with such delight, I felt and still do feel very special as I spend a few hours of perhaps two days to complete the Demon, I always leave that one until last and am very determined.
I have been doing the puzzles since the early 90s throughout my marriage then divorce and thoroughly enjoy them, they have been my companion and reason for getting through each day.
I even won a certificate nearly 10 years ago while giving up the cigarettes, I haven’t smoked one since and feel so honoured to have completed that crossword too, it was called ‘Beat the Olympian’
I have a condition amongst others called ‘Essential Tremor’ (signature link below) my hands are not as shaky as most other parts of the body can be but you require very neat writing and it takes me a long time to make sure everything is neat and legible.
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart, I never ever thought I would win the Demon (the winning of the puzzle) is the biggest prize I could ever have won.

Thank you Christine and I feel great for many reasons

Gaylene Nichols
Lutana - Tasmania

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