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## **Da Vinci Puzzles is available now for £11.99 on Amazon!**

Are you a puzzle lover who enjoys cracking codes, solving riddles, and uncovering hidden clues? If you’re fascinated by secret symbols, cryptography, and mind-bending mysteries, Da Vinci Puzzles: Book One is designed especially for you.

Inspired by the intrigue and symbolism of The Da Vinci Code, this puzzle book challenges your logic, deduction, and attention to detail through a series of cleverly constructed brain teasers.

 Each page presents new mysteries to unravel. Clues - and the occasional red herring - are scattered throughout, rewarding careful readers and sharp thinkers. This isn’t just a collection of puzzles. It’s an interactive mystery experience.

**What’s inside the Da Vinci Puzzles book?**

✅ A wide variety of puzzles - from classic favourites to unique logic challenges    
✅ Code-breaking and cryptography puzzles    
✅ Optional hints (only if you need them!)    
✅ A complete set of answers at the back    
✅ An immersive mystery woven throughout the book

Whether you love logic puzzles, cipher challenges, or narrative-driven brain teasers, this book will keep you engaged for hours.

✅ Anyone who enjoys a mental challenge

If you enjoy testing your brain and solving layered mysteries, Da Vinci Puzzles will quickly become your next obsession.

Puzzle solving isn’t just entertaining - it improves focus, strengthens logical thinking, and sharpens problem-solving skills. With its combination of storytelling and brain teasers, Da Vinci Puzzles delivers both challenge and immersion giving you a screen-free workout.

 **Da Vinci Puzzles** is available now for **£11.99 on Amazon**.

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Closing date for issue 4 is midnight 7th May 2026. Only one entry per person.


<div class="competition-form">
  <form action="https://competitionform.bauersecure.com/formhandler.php" method="post" accept-charset="UTF-8" name="competition-form" onsubmit="return validateCompetitionForm()">


        <input type="hidden" name="brand_code" value="HWS" />
        <input type="hidden" name="issue_number" value="HWS2604" />
        <input type="hidden" name="channel" value="web" />


        <fieldset class="competition-form-details">
          <legend>Your Details</legend>
          <div>
            <label for="first_name" required >First name</label>
            <input type="text" id="first_name" name="first_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name fname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="last_name" required >Last name</label>
            <input type="text" id="last_name" name="last_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name lname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="email" required >Email</label>
            <input type="email" id="email" name="email" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="email" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="phone">Phone</label>
            <input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" value="" size="40" maxlength="128"  pattern="[0-9 \+]{10,}" autocomplete="tel" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="address_1" required>Address: Building and street</label>
            <input type="text" id="address_1" name="address_1" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="shipping address-line1"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="address_2">Address: Area</label>
            <input type="text" id="address_2" name="address_2" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" autocomplete="shipping address-line2"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="city" required >Address: Town or city</label>
            <input type="text" id="city" name="city" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="shipping address-level2"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="state">Address: County</label>
            <input type="text" id="state" name="state" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" autocomplete="shipping address-level1"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="postcode" required >Address: Postcode <sub>(UK: Please include space. ROI: Please enter Eire)</sub></label>
            <input type="text" id="postcode" name="postcode" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required pattern="([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4} [a-zA-Z0-9]{3,4}|[eE][iI][rR][eE]) ?" autocomplete="shipping postal-code"/>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-answers">
          <legend>Competition Answers</legend>


          <fieldset>
            <legend>Page 23</legend>
            <div>
              <label for="113400">£3000 cash</label>
              <input type="text" id="113400" name="113400" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" />
            </div>
          </fieldset>


        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-optins">
          <legend>More Competitions, Offers and News</legend>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="brand_opt_in" name="brand_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="brand_opt_in">Opt in to Hide'n'Seek Wordsearch Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="group_opt_in" name="group_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="group_opt_in">Opt in to Bauer (publisher of "Hide'n'Seek Wordsearch") Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="partner_opt_in" name="partner_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="partner_opt_in">Opt in to Partner Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-legal">
          <legend>Competition Terms & Conditions</legend>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="terms_and_conditions" name="terms_and_conditions" value="accepted" required />
            <label for="terms_and_conditions" required >Tick to confirm that you have read and accepted our <a href="http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/competition-terms.html" target="_blank">competition terms and conditions</a></label>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Enter" />
    </form>
</div>



Issue 4 – Hide’n’Seek Wordsearch

Closing date for issue 4 is midnight 7th of May 2026. Only one entry per person.


<div class="competition-form">
  <form action="https://competitionform.bauersecure.com/formhandler.php" method="post" accept-charset="UTF-8" name="competition-form" onsubmit="return validateCompetitionForm()">


        <input type="hidden" name="brand_code" value="MMW" />
        <input type="hidden" name="issue_number" value="MMW2604" />
        <input type="hidden" name="channel" value="web" />


        <fieldset class="competition-form-details">
          <legend>Your Details</legend>
          <div>
            <label for="first_name" required >First name</label>
            <input type="text" id="first_name" name="first_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name fname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="last_name" required >Last name</label>
            <input type="text" id="last_name" name="last_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name lname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="email" required >Email</label>
            <input type="email" id="email" name="email" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="email" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="phone">Phone</label>
            <input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" value="" size="40" maxlength="128"  pattern="[0-9 \+]{10,}" autocomplete="tel" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="address_1" required>Address: Building and street</label>
            <input type="text" id="address_1" name="address_1" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="shipping address-line1"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="address_2">Address: Area</label>
            <input type="text" id="address_2" name="address_2" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" autocomplete="shipping address-line2"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="city" required >Address: Town or city</label>
            <input type="text" id="city" name="city" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="shipping address-level2"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="state">Address: County</label>
            <input type="text" id="state" name="state" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" autocomplete="shipping address-level1"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="postcode" required >Address: Postcode <sub>(UK: Please include space. ROI: Please enter Eire)</sub></label>
            <input type="text" id="postcode" name="postcode" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required pattern="([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4} [a-zA-Z0-9]{3,4}|[eE][iI][rR][eE]) ?" autocomplete="shipping postal-code"/>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-answers">
          <legend>Competition Answers</legend>


          <fieldset>
            <legend>Page 6</legend>
            <div>
              <label for="113498">£3000 cash</label>
              <input type="text" id="113498" name="113498" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" />
            </div>
          </fieldset>


        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-optins">
          <legend>More Competitions, Offers and News</legend>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="brand_opt_in" name="brand_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="brand_opt_in">Opt in to Mega Monthly Wordsearch Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="group_opt_in" name="group_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="group_opt_in">Opt in to Bauer (publisher of "Mega Monthly Wordsearch") Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="partner_opt_in" name="partner_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="partner_opt_in">Opt in to Partner Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-legal">
          <legend>Competition Terms & Conditions</legend>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="terms_and_conditions" name="terms_and_conditions" value="accepted" required />
            <label for="terms_and_conditions" required >Tick to confirm that you have read and accepted our <a href="http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/competition-terms.html" target="_blank">competition terms and conditions</a></label>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Enter" />
    </form>
</div>



Issue 4 – Mega Monthly Wordsearch


<div class="competition-form">
  <form action="https://competitionform.bauersecure.com/formhandler.php" method="post" accept-charset="UTF-8" name="competition-form" onsubmit="return validateCompetitionForm()">


        <input type="hidden" name="brand_code" value="WOC" />
        <input type="hidden" name="issue_number" value="WOC2604" />
        <input type="hidden" name="channel" value="web" />


        <fieldset class="competition-form-details">
          <legend>Your Details</legend>
          <div>
            <label for="first_name" required >First name</label>
            <input type="text" id="first_name" name="first_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name fname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="last_name" required >Last name</label>
            <input type="text" id="last_name" name="last_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name lname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="email" required >Email</label>
            <input type="email" id="email" name="email" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="email" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="phone">Phone</label>
            <input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" value="" size="40" maxlength="128"  pattern="[0-9 \+]{10,}" autocomplete="tel" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="address_1" required>Address: Building and street</label>
            <input type="text" id="address_1" name="address_1" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="shipping address-line1"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="address_2">Address: Area</label>
            <input type="text" id="address_2" name="address_2" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" autocomplete="shipping address-line2"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="city" required >Address: Town or city</label>
            <input type="text" id="city" name="city" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="shipping address-level2"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="state">Address: County</label>
            <input type="text" id="state" name="state" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" autocomplete="shipping address-level1"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="postcode" required >Address: Postcode <sub>(UK: Please include space. ROI: Please enter Eire)</sub></label>
            <input type="text" id="postcode" name="postcode" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required pattern="([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4} [a-zA-Z0-9]{3,4}|[eE][iI][rR][eE]) ?" autocomplete="shipping postal-code"/>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-answers">
          <legend>Competition Answers</legend>


          <fieldset>
            <legend>Page 5</legend>
            <div>
              <label for="113855">£3000 cash</label>
              <input type="text" id="113855" name="113855" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" />
            </div>
          </fieldset>


        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-optins">
          <legend>More Competitions, Offers and News</legend>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="brand_opt_in" name="brand_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="brand_opt_in">Opt in to Wordsearches Collection Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="group_opt_in" name="group_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="group_opt_in">Opt in to Bauer (publisher of "Wordsearches Collection") Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="partner_opt_in" name="partner_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="partner_opt_in">Opt in to Partner Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-legal">
          <legend>Competition Terms & Conditions</legend>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="terms_and_conditions" name="terms_and_conditions" value="accepted" required />
            <label for="terms_and_conditions" required >Tick to confirm that you have read and accepted our <a href="http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/competition-terms.html" target="_blank">competition terms and conditions</a></label>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Enter" />
    </form>
</div>



Issue 4 – Wordsearches Collection


<div class="competition-form">
  <form action="https://competitionform.bauersecure.com/formhandler.php" method="post" accept-charset="UTF-8" name="competition-form" onsubmit="return validateCompetitionForm()">


        <input type="hidden" name="brand_code" value="ARC" />
        <input type="hidden" name="issue_number" value="ARC2604" />
        <input type="hidden" name="channel" value="web" />


        <fieldset class="competition-form-details">
          <legend>Your Details</legend>
          <div>
            <label for="first_name" required >First name</label>
            <input type="text" id="first_name" name="first_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name fname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="last_name" required >Last name</label>
            <input type="text" id="last_name" name="last_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name lname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="email" required >Email</label>
            <input type="email" id="email" name="email" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="email" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="phone">Phone</label>
            <input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" value="" size="40" maxlength="128"  pattern="[0-9 \+]{10,}" autocomplete="tel" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="address_1" required>Address: Building and street</label>
            <input type="text" id="address_1" name="address_1" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="shipping address-line1"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="address_2">Address: Area</label>
            <input type="text" id="address_2" name="address_2" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" autocomplete="shipping address-line2"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="city" required >Address: Town or city</label>
            <input type="text" id="city" name="city" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="shipping address-level2"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="state">Address: County</label>
            <input type="text" id="state" name="state" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" autocomplete="shipping address-level1"/>
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="postcode" required >Address: Postcode <sub>(UK: Please include space. ROI: Please enter Eire)</sub></label>
            <input type="text" id="postcode" name="postcode" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required pattern="([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4} [a-zA-Z0-9]{3,4}|[eE][iI][rR][eE]) ?" autocomplete="shipping postal-code"/>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-answers">
          <legend>Competition Answers</legend>


          <fieldset>
            <legend>Page </legend>
            <div>
              <label for="113455">£3000 cash</label>
              <input type="text" id="113455" name="113455" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" />
            </div>
          </fieldset>


        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-optins">
          <legend>More Competitions, Offers and News</legend>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="brand_opt_in" name="brand_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="brand_opt_in">Opt in to Arrowwords Collection Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="group_opt_in" name="group_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="group_opt_in">Opt in to Bauer (publisher of "Arrowwords Collection") Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="partner_opt_in" name="partner_opt_in" value="true" />
            <label for="partner_opt_in">Opt in to Partner Competitions, Offers and News alerts (You can opt out again at any time)</label>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="competition-form-legal">
          <legend>Competition Terms & Conditions</legend>
          <div>
            <input type="checkbox" id="terms_and_conditions" name="terms_and_conditions" value="accepted" required />
            <label for="terms_and_conditions" required >Tick to confirm that you have read and accepted our <a href="http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/competition-terms.html" target="_blank">competition terms and conditions</a></label>
          </div>
        </fieldset>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Enter" />
    </form>
</div>



Issue 4 – Arrowwords Collection


<div class="competition-form">
  <form action="https://competitionform.bauersecure.com/formhandler.php" method="post" accept-charset="UTF-8" name="competition-form" onsubmit="return validateCompetitionForm()">


        <input type="hidden" name="brand_code" value="CRC" />
        <input type="hidden" name="issue_number" value="CRC2604" />
        <input type="hidden" name="channel" value="web" />


        <fieldset class="competition-form-details">
          <legend>Your Details</legend>
          <div>
            <label for="first_name" required >First name</label>
            <input type="text" id="first_name" name="first_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name fname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="last_name" required >Last name</label>
            <input type="text" id="last_name" name="last_name" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="name lname" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="email" required >Email</label>
            <input type="email" id="email" name="email" value="" size="40" maxlength="128" required autocomplete="email" />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label for="phone">Phone</label>
            <input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" value="" size="40" maxlength="128"  pattern="[0-9 \+]{10,}" autocomplete="tel" />
          </div>
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Issue 4 – Crosswords Collection

**The following competitions are run jointly across both Take a Crossword and Take a Puzzle magazines.**

**Issue 13 2025:** C James, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.  
**Issue 12 2025**: M McFarlane, Blackburn.  
**Issue 11 2025**: J Barden, Preston.  
**Issue 10 2025**: P Tate, Barton-Upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire  
**Issue 09 2025:** M Parson, Worcester.  
**Issue 08 2025:** D Davies, Thurnby, Leicester.  
**Issue 07 2025:** A Cronin, Huddersfield.

**Issue 06 2025:** Ms M Jones, Kendal, Cumbria.  
**Issue 05 2025:** Mrs Hunt, Ascot, Berkshire.  
**Issue 04 2025:** L Tait, Strathaven, Lanarkshire.  
**Issue 03 2025:** K Shake, London  
**Issue 02 2025:** L Bell, Shrewsbury.  
**Issue 01 2025:** S Draycott, St. Albans, Hertfordshire

**Issue 13 2025:** C Jones, Northallerton, North Yorkshire.  J Jones, Wrexham, Clwyd.

**Issue 12 2025:** P Cartwright, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. L Richards, Retford, Nottinghamshire

**Issue 11 2025:** C Abbott, Leeds. N Young, Sunderland.

**Issue 10 2025**: N Conway, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. J Edwards, Newton Abbot, Devon.

**Issue 09 2025:** M Galland, Coventry. J Scott, Warrington.

**Issue 08 2025:** G Atkinson, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan. S Davies, Milford Haven, Dyfed.

**Issue 07 2025:** J Calton, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. P Hogeweg, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

**Issue 06 2025:** Mrs S Beaven, Norwich. Mr D Izod, Erith, Kent.

**Issue 05 2025:** J Edwards, Newton Abbot, Devon. E Wallis, Hampton, Middlesex.

**Issue 04 2025:** J Mcgeary, Dundee. K Morrison, Glasgow.

**Issue 03 2025:** S Jones, Wrexham, Clwyd. M Lindley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

**Issue 02 2025:** N Bannerman, Maidenhead, Berkshire. I Hutchinson, Leeds.

**Issue 01 2025:** T Preston, Grimsby, North Lincolnshire. T Taylor, Banbridge, County Down.

**Issue 13 2025:** C Dunningham, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex. E Fowler, Nottingham. M Merlo, Manchester. L Williamson, Liverpool.

**Issue 12 2025:** S Burt, Bournemouth. K Lord, Manchester. K Mackay, Tain, Ross-Shire. B Roebuck, Mexborough, South Yorkshire.

**Issue 11 2025:** A Born, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. S Fern, Stoke-On-Trent.

L Ridley, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne & Wear. L Wright, Penzance, Cornwall.

**Issue 10 2025:** M Cornwall, Rossendale, Lancashire. R Hamilton, Newark, Nottinghamshire. S Hudson, Derby. Mrs L Wright, Market Harborough, Leicestershire

**Issue 09 2025:** C Beevers, Leeds. Mrs D Brading, Basildon Essex. D Mallinson, Halifax, West Yorkshire. S Robinson, Rossendale, Lancashire.

**Issue 08 2025:** J Cleverley, Glossop, Derbyshire. R Garner, Surbiton, Surrey. E Hulse, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire. J Lockhart, Carlisle.

**Issue 07 2025:** P Brown, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Miss V Chisholm, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. M Jones, Kendal, Cumbria. K Turner, Crowthorne, Berkshire.

**Issue 06 2025:** M Chell, Newcastle, Staffordshire. H Harper, Sidmouth, Devon. P Newport, Thetford, Norfolk. J Ross, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

**Issue 05 2025:** C Bingham, Chorley, Lancashire. Mrs J Blaylock, Carlisle. Mr E Jones, Caernarfon, Gwynedd. Mrs J Poole, St.Helens, Merseyside.

**Issue 04 2025:** D Angus, Bedford. J Cosgrove, Oldham. P Rose, Wymondham, Norfolk. H Williamson, Glasgow.

**Issue 03 2025:** R Duncan, Blairgowrie, Perthshire. L Griffith, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. S Stevenson, Mansfield. P Tempest, Halifax, West Yorkshire.

**Issue 02 2025:** S Cummings, Wimborne, Dorset. V Henneberry, Sutton, Surrey. M Higgins, Loughton, Essex. C Tee, Epping, Essex.

**Issue 01 2025:** A Crocker, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. T Fisher, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Mr D Kelly, Rochdale, Lancashire. Mr A Pratt, Ipswich.

**Issue 13 2025**: J Brown, Hyde, Cheshire. M Christian, Nottingham. J Harrison, South Molton, Devon.  S Mackay, Lichfield, Staffordshire. P Miller, Wolverhampton.

**Issue 12 2025:** C Hirst, Exeter. E Ingham, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire.

P Moran, Edinburgh. S Pegum, Barnet, Hertfordshire. E Williams, Selkirk.

**Issue 11 2025:** P Austin, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. C Holland, London. S Lovejoy, Swindon. J Robb, Aldershot, Hampshire. L Starr, Halifax, West Yorkshire.

**Issue 10 2025:** Mrs B Cullen, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. M Smith, Crewe. C Tibbins, Solihull, West Midlands. H Torrance, York.   S West, Brighton.

**Issue 09 2025:** Ms S Adams, HALIFAX, West Yorkshire. N Evans, ST. NEOTS, Cambridgeshire. T Meadows, BANBURY, Oxfordshire. V Mortimer, NORWICH. L Sharpe, LONDON.

**Issue 08 2025:** S Armstrong, WOKING, Surrey. S Best, ST. NEOTS, Cambridgeshire. D Grocott, CREWE. M Neale, NOTTINGHAM. Mrs R Smith, WANTAGE, Oxfordshire.

**Issue 07 2025:** V Connolly, LIVERPOOL. M Hawthorn, WARRINGTON. M Heffernan, GRETNA, Dumfriesshire. J Markey, LEICESTER. J Wallace, SEVENOAKS, Kent.

**Issue 06 2025:** N Evans, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire. S Ewan, Wrexham, Clwyd. F Pearson-Jones, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancs. K Perentidis, Manchester. P Wilkins, Burntwood, Staffordshire.

**Issue 05 2025:** K Cocking, Bristol. A Forbes, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. K Jones, Wokingham, Berkshire. L Russell, Waltham Abbey, Essex. J Shorthouse, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire.

**Issue 04 2025:** R Cable, Coventry. A Preece, Shrewsbury. K Serjeant, Haslemere, Surrey. J Stonard, Oxford. C Turnbull, Duns, Berwickshire.

**Issue 03 2025:** L Blair, Belfast. A Emett, Southport, Merseyside. S Hills, Folkestone, Kent. B Lansdon, Newcastle Upon Tyne. B Simpson, Bromley.

**Issue 02 2025:** M Cantagrel, Ipswich. A Hoyland, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. C Jarman, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. J Reddish, Colne, Lancashire. L Winstanley, Rochdale, Lancashire.

**Issue 01 2025:** S Best, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire. L Comb, Bridlington, East Yorkshire. G Davies, Newport, Gwent. G Edwards, Slough. J Sherwood, Malvern, Worcestershire.

## The following competitions are run in Take a Puzzle only.

**Issue 13 2025:** J Joyce, Milton Keynes.

**Issue 12 2025**: M Bryan, Morpeth, Northumberland.

**Issue 11 2025:** L Ashfield, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

**Issue 10 2025:** A Stewart, Southport, Merseyside.

**Issue 09 2025:** S Tuite, Brighouse, West Yorkshire.

**Issue 08 2025**: L Edmonston, Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

**Issue 07 2025:** R Gluth, Redruth, Cornwall.

**Issue 06 2025:** Z Marsh, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon.

**Issue 05 2025:** M Tanner, Sandown, Isle Of Wight.

**Issue 04 2025:** Mrs L White, Cheddar, Somerset.

**Issue 03 2025:** Mr P Chantler, Battle, East Sussex.

**Issue 02 2025:** Mrs P Coote, King's Lynn, Norfolk.

**Issue 01 2025:** L Phillips, Looe, Cornwall.

**Issue 13 2025:** Winner: R Lewis, Weybridge, Surrey.**  
Runners-up:** S Brown, Bradford, West Yorkshire. D Gentry, Diss, Norfolk. W Gregory, Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside. V Macintyre, Aberdeen. P Midgley, Lincoln. J Renvoize, Gosport, Hampshire. G Tansley, Sheffield. N Walker, King's Lynn, Norfolk. M Ward, Nottingham.  A Whitehouse, Gravesend, Kent.

**Issue 12 2025:** Winner: M Evans, Pwllheli, Gwynedd.Runners- Up: W Brown, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. K Clay, Burnham-On-Crouch, Essex.   D Denton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. M Groves, Billingham& Cleveland. B Horsley, Chorley, Lancashire. C Joaquim, Guildford, Surrey. D Leighton, Hull. J Parfitt, South Molton, Devon. C Rogers, Manchester. G Stimpson, Worthing, West Sussex.

**Issue 11 2025:** **Winner:** S Webster, Bingley, West Yorkshire.  
**Runners-up**: S Baker, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. S Coulson, Bangor, County Down. M Haggan, Newtownabbey, County Antrim. A Ingram, Solihull, West Midlands. K Mullen, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear.   A Nicholas, Warrington. P Owen, Burntwood, Staffordshire. S Ridgard, Nottingham. M Scott, Gosport, Hampshire. S Smith, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.

**Issue 10 2025:** **Winner:** R Crumlish, Edinburgh, Midlothian.  
**Runners-up**: J Allison, Worcester. C Darch, Bridgwater, Somerset. R Farrington, Middlewich, Cheshire. L Greenwood, Warrington, Cheshire. Ms B Holdich, Rochford, Essex.  Mrs J Holmes, Bournemouth. P Holmes, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. K Lee, Liversedge, West Yorkshire. Mrs H O’Donnell, Paisley, Renfrewshire. D Rutherford, Axminster, Devon

**Issue 09 2025:** **Winner:** G Hoogenraad, West Linton, Peeblesshire.  
**Runners-up:** M Croft, Cardigan, Dyfed. G Gibson, Hereford. A Hastings, Poole, Dorset. S Haswell, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. S Hopkins, Swansea. T Jebbett, Solihull, West Midlands. C Mellor, Derby. N Short, Redcar, Cleveland. M Upcott, Abertillery, Gwent. N Wilkes, Walsall.

**Issue 08 2025:** **Winner:** B Scott, HUDDERSFIELD  
**Runners-up:** P Baines, HULL. J Baker, HAVERHILL, Suffolk. L Barr, SOUTHAMPTON. J Beeley, TRING, Hertfordshire. M Hanley, GRIMSBY, South Humberside. E Ilderton, BILLERICAY, Essex. B Lord, SLEAFORD, Lincolnshire. A Rathkey, READING. J Simons, NORTHAMPTON. Mrs S Stevenson, ALLOA, Clackmannanshire.

**Issue 07 2025:** **Winner:** C Gilmore , BARNSLEY, South Yorkshire.  
**Runners-up:** C Clark, BURNTWOOD, Staffordshire. S Heath, LICHFIELD, Staffordshire. M Heaton, BRISTOL. E Hutchinson, HARROGATE, North Yorkshire. K Jones, WOLVERHAMPTON. D Le Page, GUERNSEY. L Mortar, LEIGH-ON-SEA, Essex. I Perriman, GLASGOW. L Tait, STRATHAVEN, Lanarkshire. D Taylor, BIRMINGHAM.

**Issue 06 2025:**  
Winner: T Whitfield, Haverhill, Suffolk.  
Runners-up: R Anstey, Bristol. C Baldry, Milford Haven, Dyfed. M Grzybek, Lincoln. Mrs R Harrison, St. Andrews, Fife. P Lenthall, Sheffield. T Lewis, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex. M McGowan, Heywood, Lancashire. J Ogilvie, Woking, Surrey. Mrs G Profit, Kettering, Northamptonshire. Mrs A Smith, Birmingham.

**Issue 05 2025:**  
Winner: A Clarke, Knighton, Powys.  
Runners-up: S Allen, Stockport, Cheshire. Miss L Barrows, Falmouth, Cornwall. Mr P Chowney, Woking, Surrey. H Datema, Mitcham, Surrey. J Eyre, Bedford. Ms D Jenner, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Mrs P Lang, Staines-Upon-Thames, Middlesex. R Walah, Bundoran, Ireland. Mrs C Weir, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. J Wolfe, Thetford, Norfolk.

**Issue 04 2025:**  
Winner: D Eccles, Manchester.  
Runners-up: G Baker, Wrexham, Clwyd. A Cahill, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. S Colohan, Rhyl, Clwyd. M Dixon, Coventry. L Gaylor, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. S McDevitt, Bexley, Kent. J Nickson, Liskeard, Cornwall. A Parkhouse, Norwich. Mrs V Saville, Feltham, Middlesex. Mrs P Thorburn, Towcester, Northamptonshire.

**Issue 03 2025:**  
Winner: K O’Sullivan, Romford.  
Runners-up: G Crouch, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. K Fisher, Glenrothes, Fife. M Heald, Matlock, Derbyshire. R Hill, Middlesbrough, Cleveland. B Hobdell, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. J Jackson, Harlow, Essex. Mrs C Leach, Cambridge. D Mackay, Dumfries. D Rowles, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. J Skelton, Sheffield.

**Issue 02 2025:**  
Winner: Mrs S Beeden, Dover, Kent.  
Runners-up: R Allen, Teignmouth, Devon. L Booty, Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Mr D Evans, Mold, Clwyd. Mrs V Fitzsimons, Uxbridge, Middlesex. M Fletcher, Preston. W Harper, Ipswich. P Lucy, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. T Mooney, Shipley, West Yorkshire. J Norris, Bromley. S White, Croydon.

**Issue 01 2025:**  
Winner: D Westwood, King's Lynn, Norfolk.  
Runners-up: J Brooke, London. L Brown, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Miss T Collins, Crediton, Devon. C Cox, Harrow, Middlesex. V Cunningham, Didcot, Oxfordshire. J Giles, Cardiff. R Hewison, Banbury, Oxfordshire. P Linfield, Worthing, West Sussex. C Peters, Bristol. Miss J Purdham, Stanley, County Durham.

**Issue 13 2025:** G Davies, Lampeter, Dyfed. S Hughes, Littleborough, Lancashire. D Stewart, Aberdeen. P Ventmam, Mitcham, Surrey.

**Issue 12 2025:** S Blanchard, Newtown, Powys. K Hall, Belper, Derbyshire. S Mainstone, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon. M Wilson, Fareham, Hampshire.

**Issue 11 2025:** J Cooper, Honiton, Devon. G Stringa, South Shields, Tyne & Wear. C Williams, Shipley, West Yorkshire. I Yates, Clitheroe, Lancashire.  
**Issue 10 2025:** D Armstrong, Newcastle Upon Tyne. C Davies-Knowles, Crowborough, East Sussex.    J Eyre, Bedford. E Mortimer, Guildford, Surrey.

**Issue 09 2025:** K Brute, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire. W Walls, Seaford, East Sussex. M Woolf, Norwich. E Wright, Carlisle.

**Issue 08 2025:** W Coote, MABLETHORPE, Lincolnshire. Miss I Larmour, CORBY, Northamptonshire. K Pettifer, NORWICH. J Settle, SHEFFIELD.

**Issue 07 2025:** V Fortune, BECCLES, Suffolk. M Innes, GLASGOW. B Riddy, WEYMOUTH, Dorset. R Sinner, LIVERPOOL.

**Issue 06 2025:** L Brown, Falkirk. Mrs E Heaney, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian. M McMahon, Blackburn. A Murby, Northampton.

**Issue 05 2025:** S Daniels, Calne, Wiltshire. S Gray, Hull. L Maddox, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria. R Whitear, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex.

**Issue 04 2025:** B Allen, Saxmundham, Suffolk. A Bethell, Manchester. T Highland, Preston. P Sutcliffe, Carnforth, Lancashire.

**Issue 03 2025:** J Bayley, Stoke-On-Trent. G Hayes, Blackburn. I Sparrow, Norwich. D Wilson, Keighley, West Yorkshire.

**Issue 02 2025:** S Adams, Newport, Gwent. S Elliott, Worthing, West Sussex. J Harris, Durham. A Young, Colchester.

**Issue 01 2025:** E Alexander, Paisley, Renfrewshire. P Avery, Warwick. J Haigh, Brighouse, West Yorkshire. K Sullivan, Sleaford, Lincolnshire.

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