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Welcome to this week's Chat… My beagle Daphne is a real food hound – we can't eat a meal without her giving us the puppy dog eyes. It's a miracle that, so far, we've only had one emergency dash to the vet after she got into some chocolate. So when I

McVitie's Ginger Nut without question! I love to collect autographs from anyone famous that I meet. And I'm obsessed with my Duolingo app – I'm currently learning Spanish. Daisy the dog. My 2-year-old golden girl is extra special. She has suffered th

Butterflies fluttered in my tummy, as I gazed at the lad in my garden. ‘You like Daniel, don't you?’ Mum, then 32, teased. ‘He thinks I'm pretty,’ I grinned, blushing. It was 2005, and age 10, the crush on our family friend Daniel, then 16, was a dis

Which Olivia Rodrigo song is said to be about her ex, actor Joshua Bassett? The answer to each clue (apart from the first) begins with the last letter of the preceding answer. The shaded squares will spell out the one-word prize answer. WIN £100 Puzz

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My alarm buzzed and I quickly hit snooze, rolling over with a groan. ‘Didn't sleep again?’ my husband, Jason, then 51, frowned. ‘No,’ I sighed wearily. It was February 2020 and I was battling insomnia caused by fibromyalgia. The pain in my legs and a

WIN 10x£20 Puzzle 5 Look closely at these two pics – there's a difference in five squares. The five grid references (eg, 1A, 2B, 2C, 3C, 4D) are your prize answer. Your answer: TO ENTER Turn to page 56 for details■

Can you set a puzzle in this format? Send it, with a photo of yourself, to the address on p5. There's £20 for every one we use! This week's puzzle was compiled by Charnelle McEwen, Norwich WIN 5x £20 Puzzle 6 1 Shallow river 2 Opera solo 3 Payment fo

Which actor's portrayals of historical figures include Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl and Truman Capote in Infamous? Hidden in this grid, reading forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally, are 10 items beginning with T, one for each of the subjects g

Altars to ‘taraxippoi’, mischievous spirits thought to cause dangerous accidents, were commonly erected in what type of structures in Ancient Greece? To find out, solve the puzzle… Add a letter anywhere in each of the boxed-off words to fit the clue,

Spanish: ‘Alguien ha hecho caca en la piscina.’ French: ‘Quelqu'un a fait caca dans la piscine.’ Italian: ‘Qualcuno ha fatto la cacca in piscina. Portuguese: ‘Alguém fez cocô na piscina.’ Turkish: ‘Birisi havuza kaka yapmış.’ Spanish: ‘¡Vaya! Estos c

WIN £500 Puzzle 10 What is the highest mountain in the Americas? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the prize answer. Your answer:■

WIN £40 Puzzle 12 King Charles once revealed that a favourite meal of his was a version of which dish with the addition of grouse? The answer is the one missing from the grid. Your answer: BAKLAVA BRIAM DOLMA FAVA FETA GYROS HALVA KATAIFI LOKMA MOUSS

To solve the puzzle, each 3 x 3 box, each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9. Solve the puzzle and the numbers in the highlighted squares will give you the prize puzzle answer. WIN 2x £30 Puzzle 11 Your answer:■

Naguib Mahfouz, the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature to write in Arabic, came from which country? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares to find the prize puzzle answer. 1 Became older (4) 5 Team running race (5) 7 Destin

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WIN £100 Puzzle 14 In Greek mythology, the warriors collectively known as the Seven Against Thebes fought in a war caused by a dispute between the children of which hero? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read

What name is given to a gathering held by members of the Bahá’í faith every 19 days featuring prayers, discussions and socialising? Fit the words into the grid, then read down the letters in the shaded circles. COY DOT DRY ROD SPA SPY TON TOW TOY ALT

The Senators ice hockey team and the Titans baseball team are sports franchises based in which Canadian city? Unscramble each group of letters to discover six cities in Canada. Now fit them across the grid and you'll spell out the answer 1 AVON CURVE

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Whether you're off on holiday, taking a little staycation, or just need a handy storage solution at home, this drawstring bag will store your make-up, and act as your travel case and dressing table combined. The bag expands into a mat so you can lay

Solutions to Chat issue 27 (4 July 2024) Puzzle 2 Spore Puzzle 3 Sparks Puzzle 4 Be upfront and be honest Puzzle 5 1B,1D,3A,3C,4B Puzzle 6 Seal Puzzle 7 Rubric Puzzle 8 Paul Mescal Puzzle 9 Scarborough Puzzle 10 Yukon Puzzle 11 Waterloo Puzzle 14 Ukr

Chat winners issue 18 (2 May 2024) £1,001 CASH Y Trotman, Devon £500 CASH S Harris, Northampton Y Clark, Bridgend £250 CASH M Stone, Stamford J Jarvis, Pontefract £200 CASH J Bullough, Isle of Man £100 CASH L Blythe, Carlisle G Buckley, Wigan B Badge