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Welcome to this week's Chat… Can you imagine anything fancier then living on a luxury cruise ship? Serena did just that, but she soon found a downside to such a glamorous existence (p38). Five words: all-you-can-eat buffets. She boarded as a trim siz

The fact that since ‘retiring’ over 20 years ago I've become an author of local history books. All while caring for my autistic son and in spite of being widowed nine years ago, with no other family. I have button phobia! Also known as koumpounophobi

Gene Kelly received his only Oscar nomination for acting when he played a man with what profession in a 1946 film? The number next to the clue tells you which line the answer's in. We've put a section in to start you off! There may be two Across answ

By what acronym – also an English adjective – is the Network Coordination Centre, the organisation that allocates internet addresses in Europe and the Middle East, known? To find out, solve the puzzle… The three answers in this puzzle read the same 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■

Which stretch of rapids on the Congo River is the proposed site for a hydroelectric project that would almost double the generating capacity of the world's current largest power plant? Cross out a letter in each square to get a grid filled with words

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 Jacquie Simpson, Worthing WIN 5 x £20 Puzzle 6 1 Rabbit tail 2 Deal effectively with 3

Author of The Compleat Angler, Izaak Walton was also the first biographer of which poet, with whom he worked at St Dunstan's church in London in the early 1600s? To find out, solve the puzzle… Enter the answers to the clues in the grid. Every word is

Consisting of 21 pages plus ads and an introduction from Herbert Morrison, what was first published in 1931 and sold for one penny a copy? To find out, solve the puzzle… Add a letter anywhere in each of the boxed-off words to fit the clue, eg, Expres

WIN £500 Puzzle 10 What animal, known as ‘puh‘ in Croatian, is still eaten as a delicacy there, especially in the Dalmatian islands? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded square

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 2 x £30 Puzzle 11 Your answer:■

WIN £40 Puzzle 12 Which of these Disney villains was voiced by the actor who would also voice Crusader Rabbit, the title character of the first madefor-TV cartoon? The answer is the one missing from the grid. ANASTASIA BRUTUS DRIZELLA EDGAR EVIL QUEE

The historic Nabi Yunus mosque in Mosul, destroyed in 2014, purportedly marked the grave of which biblical figure, known as Yunus in the Koran? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares to find the prize puzzle answer. 1 _ Elordi, Saltbu

WIN £100 Puzzle 14 Saint Kentigern, known locally as Saint Mungo, is credited as the founder of which British city? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the pri

A Constipolitan cocktail replaces the cranberry juice that's used in a Cosmopolitan with which fruit juice? Fit the words into the grid, then read down the letters in the shaded circles. ADO AMP IMP OAR ODE PAT POP SAT SOY SPY DATA PATH PLAN PLAY ROP

Which company, founded as Microtel Communications Ltd in 1990, became the youngest ever company to enter the FTSE 100 index after its public listing in 1996? Unscramble each group of letters to discover six colours. Now fit them across the grid and y

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Solutions to Chat issue 32 (8 August 2024) Puzzle 2 Hosta Puzzle 3 Snug Puzzle 4 They have visited  Antarctica Puzzle 5 1A,1D,2A,3C,4A Puzzle 6 Seen Puzzle 7 Hera Puzzle 8 Banns Puzzle 9 Sweet potato Puzzle 10 Anglesey Puzzle 13 Flora Puzzle 14 Havan

Chat winners issue 23 (6 June 2024) £1,001 CASH J Pulley, Droitwich £500 CASH S O'Neill, Hull J Dwyer, Stockport £250 CASH I Akhtar, Sheffield J Jones, Chester £200 CASH R Morris, Caernarfon £100 CASH M Davies, Neath B Hincley, Matlock S Peacock,  Bu