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Welcome to this week's Chat… Ever catch yourself thinking, ‘I'm too old for that’? I'm 41 and I know I do. Well, not any more. I've been inspired by Barbara who shares her story with us this week on p30. You'd never know it to look at her but she's a

All I can say is if a packet of caramel digestives gets opened, there isn't going to be any left in the packet! They're just too moreish. I love looking around historic buildings and ruins. I drag my partner to lots of castles, and he's even agreed t

A denosis is the technical term for any disease or inflammation of what type of tissue? 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. W

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 Gillian Kelly, Barnham, Bognor Regis WIN 5 x £20 Puzzle 6 1 —-Spumante 2 Group of count

Galvin's Chance, a charitable course offering advice and work experience in the hospitality and service industries to young unemployed individuals, was co-founded in 2008 by which TV presenter? Hidden in this grid, reading forwards, backwards, up, do

Rodolfo Lussnigg, the Austrian hotelier and owner of Hotel Simón, is credited with coining what geographical term in the 1920s to encourage tourism in the area? To find out, solve the puzzle… Add a letter anywhere in each of the boxed-off words to fi

Now our brows are bushy and proud but back in the 90s we were perma-attached to the tweezers, plucking our brows into oblivion. On the flipside, those Gallagher bros (yep, them again) finally made monobrows fashionable. The world's first unisex fragr

WIN £500 Puzzle 10 The town of Eccleshall in Staffordshire is twinned with which French commune in a wine-growing area? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the

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:■

WIN £40 Puzzle 12 On which island did geologist James Hutton discover his first ‘unconformity’ between two rock strata in 1787? The answer is the one missing from the grid. ARRAN BARRA BUTE COLONSAY EIGG GIGHA IONA ISLAY JURA KERRERA MUCK MULL SKYE S

Coming home after a rehearsal with the local choir, I cautiously told my parents what the conductor had advised me. ‘He told me I've got a special voice and should have private lessons,’ I said. But without hesitation, my dad piped up. ‘No, no! A was

Which men's football team is the only Scandinavian side to have reached the final of the European Cup? Solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the prize puzzle answer. 1 More than enough (5) 4 Ancient (3) 5 Small deer (3) 1 Part

WIN £100 Puzzle 14 Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, is noted for her work preserving the Karura Forest on the outskirts of which capital city? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers.

Gyeongbokgung is an example of what type of building, one of five built around Seoul during the Joseon dynasty? Fit the words into the grid, then read down the letters in the shaded circles. ANT ANY ARC ARM ART LEA PEA SEA TEA BRAN GALA PAPA PRAM SAG

A village built near Mellieha in Malta as a set for which 1980 film is now a visitor attraction dedicated to its titular cartoon character? Unscramble each group of letters to discover six animated TV shows. Now fit them across the grid and you'll sp

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WIN £500 Puzzle 18 The answers to all but one of these quiz questions can be found hidden in this wordsearch grid, reading forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally. To help you, we'll tell you that the answers are in alphabetical order in each sec

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Q My hair looks much thinner than before – what's the cause? Can I do anything to get it looking full again? Cheryl Clarke, Chichester A Lots of factors can leave hair looking fine and lacklustre – everything from diet and sun damage to over-styling

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Little Malachi Lawson, 4, had an infectious smile, and wouldn't let anyone be sad in his presence. Always finding a way to cheer people up. He lived with mum Alicia Lawson and her wife Shatika. He adored Paw Patrol, loved pretending to be one of the

Solutions to Chat issue 41 (10 October 2024) Puzzle 2 Grieg Puzzle 3 Ravens Puzzle 4 An American Trilogy Puzzle 5 1A,2A,2C,2D,3B Puzzle 6 Chat Puzzle 7 Fossils Puzzle 8 Jonathan Bailey Puzzle 9 Lionel Messi Puzzle 10 Pioneer Puzzle 13 Syria Puzzle 14

Chat winners issue 32 (2 August 2024) £1,001 CASH M Spencer, Accrington £500 CASH Y Morley, Nottingham D Rudling, Hassocks £250 CASH J Stewart, Newton Aycliffe J Lee, Halesowen £200 CASH K Fuller, Par £100 CASH H McGarry, Prescot J Darlington, Sandy 

Dear Marcie, Life for you certainly hasn't been easy. As far back as you can remember, it's been a battle. A thug for a father, he beat your mum regularly. You were so scared. Then came the night, when you were 3, that everything changed. Huddling in