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Lovatts supports the Alzheimer’s Australia ‘Mind your Mind’ campaign Lovatts supports the Alzheimer’s Australia ‘Mind your Mind’ campaign

It is a sad reality that nearly all of us know a person living with dementia and have witnessed the effects this has not only on them, but on their carers, family and friends. This disease can happen to anybody. Though it is more common after the age of 65, people in their 40s, 50s or younger can also have dementia. While there is no cure, living a ‘brain-healthy’ lifestyle is a way to reduce the risk. A recent report shows that the numbers of dementia sufferers could be reduced by lifestyle changes. Keeping physically active, reducing blood pressure, eating a healthy diet and exercising your brain are strongly... 

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Subscriber Draw Winners - May/June ‘10

Congratulations to these lucky puzzlers who have each had their subscription outlay... 

Expat no numbat at World Sudoku Championships Expat no numbat at World Sudoku Championships

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Subscriber Draw Winners — March/April ‘10

Congratulations to these five lucky puzzlers who have each had their subscription... 

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Scuttlebutt

This is a wonderful slang word for gossip and we have to thank sailors for it. Water for drinking on a ship was kept in a butt, or a large cask. The cask was scuttled, that is, a hole was cut in it usually with a hatch as a lid, which was lifted... [Read more or comment]

Fuddy-duddy

This term meaning stuffy and old-fashioned might well sound like a stuffy old-fashioned expression, but it has only been around for a short time really – well around 100 years, which is recent when you think that so much of our language has... [Read more or comment]

Lazy Susan

What a strange name for this revolving tray in the middle of a table! If your name is Susan I am sure you are not lazy, but you are probably interested in the origin of the name of this handy serving aid. Well, like many other English expressions,... [Read more or comment]

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Clever Acrostic Contributions

In our June BIG and Holiday Collection 73 we asked our puzzlers to write their own acrostic poem and send it in.  We have received many creative submissions. Here are some of them: Gorgeous I’d call you Wonderful one Ever a memory Naïve as the sun Shy with affection Cos youth is too lame Always I’ll love you None other can tame Ere I adore your... [Read more or comment]

Spooks or Angels?

I have been meaning to get in touch for some years about the frequency a word comes up on TV and it happens to be either the clue or something similar as to what I am about to fill in on a particular crossword, so answering your request. My record with one particular crossword was eight times! I usually get about three in a crossword, and yet other... [Read more or comment]

Crosswords the best medicine

Many thanks for the crossword magazines which I received together with the erasable pen. My crosswords are my medicine. Here’s an acronym for you. Lots Of Very Attractive Tantalizing Teasing Stinkers Bob Clarke  Read More →

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