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Posts tagged with brainstorm:

Gruntling Results

Posted on 16 November, 2017

Pasta Supreme

Posted on 19 October, 2017

Impasta

Posted on 11 October, 2017

Brand Place/ment

Posted on 19 September, 2017

Would-Be Words

Posted on 29 August, 2017

The Burn List

Posted on 1 August, 2017

Picaroon Clues Revealed

Posted on 29 June, 2017

Eclipsing Picaroon

Posted on 20 June, 2017

Consonant Jam

Posted on 30 May, 2017

Pirate Brands

Posted on 26 April, 2017

Noah's Arkiv

Posted on 5 April, 2017

Original Hipsters

Posted on 21 March, 2017

Alternative Endings (c)

Posted on 8 March, 2017

Death Warmed Up

Posted on 28 February, 2017

Hangman Hell

Posted on 21 February, 2017

At-Choosy

Posted on 13 December, 2016

Troppo Post Strategy

Posted on 29 November, 2016

Hindi Heirlooms

Posted on 23 November, 2016

Post-Truthiness

Posted on 18 November, 2016

W-as-P

Posted on 15 November, 2016

Reshap'd Pradesh

Posted on 8 November, 2016

Ainstorm

Posted on 1 November, 2016

Phrases Of Course

Posted on 25 October, 2016

Meh 24

Posted on 18 October, 2016

Cartoonist Contest

Posted on 11 October, 2016

AWOL Animals

Posted on 4 October, 2016

Plese Give Bld

Posted on 29 September, 2016

Australian A-Z

Posted on 30 August, 2016

Oxford Arrivals

Posted on 16 August, 2016

Lewd Clues

Posted on 26 July, 2016

PokemonGoers

Posted on 12 July, 2016

MARG/INAL

Posted on 5 July, 2016

Alarming Marginals

Posted on 28 June, 2016

Triple-Headers

Posted on 21 June, 2016

Yoo-Hoo Clue Coup

Posted on 14 June, 2016

Juvenile Delinquents

Posted on 7 June, 2016

Kangaroosters

Posted on 31 May, 2016

Bio-Gradable

Posted on 26 May, 2016

Campaign-Speak

Posted on 17 May, 2016

Logie Logophilia

Posted on 10 May, 2016

Extra Elementary

Posted on 26 April, 2016

Mystery List

Posted on 21 April, 2016

Disappearing Dictionary

Posted on 7 April, 2016

I'll Be Back (Slang)

Posted on 31 March, 2016

Taking Five

Posted on 22 March, 2016

Incognition

Posted on 15 March, 2016

Where It's @

Posted on 8 March, 2016

Stepping 4th [BB529]

Posted on 6 March, 2016

Ps & Qs

Posted on 2 March, 2016

Effective Solving [BB527]

Posted on 21 February, 2016

Adopt-A-Storm

Posted on 10 February, 2016

Night Thing

Posted on 2 February, 2016

Ocker Relics

Posted on 25 January, 2016

Radio & Lingo

Posted on 18 January, 2016

Starman Mantras

Posted on 12 January, 2016

Calling All Adorkables

Posted on 22 December, 2015

Who's Game?

Posted on 15 December, 2015

Unmasked Unmasked

Posted on 2 December, 2015

Qikipediacs

Posted on 26 November, 2015

Word Magic

Posted on 10 November, 2015

Horse Sense

Posted on 3 November, 2015

World Cupworthy Clues

Posted on 27 October, 2015

MashUps

Posted on 21 October, 2015

Pasta Joke

Posted on 14 October, 2015

Cabinet Reshuffle 2.0

Posted on 22 September, 2015

Phake Pharma

Posted on 16 September, 2015

Dispelling

Posted on 8 September, 2015

Bridgework

Posted on 25 August, 2015

Independent Clues

Posted on 18 August, 2015

I-Test

Posted on 11 August, 2015

Revised Sentences

Posted on 4 August, 2015

Dr J Files

Posted on 28 July, 2015

Banned Words

Posted on 22 July, 2015

Inviolate

Posted on 14 July, 2015

Macquarie Medley

Posted on 7 July, 2015

Quiet Please

Posted on 30 June, 2015

Aesoperation

Posted on 24 June, 2015

Authorisms

Posted on 16 June, 2015

Skeleton Keg [BB513]

Posted on 14 June, 2015

Scrabble Threes

Posted on 9 June, 2015

Logology [BB511]

Posted on 31 May, 2015

Scrabble Newbs

Posted on 26 May, 2015

Operation: Brainstorm [BB510]

Posted on 24 May, 2015

Hs Away!

Posted on 19 May, 2015

J-Xs [BB509]

Posted on 17 May, 2015

Budget 2015 Brainstorm

Posted on 12 May, 2015

Movie Excerpts [BB508]

Posted on 10 May, 2015

CABBAGE Clues

Posted on 5 May, 2015

Aloha Agogo

Posted on 28 April, 2015

Spare Parts [BB506]

Posted on 26 April, 2015

Middle America

Posted on 21 April, 2015

A-List

Posted on 7 April, 2015

Brandalism

Posted on 1 April, 2015

Haiku Clue

Posted on 24 March, 2015

Lemony Snippets

Posted on 16 March, 2015

Boot Trunk

Posted on 10 March, 2015

OUTSHINE Dvorak

Posted on 3 March, 2015

Onomatopoetics

Posted on 24 February, 2015

PanGrammies

Posted on 17 February, 2015

Collocalisms

Posted on 10 February, 2015

Mack Jiggers

Posted on 3 February, 2015

Clues of the Realm

Posted on 27 January, 2015

Horseplay

Posted on 6 November, 2014

Salon 51 - Dothraki Anarki

Posted on 3 November, 2014

Moons of Saturn

Posted on 9 October, 2014

Menuese

Posted on 30 September, 2014

Brownlow List With A Twist

Posted on 23 September, 2014

MonKeys

Posted on 16 September, 2014

Life of E's

Posted on 2 September, 2014

Two-Way Hideaway

Posted on 26 August, 2014

New Word Wrangling

Posted on 19 August, 2014

Written, by Writer

Posted on 12 August, 2014

Marsupial Menagerie

Posted on 5 August, 2014

Charade Parade

Posted on 30 July, 2014

Tosspots

Posted on 22 July, 2014

Dropped Aitch

Posted on 15 July, 2014

Superclues

Posted on 8 July, 2014

Alternate Reality

Posted on 1 July, 2014

Squeaky Clean Dozen

Posted on 24 June, 2014

Isis Crisis

Posted on 17 June, 2014

Clabbers

Posted on 10 June, 2014

Valued Borrowings

Posted on 3 June, 2014

Sleight of Origin

Posted on 28 May, 2014

Nation Building...

Posted on 20 May, 2014

Budge-T Night

Posted on 13 May, 2014

Logie-A-Gogie

Posted on 29 April, 2014

Let Us Pray

Posted on 22 April, 2014

Tri, Tri, Tri Again

Posted on 15 April, 2014

April Fool Clues

Posted on 1 April, 2014

Digraphs R US

Posted on 26 March, 2014

The House of Pun

Posted on 19 March, 2014

Low-Hanging Fruit 2

Posted on 11 March, 2014

Oscar Up, Pardners

Posted on 5 March, 2014

Two Girls, One On Each Knee

Posted on 25 February, 2014

Major Molehills

Posted on 4 February, 2014

Salon 2 - Gone Trekking

Posted on 28 January, 2014

Court Appearances

Posted on 21 January, 2014

1800-STORM ME

Posted on 12 December, 2013

Hunger Clues

Posted on 26 November, 2013

Compose A Clue Or Two

Posted on 12 November, 2013

Crossword Mystery Upgrade

Posted on 29 October, 2013

Lion Is A Cat

Posted on 23 October, 2013

Alternate Universe

Posted on 15 October, 2013

Emmy Reprise

Posted on 24 September, 2013

Wine Words

Posted on 17 September, 2013

Manet or Monet?

Posted on 10 September, 2013

Marginalia

Posted on 3 September, 2013

Divine Storm

Posted on 27 August, 2013

Artistic Mixes

Posted on 20 August, 2013

Singular Scrabbling

Posted on 13 August, 2013

Roughish Cuts

Posted on 6 August, 2013

Implicit Critiques

Posted on 30 July, 2013

Bappy Hirthday

Posted on 23 July, 2013

Mid-Series Trading

Posted on 16 July, 2013

Posted on 1 January, 1970

Offshore Finance

Posted on 2 July, 2013

Hey Look Mum - I'm Back Online

Posted on 26 June, 2013

Spouse Swapping

Posted on 18 June, 2013

What Are The Odds?

Posted on 11 June, 2013

Missing Spirits

Posted on 4 June, 2013

All For One & Vice Versa

Posted on 14 May, 2013

Eye of the Bemuser

Posted on 7 May, 2013

Two-Up Votes Here

Posted on 1 May, 2013

Two-Up Slamdown 3

Posted on 30 April, 2013

Two-Up Slamdown 2

Posted on 27 April, 2013

Two-Up Slamdown

Posted on 26 April, 2013

Cryptic Couplet

Posted on 16 April, 2013

Milton Moments

Posted on 9 April, 2013

Coldplay Wordplay

Posted on 26 March, 2013

SlamDDDown

Posted on 19 March, 2013

3D or not 3D...?

Posted on 19 March, 2013

Two-Way Tussle

Posted on 12 March, 2013

Ipcress Guess

Posted on 5 March, 2013

Oscar Bravo

Posted on 26 February, 2013

Brand New Storm

Posted on 12 February, 2013

Pharmacography

Posted on 5 February, 2013

Test of Character

Posted on 29 January, 2013

Who Could? Taman Shud

Posted on 11 December, 2012

Stereo Typo

Posted on 8 December, 2012

Hit The Headlice

Posted on 5 December, 2012

Out With The Old - In With The New

Posted on 27 November, 2012

Storm, Brain Storm

Posted on 20 November, 2012

Puzzles and Words

Posted on 13 November, 2012

Storming Home

Posted on 6 November, 2012

Tuff Wurds

Posted on 30 October, 2012

Bestiality

Posted on 23 October, 2012

Homophonies

Posted on 16 October, 2012

Duplexity

Posted on 9 October, 2012

Casual Vacancy

Posted on 2 October, 2012

Appraisal

Posted on 25 September, 2012

Plus One

Posted on 18 September, 2012

Operation Myops

Posted on 11 September, 2012

Get Plucky

Posted on 4 September, 2012

IA Amnesty

Posted on 28 August, 2012

Bog Awful

Posted on 21 August, 2012

Can We Pip The Poms?

Posted on 14 August, 2012

Silver Spoons

Posted on 7 August, 2012

Olymbering

Posted on 31 July, 2012

Slamwich

Posted on 24 July, 2012

Pieces of Eight

Posted on 17 July, 2012

Imergination

Posted on 10 July, 2012

Dabblers v The World

Posted on 3 July, 2012

TV Game

Posted on 27 June, 2012

Austerity Measures

Posted on 19 June, 2012

Splutter-Fest

Posted on 12 June, 2012

To MarkER the Occasion

Posted on 5 June, 2012

Pick the Paul

Posted on 1 June, 2012

Paul Mark 2

Posted on 29 May, 2012

Modern Families

Posted on 22 May, 2012

Venez the Menace

Posted on 15 May, 2012

Jack-and-Jillathon

Posted on 8 May, 2012

A-ha Moments

Posted on 24 April, 2012

Altering & Relating (thanks Geoff)

Posted on 17 April, 2012

Working N' Sync

Posted on 10 April, 2012

Any Which Way

Posted on 3 April, 2012

Jim Stynes Storm

Posted on 20 March, 2012

Lunatic Fringes (LC)

Posted on 13 March, 2012

3's A Crowd-Pleaser

Posted on 6 March, 2012

Secret Subsets

Posted on 28 February, 2012

Translax 2.0

Posted on 21 February, 2012

Envelope Please...

Posted on 14 February, 2012

Vwl Fr Strm

Posted on 7 February, 2012

False Friends

Posted on 31 January, 2012

Good, Better, George Best

Posted on 24 January, 2012

Stormathon Clues 4

Posted on 15 December, 2011

Stormathon Clues 3

Posted on 13 December, 2011

Stormathon Clues 2

Posted on 8 December, 2011

Stormathon Clues 1

Posted on 6 December, 2011

Stormathon

Posted on 6 December, 2011

Neology

Posted on 29 November, 2011

Hubba-Hubba Mama

Posted on 15 November, 2011

Dos & Don'ts

Posted on 8 November, 2011

Clue Cup

Posted on 1 November, 2011

Incognito Titles

Posted on 25 October, 2011

Niche Marketing

Posted on 18 October, 2011

Three-Lettered Race

Posted on 4 October, 2011

Chamber Potshots

Posted on 27 September, 2011

Low-Hanging Fruit

Posted on 20 September, 2011

Historic Txt

Posted on 14 September, 2011

Last Chance To Clue?

Posted on 30 August, 2011

Storm Storm

Posted on 23 August, 2011

Local Content

Posted on 16 August, 2011

Karma Comedian

Posted on 9 August, 2011

Uncle Joe Wants You

Posted on 2 August, 2011

Biobes

Posted on 26 July, 2011

DREAM Teams

Posted on 19 July, 2011

Heads or Tails?

Posted on 28 June, 2011

Duplicity

Posted on 14 June, 2011

Clich\xC3\xA9 Clues

Posted on 7 June, 2011

Posted on 1 January, 1970

Ghan Busters

Posted on 24 May, 2011

Apt Authors

Posted on 17 May, 2011

Toponymy 2

Posted on 11 May, 2011

Toponymy

Posted on 10 May, 2011

Circle Work [BB309]

Posted on 8 May, 2011

Adios A Maniac

Posted on 3 May, 2011

New Word Rally

Posted on 26 April, 2011

Alternate Lifestyle

Posted on 19 April, 2011

Inanity Plates

Posted on 29 March, 2011

Cryptic Square-Off

Posted on 22 March, 2011

ABAB AD

Posted on 15 March, 2011

Omission Possible

Posted on 8 March, 2011

Film-Flam

Posted on 1 March, 2011

Clue-Crafting Open

Posted on 15 February, 2011

Omission Beach

Posted on 8 February, 2011

The Unclueables

Posted on 1 February, 2011

Un-Australian Day

Posted on 25 January, 2011

Smuggled Goodies

Posted on 14 December, 2010

Cryptic Gifts

Posted on 7 December, 2010

Alzheimer Who?

Posted on 30 November, 2010

Ana-Grams

Posted on 16 November, 2010

Altarations

Posted on 9 November, 2010

Tis the Cup, So Giddy Up

Posted on 2 November, 2010

Overlaps

Posted on 26 October, 2010

Milericks

Posted on 19 October, 2010

Mary On Our Mind

Posted on 12 October, 2010

Sisters of Song

Posted on 5 October, 2010

Have Hype Will Travel

Posted on 28 September, 2010

Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Mho

Posted on 21 September, 2010

Jesting....1, 2, 3...

Posted on 31 August, 2010

Rewording The Brain

Focus & memory, lateral leaps & logic - every aspect of cognitive health is lit in Rewording The Brain, a book revelling in how puzzles boost your brain. Part 2 equips your brain to conquer any twisty clue, plus the wild crossword finale. Pop science meets neural gameplay, Rewording is rewarding, and out now.

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Rewording The Brain

Care to renew your noodle? Rewording The Brain explores the latest neural studies, seeing how puzzles (and twisty clues) boost your neurons. Part 2 helps you crack such clues, and prep the grey matter for the crossword showcase to finish. More here

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101 Weird Words (and 3 Fakes)

From Ambidextrous to Zugwang, this mini-dictionary teems with rare or alluring words, plus bonus riddles, puzzles and fun word-facts. Dictionary detective will also nab the collection's three fakes. Ideal for late primary schoolers, or word-nuts in general.

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Gargantuan Book of Words

Sneeze words. Fake pasta. Viking slang. Gargantuan is a jumbo jumble of puzzles & games, mazes & quizzes, tailor-made for that wordy wonderkid in your life. Or anyone in love with letters, secret codes, puns, rhymes, emoji & all things languagey. More here 

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Riddledom Rave

If you missed my riddle chat with Richard Fidler, then feel free to slurp the podcast at http://ab.co/1I9t1x5