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Gamy Madams

Posted on 29 April, 2016

Sydney Suburbs

Posted on 27 November, 2015

Mack Jiggers

Posted on 3 February, 2015

Salon 52 - Rustling Crows

Posted on 24 November, 2014

Self-Stumped

Posted on 29 October, 2014

Salon 50 - The Sexting Episode

Posted on 27 October, 2014

Salon 48 - Gone Girl

Posted on 13 October, 2014

Salon 47 - Only Connect

Posted on 6 October, 2014

Salon 32 - Teething Pains

Posted on 15 September, 2014

Echo-Lodge

Posted on 11 September, 2014

Conundrums R Us

Posted on 9 September, 2014

Salon 30 - Spring Clean

Posted on 1 September, 2014

Loo Lighters

Posted on 15 August, 2014

Shark-Shear-Ark

Posted on 8 August, 2014

Clever Cleaver

Posted on 24 July, 2014

U & I

Posted on 18 July, 2014

Salon 23 - Fests & Feed

Posted on 14 July, 2014

Entitlement

Posted on 4 July, 2014

Search & Destroy

Posted on 26 June, 2014

Salon 20 - Change of Heart

Posted on 23 June, 2014

Geo-Salon 15

Posted on 19 May, 2014

Puzzle Hunt Anyone?

Posted on 6 May, 2014

Salon 6 - Calmer Stupor

Posted on 17 March, 2014

On The Road Again (Salon 48)

Posted on 2 December, 2013

Chemical Conundrum

Posted on 22 November, 2013

PAW-PAW

Posted on 5 November, 2013

Crossword Mystery (Salon 43)

Posted on 28 October, 2013

Salon 37

Posted on 16 September, 2013

Tint Tintin

Posted on 4 September, 2013

Conundrum 10

Posted on 23 August, 2013

Salon 33

Posted on 19 August, 2013

Breaks & Ladders

Posted on 16 August, 2013

National Coalition

Posted on 9 August, 2013

Post-Post

Posted on 8 August, 2013

(Missing) Letters & Numbers

Posted on 27 June, 2013

Translation Troubles

Posted on 14 June, 2013

Roman Doubles

Posted on 6 June, 2013

Reveal the Conundrum

Posted on 3 May, 2013

Cannibal Brands

Posted on 11 April, 2013

Salon 5

Posted on 4 February, 2013

Little Orphan Annex

Posted on 24 January, 2013

Lookalikes

Posted on 22 January, 2013

Opposite Camps

Posted on 20 December, 2012

Oops - I Did It Again

Posted on 18 December, 2012

Riddle, *Sarcasm* & Poll

Posted on 12 December, 2012

Sir Charles Inward

Posted on 15 November, 2012

The Baron Next-Door

Posted on 31 October, 2012

Doggerel

Posted on 25 October, 2012

Yes? Yes. No? Nup. Huh?

Posted on 1 October, 2012

I-Drops

Posted on 25 September, 2012

Connect-4

Posted on 14 September, 2012

Fear Dinkum

Posted on 12 September, 2012

Calling All Queenslanders

Posted on 30 August, 2012

Object: Lesson

Posted on 24 August, 2012

Face Lifters

Posted on 18 August, 2012

Symbol Problem

Posted on 26 July, 2012

TV Stories

Posted on 29 June, 2012

Right Back Atchoo

Posted on 16 June, 2012

Discordant Bleu

Posted on 14 June, 2012

Conundrum Cornucopia

Posted on 1 May, 2012

Pinhead

Posted on 31 March, 2012

Seeded Clues

Posted on 17 January, 2012

Hamming Around

Posted on 11 January, 2012

Xmas Shopping

Posted on 21 December, 2011

Grass Sport

Posted on 9 December, 2011

Newt Ape

Posted on 2 December, 2011

Homophonica

Posted on 23 November, 2011

War & Peach

Posted on 12 November, 2011

Read, Dear

Posted on 3 November, 2011

do the boogaloo

Posted on 14 October, 2011

Great Daze

Posted on 6 October, 2011

Holding the Man

Posted on 23 September, 2011

Quite Quiet

Posted on 13 September, 2011

Crowl

Posted on 9 September, 2011

Stowed Load

Posted on 1 September, 2011

Modern RT

Posted on 19 August, 2011

Toss & Tweak

Posted on 11 August, 2011

A: Malaysia

Posted on 8 August, 2011

Abridgements

Posted on 5 August, 2011

Bali Bundles

Posted on 15 July, 2011

Pew Nuzzle

Posted on 5 July, 2011

Call It How You See It

Posted on 1 July, 2011

Read All About It

Posted on 24 June, 2011

DA'S Clue of the Round (13)

Posted on 16 June, 2011

Creepword

Posted on 13 May, 2011

Raccoon Ran

Posted on 12 May, 2011

The Enigmatic Nib

Posted on 5 May, 2011

Archie Rivals

Posted on 28 April, 2011

Picture Puzzles

Posted on 21 April, 2011

Celebrity Semolina

Posted on 7 April, 2011

Trix or Treat?!

Posted on 28 February, 2011

Faith No Morse

Posted on 10 February, 2011

Terra Puzzlis

Posted on 26 January, 2011

Sticking It To Ya

Posted on 26 January, 2011

Sayonara Mr Kobayashi

Posted on 5 January, 2011

Who Am I, Eventually?

Posted on 8 December, 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