Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 18th of June 2026. Only one entry per person.

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• Clever crisscross puzzles to keep your mind sharp

• Cryptic path puzzles that guide you through some of the world’s greatest cities and the breath-taking islands of Thailand

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This competition is run jointly across the following participating titles:

Take a Break Arrowwords Collection, Take a Break Codebreakers, Take a Break Criss Cross Collection, Take a Break Crosswords Collection, Take a Break Hide’n’Seek Wordsearch, Take a Break Picture Arrowwords, Take a Break Puzzle Selection, Take a Break Sudoku, Take a Break Wordsearch, Take a Break Wordsearches Collection, Eclipse Mega Monthly Wordsearch.

Issue 04 2026: A Wynn, Newbury, Berkshire.

Issue 03 2026: L Graddage, Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan.

Issue 02 2026: E Price, Braintree, Essex.

Issue 01 2026: J Lucy, Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Closing date for issue 5 is midnight 6th July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd of July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd of July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd of July 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 25th of June 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight the 25th of June 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 25th June 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 25th June 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 25th June 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 25th June 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 25th of June 2026. Only one entry per person.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 25th June 2026. Only one entry per person.

£1000 Cash

Issue 04 2026: K Basham, Sheffield.

Issue 03 2026: H Hurley, Birmingham.

Issue 02 2026: W Chapman, Northampton.

Issue 01 2026: L Smith, Witham, Essex.

£500 Cash

Issue 04 2026: L James, Luton. E Whitehead, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Issue 03 2026: B Ewing, Mauchline, Ayrshire. E Fowler, Nottingham.

Issue 02 2026: D Kelly, Rochdale, Lancashire. C Smith, King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Issue 01 2026 P Blake, Southampton. J Reeves, Newtown, Powys.

£250 Cash

Issue 04 2026: L Dennis, Norwich. M Evans, Pencader, Dyfed. G Foster, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

T Whitfield, Haverhill, Suffolk.

Issue 03 2026: C Mason, Skipton, North Yorkshire. B Pottsbyrne, Stoke-On-Trent. L Sharrock, Llandudno, Gwynedd. P Willcox, St. Helens, Merseyside.

Issue 02 2026: J Edwards, Newton Abbot, Devon. A Kellaway, Reading. K Minshull, Clitheroe, Lancashire. J Rawson, Nottingham.

Issue 01 2026 D Collins, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. E Gibbon, Thornton Heath, Surrey.                   L Light, St. Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex. E Magill, Belfast.

£100 Cash

Issue 04 2026: A Gerbaldi, Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex. T Knowles, St. Ives, Cornwall. D Le Page, Guernsey. W Manning, Wirral, Merseyside.  J Smith, London.

Issue 03 2026: J Bown, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. N Brooks, Swindon. L Harvey, Shipston-On-Stour, Warwickshire. S King, Dover, Kent. K Leslie, Hayle, Cornwall.

Issue 02 2026: S Draycott, St. Albans, Hertfordshire. E Fowler, Nottingham. M Galland, Coventry.            J Shorthouse, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire. M St John, Romford.

Issue 01 2026: L Anderson, Liverpool. M Dickinson, Leeds. M Francis, Swansea. A Johnson, Grimsby, North Lincolnshire. B Pottsbyrne, Stoke-On-Trent.

The following competitions are run in Take a Puzzle only.

£2000 Cash

Issue 04 2026: C Meadows, Bridgwater, Somerset.

Issue 03 2026: S Clegg, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire.

Issue 02 2026: P Fisher, King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Issue 01 2026: V Watson, Kettering, Northamptonshire.

£250 Cash & £25 for 10 runners-up

Issue 04 2026: Winner: C Bottomley, Edinburgh
Runners-up: C Adams, Bristol. J Biggins, Huddersfield. H Jenkinson, Halesowen, West Midlands.  C Longley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. M Metcalfe, Darlington, County Durham. J Rawson, Nottingham. W Shah, Blackburn. J Wilson, Falcarragh, Donegal. M Wood, South Petherton, Somerset. C Woodman, Swadlincote, Derbyshire.

Issue 03 2026: Winner: G Harrison, Derby.
Runners-up: C Bampfield, Tregaron, Dyfed. R Cook, Bristol. L Davies, Southport, Merseyside. E Fitch, Newcastle Upon Tyne. K Hall, Maryport, Cumbria. J Hodler, Carlisle. P Newman, Yeovil, Somerset.  P Pearson, Rowley Regis, West Midlands. M Robinson, Bedford. S Taylor, Jersey.

Issue 02 2026: Winner: L Griffith, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Runners-up: H Bull, Basingstoke, Hampshire. W Bushby, Lewes, East Sussex. J Coles, Bridgwater, Somerset. E Davidson, Craigavon, County Armagh. C Gilmore, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. K Hamilton, Camberley, Surrey. L Jemson, Leyland. V Puodziukaitis, Cannock, Staffordshire. F Sloman, Buxton, Derbyshire. S Thompson, Darlington, County Durham.

Issue 01 2026: Winner: G Barker, Morden, Surrey.
Runners-up: C Adams, Bristol. P Attaway, Worthing, West Sussex. D Batch, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. G Brundell, Halstead, Essex. S Evans, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. L Gorman, Liss, Hampshire. J Hood, Reigate, Surrey. K McGovern, Edenbridge, Kent. S Nicholls, Cwmbran, Gwent. I O’Neill, Workington, Cumbria.

£100 Cash (4 Winners)

Issue 04 2026: K De La Hunty, Huddersfield. R Franklin, Gosport, Hampshire. S Mckenna, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. K Newby, Middlesbrough, Cleveland.

Issue 03 2026: B Bamber, St. Helens, Merseyside. E Gibson, Leeds. R Heaton, London. L Toogood, Erith, Kent.

Issue 02 2026: E Boden, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. C Mcloughlin, Glasgow. S Mosson, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. B Payne, Littlehampton, West Sussex.

Issue 01 2026: B Downes, Tenterden, Kent. M Evans, Pwllheli, Gwynedd. C Mason, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire. C Monks, Manchester.

This competition is run jointly across the following participating titles:

Mini Arrowwords Collection, Mini Codebreakers Collection, Mini Crosswords Collection, Mini Puzzle Mix Collection, Mini Sudoku Collection, Mini Wordsearch Collection

Issue 04 2026: L Harris, Reading.

Issue 03 2026: S Kinnair, Flint, Clwyd.

Issue 02 2026: B Lakhani, Crawley, West Sussex.

Issue 01 2026: S Garderner, Millom, Cumbria.

£50 Cash (10 Winners)

Issue 04 2026:

Page 4: D French, WIMBORNE, Dorset.

Page 9: E Birch, MAIDSTONE, Kent.

Page 17: J Skelton, SHEFFIELD.

Page 23: S Shoebridge, EAST GRINSTEAD, West Sussex.

Page 34: S Smith, SUNDERLAND.

Page 48: V McGuire, WHITEHAVEN, Cumbria.

Page 53: G Wright, SWANSEA.

Page 67: L Clarke, MOTHERWELL, Lanarkshire.

Page 75**:** R Panton, COLCHESTER.

Issue 03 2026:

Page 4: E Stafford, Radstock.

Page 9: H Sault, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

Page 17: N Haines, Melksham, Wiltshire.

Page 23: P Gilbert, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

Page 34: S Cowdery, Brixham, Devon.

Page 39: S Wain, Peacehaven, East Sussex.

Page 48: L Pyper, Bathgate, West Lothian.

Page 53: C Reed, Hartlepool, Cleveland.

Page 67: J Holyland, Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Page 75: C Sherburn, Cleethorpes, North Lincolnshire.

Issue 02 2026:

Page 4: J Dowsell, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Page 9: A Gerbaldi, Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex.

Page 17: K Cavalier, Southampton.

Page 23: M Evans, Aberystwyth, Dyfed.

Page 34: C Mangan, Ammanford, Dyfed.

Page 39: J Driver, Manchester.

Page 48: J Cripps, Oldbury, West Midlands.

Page 53: D Loins, Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Page 67: S Burt, Bournemouth.

Page 75: D Slack, Glasgow.

Issue 01 2026:

Page 4: A Starr-Kay, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire.

Page 9: S Davey, Romford.

Page 17: S Chadwick, Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Page 23: S Allen, Stockport, Cheshire.

Page 34: K Polkinghorne, Callington, Cornwall.

Page 39: H Hendry, Southampton.

Page 48: V Mcguire, Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Page 53: H Sault, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

Page 67: S Eden, Hull.

Page 75: S Smith, Sunderland.

Closing date for issue 6 is midnight 2nd of July 2026. Only one entry per person.

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Are you ready to test your logic, observation skills and powers of deduction? If you love solving cosy crimes, cracking codes, and piecing together clues, the Casebook Of Detective McMurdo is your next must-have challenge.

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Detective McMurdo needs a highly motivated sleuth to tackle his backlog of puzzling cases. To succeed, you’ll need:

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What’s inside the Detective McMurdo Puzzle Book?

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✅ Code-breaking challenges

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✅ Word and number puzzles

✅ Memory-testing brain teasers

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