Take a Break Puzzle Magazines - REGULARLY UPDATED

One-Eye

The competitions in the Take-A-Break puzzle magazines are posted in this thread. A list of competitions that are currently live is maintained below. For further information see posts #2 and #3.

Please do not "chat" or make unnecessary posts in this thread

posted on-sale
 14/03   14/03 Arrowwords 4 ending 09/05 LINK
 11/04   11/04 Arrowwords 5 ending 06/06 LINK
 11/04   04/04 Arrowwords Collection 4 ending 09/05 LINK
 28/03   28/03 Codebreakers 4 ending 09/05 LINK
 04/04   04/04 Criss Cross Collection 4 ending 09/05 LINK
 14/04   04/04 Crosswords Collection 4 ending 09/05 LINK
 12/04   04/04 Hide 'n' Seek 4 ending 09/05 LINK
 04/04   04/04 Mega Monthly Wordsearch 4 ending 09/05 LINK

 28/03   28/03 Mini Arrowwords Collection 4 ending 02/05 LINK

 28/03   28/03 Mini Codebreakers Collection 4 ending 02/05 LINK

 28/03   28/03 Mini Crosswords Collection 4 ending 02/05 LINK

 28/03   28/03 Mini Puzzle Mix Collection 4 ending 02/05 LINK

 28/03   28/03 Mini Sudoku Collection 4 ending 02/05 LINK

 28/03   28/03 Mini Wordsearch Collection 4 ending 02/05 LINK

 24/03   21/03 My Favourite Puzzles 4 ending 25/04 LINK

             21/03 Picture Arrowwords 4 ending 09/05
 31/03   22/03 Puzzle Collection 3 (Late Spring) ending 29/04 LINK
             28/03 Puzzle Selection 4 ending 09/05
 25/03   14/03 Su-doku issue 4 ending 09/05 LINK
 13/04   11/04 Su-doku issue 5 ending 06/06 LINK
 01/04   28/03 Take a Crossword 4 ending 02/05 LINK
 01/04   28/03 Take a Puzzle 4 ending 02/05 LINK
             28/03 Wordsearch 4 ending 09/05
             04/04 Wordsearches Collection 4 ending 09/05

One-Eye

Thanks to all posters past and present for your time & effort in buying the mags and doing the puzzles.

Please leave the posting of answers in this thread to our regular posters - they spend a great deal of time and money providing answers and they also arrange cover when they will be away.

Our regular posters are:-

• Arrowwords - Stob
• Arrowwords Collection - JamboDP
• Bella Train Your Brain - lizd31
• Code Breakers - Stob
• Criss Cross Collection - Stob
• Crossword Collection - ej2k3
• Hide 'n' Seek - Ktkoozal
• Mega Monthly Wordsearch - Stob
• Mini Arrowwords Collection - Stob
• Mini Codebreakers Collection - Stob
• Mini Crosswords Collection - Stob
• Mini Puzzle Mix Collection - Stob
• Mini Sudoku Collection - Stob
• Mini Wordsearch Collection - Stob
• My Favourite Puzzles - Scungybear
• Picture Arrowwords - Biker*Chick
• Puzzle Collection - ***************************** Volunteer Needed
• Puzzle Selection - lyns1986
• Sudoku - gorgeouscrystal
• Take a Crossword - One-Eye
• Take a Puzzle - One-Eye
• Wordsearch - diesel06
• Wordsearches Collection - compingtinkertink2010

One-Eye

1) Please do not "chat" or make unnecessary posts in this thread

2) To thank posters just click the "Comp-liment" button below the post - you do not need to post a reply and "bump" the thread. 

3) The links in each post in this thread will take you directly to the competition.

4) Many compers use their browser's "bookmark" or "favorites" feature and check it once a week or so for any new competitions. The way to do this varies according to the browser you use - if you are unsure of the procedure look up "bookmarks" or "favourites" in your browser's HELP (often accessed by pressing the F1 function key).

5) You can subscribe to this thread using the forum's own notifications feature and you should receive an email and/or notification whenever a new post is added. To see your notifications click on the "Notifications" icon (the bell at the top right - arrow 2 in the picture below). A small number by this icon shows the number of unread notifications. Emails will be sent to the email address you used when you registered with the MSE Forum.

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6) Links to previous T-A-B threads, now closed:-

March 2011 - August 2011
August 2011 - January 2014
January 2014 - August 2021

Stob

E: 26/08 T-a-B Mini Wordsearch Collection Issue 131

https://www.puzzlemagazines.co.uk/competitions/wordsearches/issue-131-mini-wordsearch-collection-competitions/

Win £750 - Answer is - SCRAMBLE

Good luck everyone

One-Eye

E: 23/08 Puzzle Collection issue 108 (Holiday)
                                             shows as issue 7 on the entry form

https://www.puzzlemagazines.co.uk/competitions/mixed/issue-108-holiday-puzzle-collection-competitions/

Win £500 - answer = AEROPLANE

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gorgeouscrystal

26/08 T.A.B. SU-DOKU Issue 9

Prize £500

Answer -  914238765

https://www.puzzlemagazines.co.uk/competitions/sudoku/issue-9-su-doku-competitions/

good luck all

One-Eye

E: 02/09 My Favourite Puzzles issue 8

https://www.puzzlemagazines.co.uk/competitions/mixed/issue-8-my-favourite-puzzles-competitions/

p4 - £50 - answer = NEEDLE

p9 - £50 - answer = PRAYER

p17 - £50 - answer = CHRIS EVANS

p23 - £50 - answer = DOODLE

p34 - £50 - answer = MOTTE

p39 - £50 - answer = RACKET

p53 - £50 - answer = BLOTCH

p56 - £50 - answer = PRACTISE REIKI

p67 - £50 - answer = COARSE

p75 - £50 - answer = STEVEN SPIELBERG

Scungybear

I would be happy to subscribe to My Favourite Puzzles and then post the answers if a volunteer is still needed for this magazine?

Scungybear

Scungybear said:

I would be happy to subscribe to My Favourite Puzzles and then post the answers if a volunteer is still needed for this magazine?

Oops - I just noticed that the comp I just entered was my favourite puzzles, so I guess a volunteer is no needed! 

Scungybear

E: 30/09 My Favourite Puzzles issue 9

https://www.puzzlemagazines.co.uk/competitions/mixed/issue-9-my-favourite-puzzles-competitions

p4 - £50 - answer = WINDOW

p9 - £50 - answer = POTATO

p17 - £50 - answer = JEREMY CLARKSON

p23 - £50 - answer = HOLLOW

p34 - £50 - answer = WRAP

p39 - £50 - answer = PENCIL

p53 - £50 - answer = PALACE

p56 - £50 - answer = FAILED THEIR FIRST DRIVING TEST

p67 - £50 - answer = LEARNS

p75 - £50 - answer = KATE MOSS

Stob

E: 23/09 and 30/09 Codebreakers Issue 9

https://www.puzzlemagazines.co.uk/puzzles-magazines/codebreakers/issue-9-codebreakers/

Win £100 - Answer is - LOVE IS THE BEAUTY OF THE SOUL  ( c/d 23/09 ) page 3

Win £3000 - Answer is - JOVIAL ( c/d 30/09 ) page 7

Good luck everyone