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Welcome to this week's Chat… Reliable. Steady. Dull. Not the usual words we think of when we're looking for love online. But it's what Danielle was after, and on a Facebook page, Dull Men's Club, she met just the fella to bore the pants off her – lit

As someone with quite a sweet tooth, I'd prefer to get a box of chocolates over flowers. Especially if they've got a variety of flavours and fillings! If it's a rainy day, I like to bring out my artistic side and paint either on canvas or wood with m

The lunar ‘seas’, such as the Sea of Tranquility, are areas that largely consist of what type of rock? The number next to the clue tells you which line the answer's in. We've put a section in to start you off! There may be two Across answers in one l

What word connects a 1975-76 concert tour led by Bob Dylan and a 1994 comic production by Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee for the Royal Shakespeare Company? To find out, solve the puzzle… The three answers in this puzzle read the same across a

Win 10x £20 Puzzle 5 Look closely at these two pics – there's a difference in five squares. The five grid references (eg, 1A, 2B, 2C, 3C, 4D) are your prize answer. Your answer: TO ENTER Turn to page 56 for details ■

True-life PATIENT CASEBOOK Holding my son George for the first time in February 2017, I was elated. After a healthy pregnancy I'd been induced at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire. Now George was here, brother to Holly, then 3. My husband

Q I'm getting wrist pain and I'm terrified I'll drop my new baby. My GP calls it De Quervain's, what's that? Lauren, Morpeth A lt's short for De Quervain's tenosynovitis which means inflammation around those long tendons on the side of your wrist, wh

Can you set a puzzle in this format? Send it, with a photo of yourself, to the address on p5. There's £20 for every one we use! This week's puzzle was compiled by Beryl Davie, Chudleigh, Devon WIN 5x £20 Puzzle 6 1 Bird 2 Aperture 3 In addition 4 You

What term is used to denote the last player eliminated in a poker tournament outside of the prizemoney-winning positions? To find out, solve the puzzle… Enter the answers to the clues in the grid. Every word is an anagram of its neighbours, plus or m

WIN 2x £25 Puzzle 9 In which town was England's third university (after Oxford and Cambridge) founded in 1261, only to be abolished four years later? To find out, solve the puzzle… Add a letter anywhere in each of the boxed-off words to fit the clue,

Trudging into the living room, I dumped my school bag on the floor and looked up at Mum. ‘What does thunder thighs mean?’ I frowned. It was summer 2016, and a lad in my class had been saying it to me all day. ‘Kids are cruel,’ Mum sighed, explaining.

WIN £40 Puzzle 11 Launched in 2015, the American Society of Microbiology runs an annual contest for art, which is created using what piece of equipment? The answer is the one missing from the grid. BEAKER BOTTLE BURNER CLAMP FLASK FUNNEL GAUZE GOGGLE

To solve the puzzle, each 3x3 box, each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9. Solve the puzzle and the numbers in the highlighted squares will give you the prize puzzle answer. WIN 2X £30 Puzzle 11 Your answer: ■

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What is the smallest relation of the ostrich in the ratite group of birds? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares to find the prize puzzle answer. 1 Baby goat (3) 3 Small devil (3) 5 Possess or hold (3) 6 Alcoholic drink (3) 7 Keanu R

WIN £500 Puzzle 10 Perigord is the historic name for which modern department of France? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the prize answer. Your answer: ■

WIN £100 Puzzle 14 In what location might one expect to see someone reciting the adhan? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the prize answer. Your answer:

Mydriasis and miosis are the terms used for the dilation or excessive constriction of what part of the eye? Fit the words into the grid, then read down the letters in the shaded circles. AIL AIR ARC OAR OAT ODD OIL PAD PAT RAN DEAL DEED DELL DOJO DOL

Q l've been with my boyfriend for six months. Things were going great until I saw a dating app notification on his phone. I confronted him and he confessed to chatting with other women out of boredom. My friends have told me to end things, but I'm co

Which Shakespeare character utters the line, ‘I must be cruel only to be kind’, from which the idiom is generally considered to derive? Unscramble each group of letters to discover six Shakespearean characters. Now fit them across the grid and you'll

ITV1, ITV2, ITVX • A host of famous faces have been lined up for this celebrity version of the TV's most iconic reality show, which made a comeback last summer after being axed by Channel 5 in 2018. AJ Odudu and Will Best are back to host, while some

Chat astrologer Sally Trotman reads your week ahead 21 March-20 April A social person, you love organising get-togethers. Now would be a great time to arrange a day out or a short trip with friends to bring a sense of community. • Call 0905 817 0690*

WIN £500 Puzzle 18 The answers to all but one of these quiz questions can be found hidden in this wordsearch grid, reading forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally. To help you, we'll tell you that the answers are in alphabetical order in each sec

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Solutions to Chat issue 6 (8 February 2024) Puzzle 2 Ukulele Puzzle 3 Lawn Puzzle 4 Went to Edinburgh University Puzzle 5 1A,1D,2C,3A,3D Puzzle 6 Tier Puzzle 7 Erne Puzzle 8 Patch Puzzle 9 Handwriting Puzzle 10 Dynasty Puzzle 13 Bath Puzzle 14 Corian

Chat winners issue 47 (23 Nov 2023) £1,001 CASH M Hannell, Berkhamsted £500 CASH J Chattington, Sevenoaks J Bamford, Glasgow £250 CASH J Jessney, Hull D Roberts, Hayle £200 CASH P Roberts, Gillingham £100 CASH V Stewart, Birkenhead G Watson, Barnard