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Does anyone know how many entries are submitted to the weekend crosswords? I regularly sent the Saturday Telegraph GK/Monday Herculis, Mail on Sunday GK, You magazine and Sunday Express GK. Never won anything in years, am I wasting my stamps?
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I find the excitement of a win keeps me on track, but I'm pretty sure I spend more in stamps than I get in prizes. I was once told numbers for one of the crosswords I enter - can't remember what the number was but it was staggering!
To encourage you, though I have won on several occasions, including two telegraph pens, several sets of book tokens and recently a huge Chambers Dictionary (really appreciated). My best prize, though, was a simple postcard comp. in the Travel section of the Telegraph, which was a holiday in South Africa - so stick in there, you never know
To encourage you, though I have won on several occasions, including two telegraph pens, several sets of book tokens and recently a huge Chambers Dictionary (really appreciated). My best prize, though, was a simple postcard comp. in the Travel section of the Telegraph, which was a holiday in South Africa - so stick in there, you never know
It is my ambition to win the DT pen before I die!
I did win the "Where was I" comp in the Sunday Times a couple of months ago - my prize is 4 nights in a 5* hotel in Sicily, transfers, flights included plus some extras hubby and I are partaking of this in September!
Sad thing is I would still rather have won the pen!
I did win the "Where was I" comp in the Sunday Times a couple of months ago - my prize is 4 nights in a 5* hotel in Sicily, transfers, flights included plus some extras hubby and I are partaking of this in September!
Sad thing is I would still rather have won the pen!
I've won the Saturday GK Telegraph crossword - it was a couple of years ago now. I had a runner up prize a few years prior to that.
My husband hasn't won a thing!
Well done to all those who have won holidays etc - I try those sometimes.
As they say "you've got to be in it to win it!"
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
My husband hasn't won a thing!
Well done to all those who have won holidays etc - I try those sometimes.
As they say "you've got to be in it to win it!"
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
I've done quite well over the years, herculis �250 plus the pen, 1 first prize telegraph cryptic, the dupont gold pen, and3 runners up, book tokens, 2 consolation prizes you magazine,a watch from a daily telegraph general knowledge competion, several small prizes from the local paper.
So keep trying,I send around 8 entries each monday, but it is fun, and when people say that's a nice pen, my day is made.
So keep trying,I send around 8 entries each monday, but it is fun, and when people say that's a nice pen, my day is made.
