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Have any of you ever won the Sunday Express, Mail on Sunday or Daily Express prize crosswords?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Many years ago whilst studying law, I did the FT cryptic out of sheer boredom; I sent it in not expecting anything to happen but I got a runner-up prize which if I remember correctly was a voucher for an 'exclusive' pen shop in London. Terrible prize, was so disgusted I never bothered to cash it in...that's why I only do the S.Express crosswords: money. The M.O.S. prizes are rubbish - a dictionary and a pen: who doesn't already have those!!??
My Mother won You mag a couple of years ago - was really chuffed.
I won a bottle of champagne, two packs of smoked salmon, belgian chocolates and tub of caviar about eight years ago. Ate the chocs and salmon, the dogs had the caviar (later found out worth about �70) and the champagne is still in the bottom of the fridge. Still don't know which comp I won it in as there was no letter with the prize!
On the 24th April, this year, I won the Mentathlon prize in the Daily Express, consisting of a goody bag of Turtle Wax products, worth �80.00. Lo and behold, but just two weeks later, I won the Mentathlon prize AGAIN. This time it was a copy of "Mr Site's Takeaway Website Pro", which enables you to set up a business web site. That's worth �99.99. Not bad for two phone calls, is it ? I have a couple of philosophies which I believe are quite true in life, namely, "If you don't enter, you don't win" and "If you don't ask, you don't get."