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Phil Ridler-Edwards, 52, from Portland, Dorset Do you prefer books or movies? I love watching a good romcom snuggled up on the sofa with my wife Selina and a glass of wine. When Harry Met Sally… is one of my all-time faves. What was the first album t

Welcome to this week's Chat… I've never been a collector but I find it fascinating ng to hear about people who are. Like Maxine who loves My Little Pony (p23). Not only does she own hundreds of them, she shares how her passion for the colourful toys

Which Chinese dynasty was in power during the rule of Alfred the Great in England? The answer to each clue (apart from the first) begins with the last letter of the preceding answer. The shaded squares will spell out the one-word prize answer. WIN £1

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Bridie Walker, 45, Doncaster R olling my eyes, I dragged my school bag into the toilet cubicle. ‘This is stupid,’ I called to my friend Anna in the cubicle next door. But I did it anyway, weeing in the paper cup. It was late 1991 and, both 13, I'd ag

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 ■

Q Why is my penis so small, and would getting enlargement surgery work? Sean, Middlesborough A Every guy is are bigger than different, and some others – it doesn't usually have a great effect on sex. There's a rare condition called micropenis, which

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A private museum owned by Ion Chirescu in Bucharest houses world-record-holding collections dedicated to the corkscrew, the iron and what other everyday object? Get from Start to Finish, making words by joining two boxes together as you go, eg: DU +

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 Catherine Armstrong, Leyburn, North Yorkshire WIN 5 x £20 Puzzle 6 1 Dry powder 2 Prepo

A clip of which actor saying, 'We can go driving on my scooter, you know, just round London’ plays at the start of Taylor Swift's 2019 single London Boy? Hidden in this grid, reading forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally, are ten items beginnin

Former Made in Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo voiced a character in the 2018 film The Grinch named after what confectionery item? WIN 2 x £25 Puzzle 9 To find out, solve the puzzle… Add a letter anywhere in each of the boxed-off words to fit the clue,

Philip Rhoades, 72 My parents lay on adjacent beds at the aged-care facility. ‘At least they're together,’ I thought. It was May 2016, and docs had called to tell me that my dad, Gerald, 89, didn't have long left. He'd been hospitalised after sufferi

To solve the puzzle, each 3 × 3 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 2 x £30 Puzzle 11 Your answer: ■

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WIN £40 Puzzle 12 Which of these types of horse and pony shares its name with one of South America's largest department store chains? The answer is the one missing from the grid. ARABIAN COB DALES DRAUGHT ERISKAY EXMOOR FALABELLA FELL HACKNEY MORGAN 

The first modern futures market is thought to have developed in the Rice Exchange in which city in the early 1700s? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares to find the prize puzzle answer. 1 Gold bar (5) 4 Peter _, boy from Neverland (

Susan Blood, 44, Ellesmere Port Admiring the bride and groom stood at the altar, I dabbed away a happy tear. It was summer 2017 and we were at a friend's wedding. ‘That'll be us one day,’ my boyfriend Darren, then 38, grinned later, as we walked out

WIN £100 Puzzle 14 Kouri-vini, Gullah and Tok Pisin are all usually classified as what type of language? 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.

Name the magazine focusing on the role of religion in contemporary issues which is distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses? Fit the words into the grid, then read down the letters in the shaded circles. KID KIN NAG NEW NIB NIL NIP NUN WAG AJAR ANON ANTS A

WIN 2 x £250 Puzzle 16 Which new artist would Geri Halliwell-Horner love to collaborate with? To find out, solve the puzzle… Fill in the grid. Each letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number from 1 to 26. When you've completed the grid, the

Which capital city has a name meaning ‘where indigo is found'? Unscramble each group of letters to discover six world capitals. Now fit them across the grid and you'll spell out the answer to the question. 1 THANK MAUD 2 AWS RAW 3 CAN MOO 4 AI TANGOS

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To Dr Miah, The day I limped into The Royal Marsden hospital and met you was one of the toughest of my life. My leg had been aching for months, and I'd thought I'd sprained a muscle. But physio hadn't helped, and now an MRI had found a malignant tumo

Solutions to Chat issue 5 (1 February 2024) Puzzle 2 Grebe Puzzle 3 Squire Puzzle 4 A video camera Puzzle 5 1C,2D,3A,3D,4B Puzzle 6 Lark Puzzle 7 Pollux Puzzle 8 Nigel Harman Puzzle 9 Labradoodle Puzzle 10 Manhattan Puzzle 13 John Puzzle 14 Nebraska