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Ok anyone that does want to join, I’ve created a private facebook group called ‘ Deany’s designs friends group’ if you search for it you then have to ask to join. See you in there 😉. Once you are in you can freely chat without having to wait for my approval 😁 xx
Yes please
Please can I join your group
Of course you can join Anna, Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/594912128385866
Thank you for letting me join
Hi compers , hope everyone is on the winning streak, just noticed the daily mirror Saturdays paper gone up in price and the awesome £1,000 crossword has shrunk to just £250 .
Happy New Year everyone !!… Can anyone help me with the TEXT numbers that go with TAB, TL & CHAT magazines please ….I think CHAT is 63333 but am unsure about the other 2 apart from the fact it is the same number…. Any help would be gratefully appreciated…..
Hi Mark
TAB txt is 65115, can’t give you TL or Chat ive binned copies
You can enter online
https://takeabreak.co.uk/competitions/
https://thatslife.co.uk/competitions/latest-competitions/
https://comps.lifedeathprizes.com/puzzles
Hope this helps
Good Look 🍀
Thank you Susan !..
TAB and TL are sister magazines and use the same Text number so I am very grateful your reply….
Happy New Year & Good luck with your entries
Thanks for the help hope you win merry Xmas and a great 2025
Happy Christmas to you, Deanys, and thanks for all you do maintaining this fabulous site. Many good wishes to all who contribute so we can all verify our answers. Have a lovely time and I wish everyone good luck with next year’s entries!
Thank you Celia, Merry Christmas 🎄
Happy New Year Deany to you and your family xx
Thanks Sandra, Happy New Year 🥳 xx
Sending this message before I get “bogged down” in Christmas Planning ( if I can call it that, do I need to do lots of planning if it’s just beans on toast and a cuppa and a mince pie ? ) I’m only joking………
Sending SEASONS GREETINGS to DEANY and family, for keeping us on the straight and narrow for the whole of 2024.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS and all the very best for 2025 to others that never let us down week in week out ( in no particular order!)
Mr Grumpy
Ed
Jill Wakefield
Midnighter
Pam
Mandy Smith
Colin Jarman ( my Bella sparring partner)
Ron Unsworth
Vic
Sheila Gledhill
Sorry if I have missed anyone out ! But you are all good friends, and although we have never met, we help each other along with the competitions on a weekly basis.
I would just like to say that BOBS has been greatly missed for part of this year, and I hope that nothing has happened to him, I know Deany has tried her best to contact him, but not been able to.
Best wishes for a lovely family Christmas time and all the very best for 2025 ( and lots of WINS )
Awww that’s lovely, thank you Margaret and ‘Thank you’ for all the help that you give too. Yes, sadly Bobs is missed and all emails have remained unanswered 😔.
Second that, Margaret. Happy, healthy and winning 2025 , everyone.
I’ll second that and thanks and all the best to you too. I tend to sit back and let others put answers on unless someone asks for one not on here, as on another website (loquax) I got a lot of snash for putting answers on as “x person puts those answers on” No such nastiness on here. So you will see me assisting others or pointing out issues,
Thank you Margaret.
Happy Christmas to you too and everyone on here also,
Happy New Year everyone xx
Same old story. 2 versions of same magazine in the one week, or supplied early & shop staff remove the current one too soon. Or buried under another magazine due to lack of shelf space. Not to mention early expiry dates if you do get hold of the magazine. Its a hard life being a comper at this time of year. lol
Anyone know if Chat, Take a Break and Thats Life will be new issues tomorrow or were they Xmas or double issues. last week. Have got a bit confused.
would like to join group.
Please I want to join.
Has anyone done the sun crosswords answers for December 7 th 2024 I like to confirm my answers kind regards
answers in Miscellaneous to the left
Chat is £2.30 issue 50/51 but we do get horrible brussel sprout wrapping paper, think they are running out of ideas.
Agree – I couldn’t work out whye there were four pages of sprouts!. Sheila Horner-Glister
Just had this weeks Best delivered – yet another price increase £2.25 this week!
No e in olivia colman
Page 7… Has two active volcanoes
page 13… Sparlking
page 25… Doorstep
page 39 … Festival
Can I join please asap lol
Of course you can join Angie, Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/594912128385866
Thanks for your answers, very helpful when you have brain fog!
Hi all,
When I’m doing my magazines puzzles I use to websites
The CROSSWORD SOLVER is WORDPLAY.COM, I use this if I’m really stuck, the other is SODUKO SOLVER still WORDPLAY.COM can’t do soduko at all so I use this, both are free to use.
Some might think its cheating.
I hope this is of some use to anyone struggling with
puzzles
Looking for answer for then sum p22
If you mention which Magazine & issue then you may get some help. Or if on a laptop look at the tabs at the side or if on a phone they may be below eg Thats Life, Chat, Take a Break etc
Answer is 9
Great help for answers
Hi may I join your group which has been valuable to my health as I’ve many invisible disabilities so it keeps me mentally active occupied etc although as yet! I’ve left my details below
Many thanks
Paul B
Of course you can join Paul, you do mean Facebook don’t you? Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/594912128385866
Please could I join the Facebook page
Glynis click on this link and it will take you to the Facebook page to join https://www.facebook.com/groups/594912128385866
To all the people who paid £ 1.99 for take a break you might of picked up the monthly mag regards
I only buy the weekly magazine, it was definitely not a monthly one. When I queried the price on my receipt, the Co-op staff member insisted that they had been notified of a price increase to £1.99 for the weekly TAB.
The cover price of issue 38 is £1.35, if you were charged more you should complain as it was incorrect.
I bought my Take a Break from Co-op in Wales. It was £1.35.
xx
Weekly TAB has gone up but only £1.35 not £1.99
Morning all, I just bought my TAB at the local Tesco, still £1.35 .
Ditto still £1.35 Got a receipt and checked offers. Normally dont bother but if you pay cash and no receipt cannot query price charged. Tesco are pretty good, but so many shops dont give receipts unless you ask, i suppose it saves paper. Think you were cheated in Coop.
I’m going to complain at the Co-op. If other stores are still charging £1.35 then why are they charging £1.99?!
Are folks aware that the price of TAB magazine is now £1.99!! although it is still shown as £1.35 on the magazine itself? I bought a copy in my local Co-op and thought there had been an error but was told that many of the magazine prices have increased before the printed price has been altered. Wonder how many people have paid the extra 64p without realising. No more TAB for me.
This sounds very odd, it should be £1.35. They cant just change the price was it the monthly issue.
No it was the weekly issue. I thought it was a mistake but was told that several magazines have gone up in price before the increased price is shown on the actual copy. Shouldn’t be allowed.
I am sure that if TAB had gone up in price, it would be mentioned on this site. I did not ask for a receipt in my local Tesco, bought 3 mags and food shopping so no idea what they charged me for TAB mag but they cant charge you more than the price on it unless they have printed the wrong bar code. Very strange. I will ask for receipt in future. Dont stop buying TAB a good mag. Perhaps someone else on here will know the answer, perhaps you will win loads of money, or not.☺☺
Hi Sandra I noticed Thats life December is £1.99 and Thats life bumper issue is £1.99 Chat 48/49 is £2.60 and all for a load of adverts they don’t put any extra puzzles for the two in one issues and why do they bring the Xmas issues out so early if the weekly ones go up again I wont buy them if they were just comps okay but you are only paying for adverts and rubbish but the normal weekly ones are £1.35 last weeks were anyway, I think that Lady must have been done hope she sorts it out. the world has gone crazy the way everything is going up in price .
My till receipt from Morrison or Tesco(depending where I am)still showing £1.35 for TAB. Go back and complain
Done xx
Yes please Deary.
I am 84 used to do the Take a break with my husband every week. A copy each, a race to complete it!
Sadly my husband is dnd of life care at home. So I do it solo and need the reassurance from you that I have done it correctly.
Rarely manage the NFSD
Thanks for your help, much appreciated clever man xx
I hope you have a win soon, your dedication is great .
Good health and good luck
Cretona
Hi Susan I entered spar comp just random times no set time hope you lucky as well
I love Takeabreak and have done since it first appeared in the paper shop. I think it cost about 35p then.
I won a TV in the very first issue One of with a slot for a video at the bottom of it My TV had just broken so it was a great prize It was a voucher that I had to use in Dixons (remember them) but they wouldn’t deliver it
Hi Mary
I can remember when they had a comp to win a car .
Hello . I would love to join. Love doing the puzzle magazines.
Just click this link to take you to the page Max
https://www.facebook.com/groups/594912128385866
hi richard Mens Health do a daily competition . i do these myself , and you listed a couple i forgot about Thank you
he had mens health on his list I told him about Recombu as that was the only one out of the 20 i do that he had missed.
Hi, I always check my answers with yours, just in case. It put my mind at ease. So thank you for posting them.
Hi Deany just recieved email to say I have won £100 on the sun newspaper crossword I entered by email so obviously they still accepting this method of entering I hope this helps people who enter
That’s brilliant news Paul, congratulations and it’s good to know that you won from an email entry 👍🍾🥂
I’ve put you on the winners wall 😊
I got my take a break in Benidorm
hi
does anyone know of anymore daily magazine competitions, i already enter
Cosmopolitan
Prima
Marie Claire
Good to know
country living
good housekeeping
woman’s own
celebs now
woman’s weekly
woman magazine
House beautiful
Red
Digital Spy
Men’s Health
Women’s Health
Trusted Reviews
Life Death Prizes
Runners World
What’s On TV
Does anyone know f any others thanks
https://mailchi.mp/ad9a539a5d14/and-the-winner-is-17222258?e=bfe2debd00
https://costcutter.leadfamly.com/summerofsport
https://everyonein.co.uk/win
https://www.president.uk.com/enjoy-paris/
you could try these too not sure when they finish they not on all the time like the mag dailies
Just noticed you are missing RECOMBU https://comps.recombu.com/index
Hi does anyone have the answers to Bella magazine issue 29, any help would be appreciated thanks
look under miscellaneous
Hi Where is CHAT 26 CD 13th July answers please x
Hi I can’t seem to be able to join this group
Just click this link to take you to the page Ann
https://www.facebook.com/groups/594912128385866
Lifedeathprizes issue26 answers
https://www.deanysdesigns.co.uk/magazines/chat/chat-26-2024/ See CHAT on left
What happened to “Please” or “Can anyone help with…..”
Agree – Please & Thank you – a Dying Art. Its also pretty frustrating the people asking for answers that are here, but they haven’t looked. Tabs on the left if on a laptop scroll down for Tabs if on a mobile.