Raise funds with puzzles.

If you are on a school or club committee, one of the most difficult parts of raising money,  is thinking of fundraising ideas that are different to what other groups are doing.  After all, one lamington drive per year is quite enough!  The trouble with doing the same old fundraisers is that you ruin it for [...]

Crosswords and Children with ADHD

Children with ADHD seem to be unable to concentrate on any one thing for very long.  They fidget, change the subject and often just get up and walk away.    Life can be very difficult for the child as well as for you as parents. I would hate to be the teacher in a classroom where [...]

10 Benefits of Doing Crosswords

We have often spoken about the benefits of doing crosswords, or any other puzzles on a regular basis.  There are so many positives about keeping your mind busy on a puzzle that we have decided to summarise them for you here.
1.  Great for vocabulary
Whether you are learning a new language or trying to improve your own, [...]

Is Your Number A Lucky One?

Our lucky number just keeps going off.  A lucky new member has just won a yearly membership to the Clue Detective Puzzle Club.   All they did was to sign up for their free e-book, and their lucky number came up.  They got their membership free, and you can too! 
If your membership id matches the current lucky number displayed [...]

Fun Uses for Crossword Puzzles

There are many different crosswords around and they range from difficult to easy and from highbrow to the everyday.  They can be frustrating and they can be fun.  Have you ever thought about some of the different ways to use a crossword?  You can make your own or have one made for you that will [...]

Healthy brains

We saw a short article in the Herald Sun last week about the importance of lifestyle in keeping our brains healthy.   While acknowledging the benefits of puzzling It pointed out a link between healthy lifestyle and healthy brains.
Crosswords For Fun intends to help everyone keep their brains working well.  When we saw this article we decided [...]

Let Crosswords for Fun Put the ‘Fun’ Into Your Fundraising!

Are you involved with a club, school, church or other type of group that wants to raise much needed funds?
Crosswords for Fun can help!
If you are looking to raise money, why not think about running a Crosswords for Fun puzzle drive.
The way it works is that members of your group sell Crosswords for Fun subscriptions [...]

Games for the Brain – Perfect for Rainy Days!

Like many families, mine went on a camping holiday once a year at Christmas.  Living in Australia, you tend to assume you are going to have good, hot, beach weather.  I remember one year this was definitely not the case.  It rained solidly for the first three days!
Although we not terribly impressed, we realised we just had [...]

Puzzles on the Move

Travelling can be boring especially if you are on a long flight or a trip where you really can’t just get off and walk around.  You can’t sleep for the whole trip and it is a safe bet that your return flight will involve a screening of the same movies you had on the way [...]

Crosswords are Fun

If you have been thinking about doing some crosswords but are worried that you will find them dull or too hard to do, why not try something like this? 

See?  There are crossword puzzles to suit everyone.  This is great if you love your Tv and movies.  It is called The Big Book of TV Guide [...]