Meet Mr Puzzles

Sometimes you need to give someone a gift and it can’t be really hard to think of something that is ‘different’, can’t it? 
Obviously, you could buy a subscription to our great new printed puzzle books which would make them very happy.  You could also go to Mr Puzzles and have a look at the clever [...]

Fill in time with a puzzle

We read an excellent post over at Disabled World  in which we were pleased to have been mentioned.  The post was all about things to do in hospital.  If you have ever had to fill in time in hospital you will know how long and boring it can be.  This was a really clever post [...]

Using Puzzles to Build Your Business.

We design puzzles for individual businesses to use to help in their marketing campaigns.  They use our puzzles in different ways. 
Some businesses like to print them out and use them as a giveaway to their customers.  This is a very inexpensive way to build good relationships with your clients.  It doesn’t cost a lot to print [...]

Christmas Puzzles for you

How about some brain strainers to do with Christmas?  It is Friday, after all.  A little fun should always be allowed on a Friday.
Christmas Tree
Four angels sat on the Christmas tree amidst other ornaments. Two had blue halos and two – yellow. However, none of them could see above his head. Angel A sat on [...]

Visual Illusion Contest

Did you know that there is a contest for the Best Visual Illusion of the Year?  Neither did we until we saw it mentioned by Sharp Brains. 
There are some very clever illusions there to see and some great learning points to pick up as well.
This is one of the illusions.  Which face is male and [...]

Looking for a puzzle?

We have given you lots of puzzles to do here in our blog.  We thought we should give you a list of some of those we have mentioned so that you don’t have to hunt through the whole blog to find them.
Here we go:
Australiana Anagrams  and the answers
Memory Challenge
Brain Teasers
Cryptograms
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Lateral Thinking
How Observant are You?
Drop [...]

Puzzle and Crossword Quotes

I love quotations but there are not many that spring to mind when talking about crosswords or puzzles.  I went in search of some quotes so that I can add them to my collection!  A good quote always comes in useful, doesn’t it?
 
“Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.”
 Ambrose Bierce  [...]

Free Puzzles

Did you know that we offer free puzzles on our site?  
You can try Sudoku, Crosswords, Quick Crosswords, General Knowledge Crosswords and Codeword puzzles too.  We even have puzzles for kids.   You don’t even have to register to do these puzzles.  Just download or complete them interactively online.
We update the puzzles regularly so keep checking back.
We [...]

Children’s Puzzles with Freddo

Children love to keep their minds busy.  In fact, they can be hard to stop especially at bedtime.
Freddo, that tasty chocolate frog, has a new website full of puzzles for your kids to play.  It is a clever site that builds interactive puzzles into a game.  Your child will be playing an adventure game but [...]

Puzzles for Mental health

I saw this quote in a recent article on the UK Telegraph website.  “Those above retirement age who perform at least two exercises in mental gymnastics a day are far less likely to suffer dementia.”
You know we have long been an advocate of word, logic and number puzzles as a way to exercise your brain.  More [...]