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Ahoard of Anglo-Saxon coins found on Suffolk farmland sold at auction for how many pounds? Fit these numbers into the grid. One number doesn’t fit. This is the prize answer.

3 digits 137 174 344 378 407 413 452 453 546 554

£250 Puzzle 1 W I N

653 938 4 digits 2612 3370 4380 5837 6700 8395 8426 8566 9153 5 digits 12576 22010 23038 30641 46172 64603 68773 75673 78634 80364 82464 90000 6 digits 102463 455760 676814 771362 846083 7 digits 1456534 2052156 2913241 5017872 8 digits 17288018

Your answer:

452

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A R I FUN £25 Puzzle 3 W I N 4 x PIECEWORD TAKE THREE £150 Puzzle 2 W I N ESCAPE FROM RESTED ON BENDED KNEE SHORT HOLIDAY W hat is the most common object that people doodle? The number next to the clue tells you which line the answer’s in. We’ve put a section in to start you off! There may be two Across answers in one line. Down words fill themselves in. The shaded squares spell out the one-word prize answer. 1 Artist’s case 2 Ancient 3 Musical exercise piece 4 Fitting, suitable • Thin stick 5 Pink crumble fruit 6 Chepstow’s river • Liquid mineral 7 … to, mention 8 Almond, for example 9 Earn money for charity B echstein’s is a species of which creature? The three answers in this puzzle read the same across and down. The clues are given, but not in the right order. Read down the shaded squares to spell the prize answer.

Genius Your tips are the tops! Just

For every photo tip that we print £25 Let there be light Instead of buying new candle holders, create your own by rinsing out an old food jar. Lucy Hodson, Hoylake

Finding the right words

If you’re looking for an easy and unique gift idea for loved ones, use stickers and letter tiles to create a personalised message. Connor McGuire, Grimsby

Hanging around Keep your cleaning cupboard looking neat and tidy by installing a tension rod to hang all your spray bottles on. Sali Thomas, Denbigh

Bag it up

Don’t throw away old paper bags. Instead, get creative and make your own decorative cards. Jodie

Giblin, Penarth

Hotheaded

Fold over the long point of an old hair wrap and stitch the sides together to make a hot-water bottle cover. Anne-Marie Hicks, Poole

Not letting loose

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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

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5x £30 Puzzle 4 W I N

Your answer: Look closely at these two pics – there’s a difference in almost every square. Only one has no changes; the grid reference (eg, 1A) is your prize answer.

Our wedding went from ‘I do’ to ‘me too’ Andrea Walker, 31, Tamworth

Plenty of confetti... F licking through a magazine, I folded down the corner of another page. Exactly what I want, I grinned to myself.

It was 2017 and I was sifting through wedding mags again.

Mesmerised by pictures of beautiful brides in their princess gowns, I was envious. Me and my partner Matthew, then 26, had been together for three years. And I was desperate for him to ask me that question. Hint after hint, yet he still hadn’t proposed.

I was getting impatient. Told myself if I didn’t get engaged by 30, I didn’t want to get married at all.

I was 29, and time was ticking. But truth was, I understood why Matthew hadn’t asked. ‘£30,000!’ I’d gasped when we’d What started as a joke quickly became reality speculated about the figures for our dream wedding. Still, maybe one day..? So, closing the mag, I placed it on the coffee table as one final hint. A few days later, my brother Christopher, then 26, popped over for a catch-up.

As kids, we were inseparable. And even

now, we were super close.

Making us a cuppa, I found Christopher in the living room flicking through my magazine. ‘Hands off!’ I teased. ‘That’s for Matthew to find.’ He chuckled. ‘I hope it’ll be me soon, too,’ he said.

Christopher and his