Prizes Galore

Prizes Galore: No prizes for me! (154 words)
by janharper - written on 08.10.00 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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Well there might be Prizes Galore on offer here but I have never won anything. I was given a year's subscription to this magazine as a present and I won't be renewing it when it runs out in November. At first I enjoyed the puzzles and carefully filled them in and sent them off before the closing date, but I have become bored with the publication. That's not because I didn't win anything, but because the puzzles are now too easy (most of them anyway). On the odd occasion there is a puzzle that takes a bit of working out, but in my view, once you've see half a dozen of these magazines, you've seen them all. They are no longer a ...

Prizes Galore (233 words)
by wendyb47 - written on 28.09.00 (Very useful, 173 readings)
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Well, prizes galore there may be, but none of them have come my way, even after two years of subscribing, and yes, I do finish the puzzles and get them posted before the closing date. At £24.00 a year, this monthly magazine costs £2 per issue, which is not bad value at all considering that is the "dropped on your doorstep" price. The puzzles inside are varied, ranging from crosswords, to wordsearches, missing words, spot the difference, etc., but in my opinion they are pretty repetitious, as though the same few people are setting all the questions, i.e. the same answers come up time and time again. Difficulty rating is probably 4 out of 10, with 10 ...

Prizes Galore: Puzzles mean prizes (247 words)
by Hope - written on 04.07.00 (Useful, 122 readings)
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Prizes Galore is a monthly magazine available by subscription. It contains about 50 pages of competitions in the form of word searches, crosswords, film quizzes, number puzzles etc and each one offers at least one prize. Depending on how you feel about puzzles, these are either a fun way to pass all your spare moments, or a bit of tedious drudgery which might be worth it if the prize is good. Either way, however, the prizes are variable. In a typical issue, they range from paperback books, videos and toiletries to a television, weekend break or foreign holiday. On balance, it is a good magazine for those who do enjoy puzzles, is delivered to the door, and compares ...