Brainteasers For Your Print Publication

Analog

Each clue is an anagram. Unjumble the clues so they fit into the mini Crossword.

Missing Link

Complete the partially filled Crossword grid by using each letter of the alphabet only once.

Wordygig

Some words are familiar and some we never hear. Track down the correct meanings of some obscure words from the dictionary.

Wheel Words

Your target is to create as many words of four letters or more from the nine letters in the wheel. Rearrange the nine letters themselves to make one word.

Do Your Block

A jigsaw with a difference. Enter the list of words into the grid, using each word only once.

Cross Out

Fit all the words from the list into the grid. We’ve provided one word to help you on your way!

Alphabet Soup

Use all the letters of the alphabet only once to complete a list of themed words.

Spot the Difference

Two cartoons that look alike, but examine them closely and you’ll find 10 subtle differences.

Magic Squares

The answer to each clue reads the same across and down.

Steps

Altering one letter at a time to form a new word, change the word on the top line to the word on the bottom.

Rainbow Words

The title of a movie is hidden in the rainbow message. Each word contains letters of the same colour..

What's What

A simple puzzle where the middle row of a list of three-letter words reveals the mystery word.

Prism

A framework of letters that can be read clockwise or anti-clockwise to reveal the themed solutions.

Chainletters

Follow the inter-connecting letters to reveal a word solution with thirteen letters.

Movie Watch

Solve these four anagrams to spell out the movies of a famous film star.

Brick In the Wall

How many five letter words can you find reading down the face of our wall?

Figures of Fun

Each letter in the grid represents a number between one and nine. Fill in the missing numbers to make the given totals.

Match Boxes

Take one word from each box and match it with another to form a new word.

Mixed Signals

Fill in ten words of five letters each which all lead towards a central letter. The outside letters will spell out a well-known TV show.

Spirogram

You can solve this puzzle inside out or outside in. Either way the answer is the same.

Retroflex

A similar puzzle to the Spirogram but in a square shape with the clues in the middle.

Who Am I?

By solving the celebrity clues and entering their initials in a box of letters, you will discover the mystery star.

Mix 'N'Match

Place the left and right letters with the middle letters to form eight new words.

Point to Point

Answer the clues to find the theme words in the shaded squares leading diagonally from point to point.

Blockbuster

Fit all the blocks of coloured letters into the grid and the middle column will spell out the mystery solution.

Trios

Fit all the three letter words into the squares and a new seven letter word will be revealed.

Broken Hearted

Mend the broken hearts by pairing up ten couples.

Left or Right

Crack the code by choosing a letter in the alphabet either side of the given letter. The shaded squares indicate the first letter of each word.

Top Words

Fit all the words from the list into the spinning top. They can read backwards or forwards, up or down. One of the words in the competed grid is not in the list. Can you discover the TOP WORD?

Transformers

Take a letter from the centre word to make a new word with the three letter words.

Cartwheels

This puzzle will have you turning cartwheels!  Just fill in each of the eleven five-letter words from the rim of the wheel towards the centre.  When you’ve finished, you’ll find the name of an actress written clockwise on the cartwheel rim. But be careful... the answer could start anywhere on the cartwheel.

Cross Code

You can build up a Crossword by translating the numbers into letters to discover the original puzzle. To help you, the letter "S" is represented by the number 2 and "R" by 5. Fill these in and build from there. The purple spheres are to be treated in the same way as the black squares on a Crossword.

Bits and Pieces

Piece the bits together to make five words – we’ve given you clues to help.

Fill-Ins

Place all the words listed into the grid.  Each word can be used only once.

Insiders

Each word you are looking for contains the word RIP. Fill in the answers and use the letters in the coloured boxes to discover the keyword.

The Krypton

You don’t have to be a superhero to beat the Krypton - just some logical thinking and a plan of attack. The object is to complete the Crossword by filling in both the words and the black squares on the grid. The design is symmetrical, not only from top to bottom but also side to side. We’ve filled in some words and squares to get you up and battling!

Letter Drop

Using only the white letters from the purple circles, fill in the spaces to find seven words which read across from left to right. Remember, only the white letters can be used and each must be used at least once for every word.

Movie Line-up

Work out the missing words and place them in the boxes provided, to complete the movie titles. The downward coloured squares will then reveal a movie.

Pyramid Power

Each of the colours in our pyramid represents a letter. You can decipher the six words reading across from left to right with the help of the given letters.

Red Herrings

Fill in the gaps with letters to find the names of eight sports. Only eight? Yes, two of the examples are red herrings and won't produce anything but frustration. All the answers have six letters.

Scrambled Words

To spell the names of nine flowers fit the letters into the boxes outlined in the same colours. The red boxes will reveal the mystery word.

Skeleton

The Skeleton looks difficult with only a few numbers and black squares provided. Solve the clues and you’ll soon flesh out the grid!

SMS

Use the mobile phone keypad to work out a quote from the star. Each number in the code on the screen represents one of the letters on that key. If you get stuck, just turn on predictive text on your own mobile and type in the numbers!

Square Shuffle

Take one letter from each colour to make up four words of six letters that are all types of nuts. We have provided the first letter to get you started. Every letter can be used once only.

Star Hunt

A Code Cracker Crossword with no clues. Numbers represent letters and answers are found by using your powers of deduction to reveal a mystery star.

Triplets

The words from the Crossword have been taken out and broken down into groups of three letters. Place the triplets into the grid with the help of the starter letters.

Two in One

The puzzle that combines a Crossword with a FindaWord. Solve the Crossword in the normal fashion then find all the words in the grid of letters. The left-over letters will spell out the answer.

Vexagon

Nine words can be found in our vexing hexagon, but four letters have been replaced by four colours. Find out what letters are hidden behind those colours - they are the same for each of the words reading across. 

Zig Zag

Weave down & back to find the hidden saying. Use each letter only once.

Star Words

Identify these celebrities and put together the star letters to discover the hidden word.