The following competitions are run jointly across both Take a Crossword and Take a Puzzle magazines.
£1000 Cash
Issue 06 2025: Ms M Jones, Kendal, Cumbria.
Issue 05 2025: Mrs Hunt, Ascot, Berkshire.
Issue 04 2025: L Tait, Strathaven, Lanarkshire.
Issue 03 2025: K Shake, London.
Issue 02 2025: L Bell, Shrewsbury.
Issue 01 2025: S Draycott, St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
£500 Cash
Issue 06 2025:
Mrs S Beaven, Norwich.
Mr D Izod, Erith, Kent.
Issue 05 2025:
J Edwards, Newton Abbot, Devon.
E Wallis, Hampton, Middlesex.
Issue 04 2025:
J Mcgeary, Dundee.
K Morrison, Glasgow.
Issue 03 2025:
S Jones, Wrexham, Clwyd.
M Lindley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Issue 02 2025:
N Bannerman, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
I Hutchinson, Leeds.
Issue 01 2025:
T Preston, Grimsby, North Lincolnshire.
T Taylor, Banbridge, County Down.
£250 Cash
Issue 06 2025:
M Chell, Newcastle, Staffordshire.
H Harper, Sidmouth, Devon.
Ms P Newport, Thetford, Norfolk.
Mrs J Ross, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
Issue 05 2025:
C Bingham, Chorley, Lancashire.
Mrs J Blaylock, Carlisle.
Mr E Jones, Caernarfon, Gwynedd.
Mrs J Poole, St.Helens, Merseyside.
Issue 04 2025:
D Angus, Bedford.
Mrs J Cosgrove, Oldham.
Mrs P Rose, Wymondham, Norfolk.
Mrs H Williamson, Glasgow.
Issue 03 2025:
R Duncan, Blairgowrie, Perthshire.
L Griffith, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
S Stevenson, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Mrs P Tempest, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Issue 02 2025:
S Cummings, Wimborne, Dorset.
Mrs V Henneberry, Sutton, Surrey.
M Higgins, Loughton, Essex.
C Tee, Epping, Essex.
Issue 01 2025:
A Crocker, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
T Fisher, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Mr D Kelly, Rochdale, Lancashire.
Mr A Pratt, Ipswich.
£100 Cash
Issue 06 2025:
N Evans, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire.
S Ewan, Wrexham, Clwyd.
F Pearson-Jones, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire.
K Perentidis, Manchester.
Ms P Wilkins, Burntwood, Staffordshire.
Issue 05 2025:
K Cocking, Bristol.
A Forbes, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
K Jones, Wokingham, Berkshire.
L Russell, Waltham Abbey, Essex.
Mrs J Shorthouse, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire.
Issue 04 2025:
R Cable, Coventry.
A Preece, Shrewsbury.
K Serjeant, Haslemere, Surrey.
Mrs J Stonard, Oxford.
C Turnbull, Duns, Berwickshire.
Issue 03 2025:
L Blair, Belfast.
A Emett, Southport, Merseyside.
Mrs S Hills, Folkestone, Kent.
B Lansdon, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
B Simpson, Bromley.
Issue 02 2025:
M Cantagrel, Ipswich.
Ms A Hoyland, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
C Jarman, Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
J Reddish, Colne, Lancashire.
L Winstanley, Rochdale, Lancashire.
Issue 01 2025:
S Best, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire.
L Comb, Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
G Davies, Newport, Gwent.
Mrs G Edwards, Slough.
J Sherwood, Malvern, Worcestershire.
The following competitions are run in Take a Puzzle only.
£2000 cash
Issue 06 2025: Z Marsh, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon.
Issue 05 2025: M Tanner, Sandown, Isle Of Wight.
Issue 04 2025: Mrs L White, Cheddar, Somerset.
Issue 03 2025: Mr P Chantler, Battle, East Sussex.
Issue 02 2025: Mrs P Coote, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Issue 01 2025: L Phillips, Looe, Cornwall.
£250 cash & £25 for 10 runners-up
Issue 06 2025:
Winner: T Whitfield, Haverhill, Suffolk.
Runners-up: R Anstey, Bristol. C Baldry, Milford Haven, Dyfed. M Grzybek, Lincoln. Mrs R Harrison, St. Andrews, Fife. P Lenthall, Sheffield. T Lewis, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex. M McGowan, Heywood, Lancashire. J Ogilvie, Woking, Surrey. Mrs G Profit, Kettering, Northamptonshire. Mrs A Smith, Birmingham.
Issue 05 2025:
Winner: A Clarke, Knighton, Powys.
Runners-up: S Allen, Stockport, Cheshire. Miss L Barrows, Falmouth, Cornwall. Mr P Chowney, Woking, Surrey. H Datema, Mitcham, Surrey. J Eyre, Bedford. Ms D Jenner, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Mrs P Lang, Staines-Upon-Thames, Middlesex. R Walah, Bundoran, Ireland. Mrs C Weir, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. J Wolfe, Thetford, Norfolk.
Issue 04 2025:
Winner: D Eccles, Manchester.
Runners-up: G Baker, Wrexham, Clwyd. A Cahill, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. S Colohan, Rhyl, Clwyd. M Dixon, Coventry. L Gaylor, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. S McDevitt, Bexley, Kent. J Nickson, Liskeard, Cornwall. A Parkhouse, Norwich. Mrs V Saville, Feltham, Middlesex. Mrs P Thorburn, Towcester, Northamptonshire.
Issue 03 2025:
Winner: K O’Sullivan, Romford.
Runners-up: G Crouch, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. K Fisher, Glenrothes, Fife. M Heald, Matlock, Derbyshire. R Hill, Middlesbrough, Cleveland. B Hobdell, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. J Jackson, Harlow, Essex. Mrs C Leach, Cambridge. D Mackay, Dumfries. D Rowles, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. J Skelton, Sheffield.
Issue 02 2025:
Winner: Mrs S Beeden, Dover, Kent.
Runners-up: R Allen, Teignmouth, Devon. L Booty, Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Mr D Evans, Mold, Clwyd. Mrs V Fitzsimons, Uxbridge, Middlesex. M Fletcher, Preston. W Harper, Ipswich. P Lucy, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. T Mooney, Shipley, West Yorkshire. J Norris, Bromley. S White, Croydon.
Issue 01 2025:
Winner: D Westwood, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Runners-up: J Brooke, London. L Brown, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Miss T Collins, Crediton, Devon. C Cox, Harrow, Middlesex. V Cunningham, Didcot, Oxfordshire. J Giles, Cardiff. R Hewison, Banbury, Oxfordshire. P Linfield, Worthing, West Sussex. C Peters, Bristol. Miss J Purdham, Stanley, County Durham.
£100 cash (4 winners)
Issue 06 2025:
L Brown, Falkirk.
Mrs E Heaney, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian.
M McMahon, Blackburn.
A Murby, Northampton.
Issue 05 2025:
S Daniels, Calne, Wiltshire.
Mrs S Gray, Hull.
L Maddox, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria.
R Whitear, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex.
Issue 04 2025:
Mrs B Allen, Saxmundham, Suffolk.
A Bethell, Manchester.
Ms T Highland, Preston.
Mrs P Sutcliffe, Carnforth, Lancashire.
Issue 03 2025:
Ms J Bayley, Stoke-On-Trent.
G Hayes, Blackburn.
I Sparrow, Norwich.
Miss D Wilson, Keighley, West Yorkshire.
Issue 02 2025:
Ms S Adams, Newport, Gwent.
S Elliott, Worthing, West Sussex.
J Harris, Durham.
A Young, Colchester.
Issue 01 2025:
E Alexander, Paisley, Renfrewshire.
P Avery, Warwick.
J Haigh, Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
K Sullivan, Sleaford, Lincolnshire.