Viewers of 8 January’s episode of TV quiz Only Connect will have heard that Thrifters team captain Sam Haywood is a former contributor to Take a Break Puzzle Magazines. Much to host Victoria Coren Mitchell’s delight, Sam revealed that he’d won a £30 prize for a puzzle he sent in to Take a Puzzle as a youngster.
Well, we’ve dug into the archives and found his creation! Congratulations Sam on your game show prowess — as editor of Take a Puzzle at the time, forgive me if I vicariously bask in your glory.
Take a crack at Sam’s puzzle below and maybe you’ll be the next solver making the move to the bright lights of the BBC.
Work out the 12 six-letter clues and when you’ve finished, you’ll find that the letters in the blue squares spell out diagonally the six-letter names of four fictional characters.
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You might find a storm in this item of crockery!
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John - - -, comedian who hails from Liverpool
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Type of bowling
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Rough drawing
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Offspring resulting from cross-breeding
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Bingo number with legs?
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Wooden hammer
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St George’s monster
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Below an average level
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Muscle in the arm
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Large spotted cat
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Fictional jungle adventurer
Keep scrolling for the solution...
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