Christmas Puzzle 2019
Whodunnit?
This year marks the 29th anniversary of my Christmas Puzzle. The Puzzle should appeal to people who enjoy solving quality newspaper crossword puzzles and, unlike many puzzles that come out around this time of year, this one is designed to help you finish - the Puzzle has an underlying theme so that, just when things start to get a bit tough, you should get more information to help you. So far, the Puzzle has raised £91,400 for various good causes, including £7,200 last year.
This year's Puzzle will be available for download from 8 December 2019.
Prize money - Every entrant could be a winner!
Everyone who enters will be entered into a draw to win one of four prizes, each of £10. In addition, I will award three prizes each of £50 to the three highest scorers; if there are more than three potential winners I will arrange a draw.
Charities
I will forward all the money you donate, except for the prize-money, to charity. This year there is a good blend of charities supporting needy people locally, nationally and internationally. The money will be distributed equally between St Mary's, Eaton Bray, where I am the Reader, and four other charities -
Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust,
Changing Faces,
Ieuan the lion and
NOAH Enterprise.
All the charities have been nominated by fellow Puzzlers from the UK. I do hope you will be generous in your donations, supporting the work of these charities.
-- Gordon Gray, October 2018
Navigation around the Christmas Puzzle website
Clicking the Christmas Puzzle logo will always bring you back to this home page.
Using the links along the top of the page, you can
- download this year's puzzle
-- (between 8 December 2019 and 26 January 2020) - register to receive a copy of all future puzzles by email,
- see information about last year's winners and charitable donations,
- view some of your comments on the puzzle from previous years,
- view some unusual words (and their meanings!) from previous puzzles,
- view the rolls of honour for the last 3, 5 and 10 years,
- view your results from previous years.
- Read and comment on the Christmas Puzzle blog.
-- This year's puzzle will be available to download from 8 December 2019 --
