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To solve the puzzle, each 3 × 3 box, each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9. Solve the puzzle and the numbers in the highlighted squares will give you the prize puzzle answer. WIN 2 x £30 Puzzle 11

Q I've started running and I've developed an agonising pain in my heel. It's worse in the morning. What can I do? Linda, St Albans A You may have plantar fasciitis, a common issue for runners where the tissue connecting the heel bone to the toes gets

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WIN £500 Puzzle 10 The town of Charleville-Mézières is the prefecture of which French department? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the prize answer.

WIN £40 Puzzle 12 Which of these country musicians suffered from chronic pain due to the birth defect spina bifida? The answer is the one missing from the grid. BROOKS CAMPBELL CASH CLINE DENVER LYNN McGRAW NELSON PARTON PRINE ROGERS TWAIN URBAN WILL

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Dougray Scott plays DI Ray Lennox in which BritBox/ITVX drama series, based on an Irvine Welsh novel? The answer to each clue (apart from the first) begins with the last letter of the preceding answer. The shaded squares will spell out the one-word p

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What is boxer Tyson Fury's middle name? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares to find the prize puzzle answer. 1 Dish of mixed greens (5) 4 Edgar Allan _, writer (3) 6 Enthusiastic (4) 7 Spike _, film director (3) 1 _ It Off, song by

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WIN 10×£20 Puzzle 5 Look closely at these two pics – there's a difference in five squares. The five grid references (eg, 1A, 2B, 2C, 3C, 4D) are your prize answer. TO ENTER Turn to page 56 for details ■

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A colony of red-necked wallabies, introduced by aristocrat and speedboat racer Fiona Gore, has lived on an island on which loch since the 1940s? Unscramble each group of letters to discover six lakes. Now fit them across the grid and you'll spell out

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Can you set a puzzle in this format? Send it, with a photo of yourself, to the address on p4. There's £20 for every one we use! This week's puzzle was compiled by Cathy Rudkin, Emsworth, Hants WIN 5 × £20 Puzzle 6 1 Horn noise 2 Lively do 3 Continent