Helen has already shared a post, Learn how to solve cryptic crosswords, but here is an app to help you do just that.

Based on a course and book designed and taught by Henry Howarth the app takes you on a learning journey proven to work.

Interactive elements support the teaching with each section builds upon the last. It covers Hidden Words, Anagrams, Charades, Sandwiches, Deletions and many more.

As well as teaching puzzles as you work though the course, the app features 5 crosswords from newspapers such as The Telegraph, The Sun, The Daily Express and Daily Mail. Each with fully explained clue explanations to consolidate learning.

Section one covering Hidden Words and Anagram Clues is FREE to try.

Downloadable for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire HERE

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First aid saves lives – can you afford not to make this vital New Year’s resolution?

It is a stark fact that 8 out of 10 parents surveyed admitted they wouldn’t know basic first aid procedures to save their child’s life. Think about the wide range of accidents children have on a regular basis in the comfort of their own home – cuts, choking, falls, asthma attacks – and think how you would feel if it were your child, or your partner, your parent or even your pet.

Consider how confident you would feel faced with the most common medical emergencies occurring at home, school or in the workplace?

Take this short quiz from and find how much you know about first aid

How much do you know about the world? The Great Big Travel Quiz is in The Telegraph

With school cancelled, and adults stuck at home, what better time to show off (or improve) your geography knowledge? Every week, until the Government releases us from our lockdown, we are adding more questions to our ever-expanding travel quiz.