10 DECEMBER 1994, Page 61

Solution to 1186: Mouldy?

The unclued lights, and 6D, were FUNGI. (The spelling of 41A, CHANTERELLE, was based on its alter- native meaning, a TREBLE string.)

First prize: Anne Owen, Westbury- on-Trym, Bristol. Runners-up: J.E. Green, Horsham, W. Sussex; Mrs Ann Brewer, Southsea, Hants.