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Solution to 973: Start --- finish The unclued lights and

the three others clued without overall defini- tion.(19, 22 and 12) are seven-letter words having their first two letters the same as their last two.

Winners: J. W. Leonard, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon (£20); C. T. Hat- ten, Madrid; W. H. Askew, Bridl- ington, Yorks.

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