20 APRIL 1996, Page 59

Solution to 1254: Facetious claims

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First prize: Mr J. Gill, Warlingham, Surrey. Runners-up: J. W. Leonard, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon; Jonathan Hulme, Tonbridge, Kent.