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The solutions to the asterisked clues are exam- ples of Australian colloquialisms or slang. (With acknowledgements to Halimah Ransome of Tasmania.) Winners: A. Hall, Goring-by-Sea, W. Sussex (£20); John Coleby, Buckley, Clwyd; Jack Walton, Epsom.