28 JULY 1990, Page 45

Solution to 966: History lesson

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T Y IS T A 'I.. I 'N I WS,T

O RPARAI'LEGIE10

liYASTERR ASTER'Y

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L N T AIRN1YOURS 4 T A L I c Errl T ALN Air Ariel R E E1TOCK IRO '6 A R I:.LA N TITLK I T1011U +Pi N T TtiR 9 'WI E R T I A.

T L E C T R I O t A T A RI FIJ71101 J AIDIII T L FI'l 0 I' E S T 3 Nu NI D_

• NCOMIAEPTIENO.V0

RICER A N ...111„S . I,.....1 CI ._E, 1 R: il EINii ,NG,EIAILrlk_D A 1' S The following solutions required the substitution of T or Y for H and the omission of ON before insertion in the grid: VA) FORT (H), (8) Hosts, 11.i WAS FI)ER, (12) M(ON)ASTERY, 13 HARRIER, 15A) ?-li ON)OLIRS, (15D) (H)ACKER, 8) WIT(H)ERS, (21) BAT(H)ER, `22) 5 1 1-1 OCKING, ( 9) ELECTR(ON))IC, 0 PENN(ON)ED, i34D) HERM & 35 (H)(ON)ESTY.n clue 24A the number in brackets should have been 4, not 5; in all cases the bracketed numbers referred to solu- tions and not necessarily lights.

Winners: A Hall, Goring-by-Sea (£20); Geoff Jones, Hitchin, Herts; Angela von 'Nickel, Ascot.