15 MARCH 1997, Page 59
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The unclued lights were in fact clued, being alternative solutions to six normal clues. The pairs were: 4A/20, 11/30, 16/21, 1D/19, 18/12, 34D/25.
First prize: Miss F. J. Butcher, Winchester. Runners-up: Jeremy Goulstone, Chapman, Australia; Hugh Thomas, Felixstowe, Suffolk.