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Winners: £60, Mrs Olive Baldwin, Sheringham, Norfolk; £25 each, Michael Moran, Penrith, Mrs D. Philip, Upper Largo, Fife, Margaret George, St Leonards-on-Sea; The Book of Spectator Crosswords, Mrs R. Dunn, Worcester, J.W. Leonard, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, Diana Macdonald, Teddington, Middx, Mrs J.M. Nash, Cheltenham, Charlotte, Lady Reay, Melrose, M.A. Sargisson, Caldy, Wirral.