20 MAY 2000, Page 66
Solution to 1461: Limes...
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to 19 in
The quotation (14 — perimeter 15) by PATER (squares 8, 20, 39, 17, 7) referred to the MONA LISA (10 18), whose ENIGMATIC SMILE (32/23/37) was the source of the puzzle's TITLE (40).
First prize: R.A. England, London.
Runners-up: David Lewis, Switzerland; Mrs H.M. Kingham, Kent.