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SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 978 ACROSS.-1 Paratroops. 6 Acid. 10

Tonal. 11 All-ruling. 12 Poor thing. 13 Noble. 14 Canalising. 16 Adam. 18 Rift. 20 Daily dozen. 23 Elgar. 24 Handi- work. 27 Trombones. 28 Inorb. 29 Rank. 30 Cyclostyle.

DOWN.-1 Put up. 2 Rangoon. 3 Tell- tale. 4 Okapi. 5 Polygonal. 7 Climbed.

8 Doggerman.

9 Gunny, 14 Carpenter.

15 Sca-shanty. 17 Oddities, 19 Foghorn.

21 Zoology. 22 Grabs. 25 Nasal. 26 Kcble.

PRIZEWINNERS ' Miss C. D. PLANT, 9 Lodge Hill, Purley, Surrey, and MRS. Uzikw, Heathercroft, Totland Bay, 1. of W.