6 NOVEMBER 1993, Page 69

Solution to 1131: Whirlybird The anagrams at 3, 7, 11,

14, 18, 24, 27, 31, 35, 39, and the four circuit lights (starting in radials 3, 10, 21, 33) were BIRDS, with ROTOR-PLANE (i.e. helicopter) in the central circuit.

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