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editor's update
Hugh Stephenson
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prize
Winners of Prize No 27,364
Guy Dickens - Over, Cambridge
Tom Cole - Duncton, West Sussex
C.W. Reid Dick - Hamburg, Germany
Jane Caplan - Oxford
Sheila Nelson - North Leigh, Witney
Guy Dickens - Over, Cambridge
Tom Cole - Duncton, West Sussex
C.W. Reid Dick - Hamburg, Germany
Jane Caplan - Oxford
Sheila Nelson - North Leigh, Witney
Winner of Genius No 173
Peter Robinson, Ilford
azed
2,370 winners
Mrs Jacqueline M Buchan, Aberdeenshire
R C Teuton, Frampton Cotterell
Val Heap, Sheffield
Mrs Jacqueline M Buchan, Aberdeenshire
R C Teuton, Frampton Cotterell
Val Heap, Sheffield
useful links
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Crosswords A-Z
Crosswords A-Z
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