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2477: Rendezvous – solution

issue 24 October 2020

The unclued lights take an extra letter to make BRAMBLING (1A), BUDGIE (12A), STARLING (14A), REDSTART (23A), BRANCHER (27A), TURACO (34A), STILT (35A) and CHOUGH (38A), which could then meet at a BIRDBATH.

First prize Alasdair MacKenzie, Hambledon, Hants
Runners-up Judith Cookson, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos; Bill Stewart, Leicester

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