The Spectator

2478: Namesakes – solution

issue 31 October 2020

The lyrics of the perimetric I’M POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN and FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN were written by Sammy Lerner, while the lyricist of THE RAIN IN SPAIN and I TALK TO THE TREES (3D/16) was Alan Jay Lerner. LERNER (in the tenth row) was to be shaded.

First prize Ann Holme, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Runners-up Nicholas Grogan, Purley, Surrey
Aini Zvirgzdins, Duncan, BC, Canada

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