The quotation is ‘LAUGH, AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU; WEEP, AND YOU WEEP ALONE’ from Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Her two unclued novels are SWEET DANGER (34/24) and A DOUBLE LIFE (3/29). ELLA (on the perimeter), WHEELER (12) and WILCOX (diagonally from 12) were to be shaded.
First prize Roy Sharp, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand
Runners-up Sue Topham, Elston, Notts Glyn Watkins, Portishead, Bristol

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