The Spectator

2547: Ascending order – solution

issue 09 April 2022

The unclued lights are phrases which include the numbers from 1 to 7, with 1 featured twice.

First prize John Bennett, Havant, Hants

Runners-up David Brown, Riemerling, Germany; Robert Cross, Northleach, Cheltenham, Glos

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