The seven unclued lights are BIRDs (36) minus one letter: (S)WAN (14), (G)ROUSE (18), P(H)EASANT (22), TE(A)L (40), S(W)ALLOW (7), R(O)OSTER (29) and S(K)IMMER (30). GOSHAWK (in the 9th column) was to be shaded. Title: cf. BI(R)D.
First prize Oenone Green, Feltham, Middlesex
Runners-up Robert Stephens, Bearsted, Kent; Julia Jones, Pleshey, Essex
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