The Spectator

2608: Support – solution

issue 01 July 2023

Reading the title as ‘backup’, unclued answers VOLTE-FACE, RETREAT, SPIN, TURN, COUNTER, BACKTRACK, WITHDRAWAL, ROTATE, RETIREMENT and RECOIL had to be entered in reverse.

First prize Wyn Lewis, Carmarthen
Runners-up Rhiannon Hales, Ilfracombe, Devon; J.E. Green, St Albans, Herts

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