The puzzle appeared on 11 November 2023. The unclued lights reveal ‘The CENOTAPH and POPPY evoke REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY, once ARMISTICE DAY, the ARMISTICE being SIGNED at the ELEVENTH HOUR, ELEVENTH DAY and ELEVENTH MONTH’.
First prize Victoria Estcourt, Tisbury, Wilts
Runners-up John Harley, Norton, Stockton on Tees; M.D. Conway, Grimsby

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