The Spectator

2642: A cipher to decode – solution

issue 16 March 2024

The unclued lights (with 38/20 paired) can all mean ‘nothing’, as does the word ‘cipher’.

First prize  Rebecca Clark, Geldeston, Beccles, Suffolk

Runners-up  Martin Dey, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield; D.V. Jones, Llanfair Caereinion, Powys

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