The ‘circular chain’ (or RING CYCLE) of items was: RING CYCLE (anag of RECYCLING), GLYCERINE, GENERICAL, CAREENING, TANGERINE, ARGENTINA, WAGNERIAN, NORWEGIAN, ANGLE IRON, LOHENGRIN, RHEINGOLD, RE-FOLDING, GLORIFIED, FILIGREED, SIEGFRIED, REGICIDES, ISENERGIC, RECOGNISE, CONCIERGE, CRYOGENIC. WAGNER, whose bicentenary fell on 22 May, replaced the answer WAURST at 46 across.
First prize Dr John Stabler, Fakenham, Norfolk
Runners-up Chris Butler, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, D.G. Tallis, Oxford
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