Eight unclued lights were papal names used only once.
Pope JOAN (30) was the fanciful ninth.
First prize Michael Grosvenor Myer, Haddenham, Cambridge
Runners-up Roderick Rhodes, Goldsborough, N. Yorks; Anne Manger, Penrith, Cumbria
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