1D, 3, 15D and 40 are fictional TIGERS (30) created by 20, 35, 4A and 12. Extra letters in clues form the thematically allusive statement high risk pets emerge in reports, supplying unchecked letters of the unclued lights.
First prize Patricia Gibbs, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire
Runners-up E. Hogg, London SW13; Philip Hawkins, Wirksworth, Matlock, Derbyshire

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