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To 2262: Numbers game

issue 18 June 2016

The unclued Across lights are ANAGRAMS of French numbers (22: trente, 24: soixante, 26: sept, 29: onze, 43: trois) and the Down lights of German numbers (3: vier, 4: hundert, 10: sechs, 40: acht, 41: drei).
 
First prize G. Jones, London SW1

Runners-up Sue Topham, Elston, Newark; S.J.J. Tiffin, Cockermouth, Cumbria

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