Columba

to 2269: Humiliation

issue 06 August 2016

Answers to clues in italics are Clockwise (16), mondial (25), smugly (26), mushroomed (15) and pantable (32), each of which is subjected to LOSS OF FACE (8) to produce grid entries defined by, respectively, 4, 11, 1D, 30 and 39.
 
First prize Tim Hanks, Douglas, Isle of Man
Runners-up John Kitchen, Breachwood Green, Herts;
L. Coumbe, Benfleet, Essex.

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