The poem was Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’. The words from the poem are LEGS (16), TWO (17A), SANDS (26), NOTHING (37), KING (42), ANTIQUE (5), LAND (9), TRAVELLER (10), MET (23), DESPAIR (32). OZYMANDIAS (in the twelfth row) was to be shaded.
First prize P.J.W. Gregson, Amersham, Bucks
Runners-up Mrs P Bealby, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland; Mark Foreman, Sholing, Southampton

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