LIMES (22), a term for a boundary of the ROMAN EMPIRE (7 30), is a DEFINITION (19) of five items reading clockwise in the perimeter.
First prize Geoff Telfer, Shipley, W. Yorks
Runners-up R.B. Briercliffe, Onchan, Isle of Man; John Light, Applestone, Surrey
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