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2078: Nonet

issue 22 September 2012

A PENTAD (5) of COMPOSERS (12) lost the letters N, E
and T: S[T]OCKHAUS[EN] (1A), S[T]AI[NE]R (18),
SM[ET]A[N]A (37), HI[N]D[E]MI[T]H (3) and
PAL[E]S[T]RI[N]A (27).

First prize Mike Atkin, Butterton, Staffs

Runners-up C.W. Hastings, Upper Woolhampton; J. Sanders, Southampton, Hants

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