The Spectator

2551: Madness – solution

issue 07 May 2022

The four-letter word was BAND. Unclued lights suggest bandicoot (7A), bandh (11), banda (41), bandana (1D), bandoneon (3), bandook (7D), bandar (14), bandolero (19) and bandy (35). BAND (ending on 26) was to be shaded. Title: name of a BAND.

First prize Tim Knox, London WC1

Runners-up Kathleen Durber, Stoke-on-Trent; Peter Chapman, South Perth, Western Australia

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