Adjacent pairs in the ordered chain of unclued entries [38] CHAIR, [14] MAN, [25] POWER, [15] STATION, [10] MASTER, [40] KEY, [8] RING, [29] FINGER, [36] POST, [44] CARD and [17] BOARD form single words in their own right.
First prize Andy Wallace, Ash Green, Coventry
Runners-up Jonathan Jones, Oxford; Elizabeth Duff, London NW5
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