The Spectator

2620: The right name? – solution

issue 23 September 2023

8A/31D, 23A/19D and 36D/7D are eponymous 29D/12A characters. 7D originally suggested D’Urberville, which needed to be changed to DURBEYFIELD, making new real words at 21A, 24A, 30A and 35A.

First prize Magdalena Downton, Maidstone, Kent

Runners-up Nicola Fletcher, Horsmonden, Kent; David Andrews, Ash Vale, Surrey

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