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2623: Half-Day Closing? – solution

issue 14 October 2023

The puzzle appeared on 23 September 2023. The unclued lights reveal TWENTY TWENTY-THREE’S AUTUMN EQUINOX OCCURS TODAY AT SIX-FIFTY AM, GMT.

First prize Sally Reeve, Bath

Runners-up John Pugh, Ely, Cardiff; J. Gill, Warlingham, Surrey

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