The Spectator

2625: Playtime – solution

issue 28 October 2023

The unclued lights and the four lacking their definitions (7, 20, 35 and 36) are MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

First prize Wendy Meredith, Exeter, Devon

Runners-up C.S.G Elengorn, Enfield, Middlesex; Rhidian Llewellyn, London SW14

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