The Spectator

2672: Seamless Schemes – solution

issue 12 October 2024

The unclued lights are all gems. The title, ‘Seamless schemes’, cryptically suggests ‘stratagems’ without ‘strata’.

First prize M. Barret, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Herts

Runners-up Kim Christison, Larbert, Stirlingshire; Mary Caldecott, London W12

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