The winners
The first prize of £100, three prizes of £25 and six further prizes of Word Perfect by Susie Dent (John Murray) go to the following.
First prize Martin Dey, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield
Runners-up Victoria Sturgess, Wimborne, Dorset; David Armitage, Stockport; Elisabeth Hopkin, London SE9
Additional runners-up John Boyd, Ashtead, Surrey; Dianne Parker, St Margaret’s at Cliffe, Kent; Hilary Balls, North Berwick, East Lothian; Emma Corke, Abinger Hammer, Surrey; Susan Bell, Reeth, N. Yorks; J. Canavan, Berwick-upon-Tweed

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