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Solution to 2068: Hard case

issue 14 July 2012

‘ALAS, POOR YORICK’ (4) is an utterance by HAMLET on discovering the SKULL of the JESTER (11).  Six unclued lights are features of a skull.

First prize Susan Tims, Sutton Coldfield
Runners-up Paul Jenkinson, Zollikon, Switzerland; Mike Underwood, Auvillar, France

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