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To 2180: Superfluous

issue 11 October 2014

FURBELOWS — given by initial letters of superfluous words in clues — can be read as FUR BELOW S, indicating the unclued lights in each of four columns in the grid.

First prize F.J. Bentley, Tiverton, Devon

Runners-up Bertie Ledward, London SW11;
M. Taylor, Eskbank, Midlothian

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