Columba

to 2284: Shocking!

issue 19 November 2016

In PYGMALION (21D), ELIZA (32) said NOT BLOODY LIKELY! (7A/9/12).  Synonyms were NEGATIVE (24), RARE (35), ODDS-ON (20). GB SHAW (in the second row) had to be shaded.
 
First prize Vincent Clark, Frant, East Sussex
Runners-up Julie Sanders, Bishops Waltham, Hants;
Kenneth Robb, Linlithgow, West Lothian

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