The first prize of £100, three prizes of £25 and six further prizes of the Chambers Crossword Dictionary are awarded to the following. The first four prizewinners will, in addition, each receive a bottle of champagne.
 
First prize Seamus McNeill, Belfast
 
Runners-up Ms H. Piper, Chessington, Surrey; Sue Topham, Elston, Newark; Rhidian Llewellyn, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
 
Additional runners-up Brian Dice, Beaconsfield, Bucks; T.M. Crowther, Winchester; Brian Midgley, Ettington, Warwickshire; A.C.R. Bull, Canterbury; Michael Grosvenor Myer, Haddenham, Cambridge; Roger Baresel, London SW7