The unclued lights are FRENCH DÉPARTEMENTS, with five of them placed in the grid at their correct administrative number: 2, 3, 25, 36, and 39.
First prize Gordon Hobbs, Woodford Green, Essex
Runners-up Rowan Priestman, Burpham, Guildford; J. Caldwell, Winster, Windermere
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