SHAKESPEARE — indicating the action required to create 9, 11, 32, 18 plus 24, and the puzzle’s title — is the name of Matthew Arnold’s poem from which the perimeter quotation is taken.
First prize Peter Wilson, Kettering, Northants
Runners-up Miriam Moran, Pangbourne, Berks;
John Light, Addlestone, Surrey
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