The unclued lights are titles of Russian novels minus their ‘and’ (И in Russian): 17 CRIME and 9 PUNISHMENT (Dostoevsky), 40 WAR and 34 PEACE (Tolstoy), 22 FATHERS and 8 SONS (Turgenev), and 10 THE MASTER and 11 MARGARITA (Bulgakov).
First prize Mrs G. Hancock, Thornbury, Bristol
Runners-up Philip Dacre, York; Tom Richards, Wolfscastle, Pembrokeshire
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