The quotation was ‘I WAS BORN TO SPEAK ALL MIRTH AND NO MATTER’ from Much Ado About Nothing (II.i.321) by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. BEAT/RICE (23D/17) is the speaker and BENE/DICK (12/31) the sparring partner. Title: Much Ado About Nothing in cryptic form.
First prize R.R. Alford, Oundle, Peterborough
Runners-up Gordon Hobbs, Woodford Green, Essex; Fergus Jamieson, London SE26
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