The preamble referred to ten symmetrically placed unclued entries which spell out CURRENT PUZZLE NUMBER HAS PRIME FACTORS: THIRTY-ONE, EIGHTY-THREE.
First prize Bill Stewart, Leicester
Runners-up D.P. Shenkin, London WC1; C.S.G Elengorn, Enfield, Middlesex
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