The puzzle’s title, Rapid Sea, is an anagram of Paradise, i.e. Paradise Lost. The preamble is based on PL 1.34-36: The INFERNAL SERPENT, whose guile stirred up with ENVY and REVENGE, DECEIVED the mother of MANKIND. SATAN is the protagonist and MILTON the poet.
First prize Callum Christison, Bannockburn
Runners-up Charles Oliphant-Callum, Crowthorne; Louise Bralsford, Kew
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