Unclued lights were set out in the form of two squares in the grid (shown here in red). The theme word was 18. 1, 10, 12 and 38 are defined by it in one sense; 15, 19 and 43 in another. Highlighting TIMES (square) gave the fourth example of a city square.

First prize K.D. Birkett, Heysham, Morecambe, Lancs

Runners-up R.A. Percy, Southport, North Carolina; Kenneth Robb, Linlithgow, West Lothian