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Crossword solution

To 2242: Defeated

30 January 2016

9:00 AM

30 January 2016

9:00 AM

Each partial answer indicated by a clue in italics is KNOCKED INTO A COCKED HAT (5 39). Resulting entries at 1D, 4. 25 and 30 (in which the hats are lum, terai, lid and tile) are defined by 3, 24, 11 and 32.

First prize Peter Wood, Heanor, Derbyshire

Runners-up P. Taylor-Mansfield, Worcester; John Light, Addlestone, Surrey

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