The play was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams. The characters were BRICK (1A), DOCTOR BAUGH (7/5), MAE (20), BIG MAMA (37/41), BIG DADDY (37/39D), GOOPER (45) and REVEREND TOOKER (10). CAT (6th row) and A HOT TIN ROOF (7th row) were to be shaded. Title: Maggie (Brick’s wife) was the only main character not named in the grid: she was the CAT to be shaded.

First prize David Carpenter, Sutton Coldfield

Runners-up Tom Richards, Wolfscastle, Pembrokeshire; D.G. Tallis, Oxford