The word is ‘pink’. Definitions of the eight headwords are: CARNATION (9), STAB (43), CHAFFINCH (22D), SMALL SAILING SHIP (41/1A/13), YELLOW LAKE PIGMENT (11/45/14), BLINK (40), SMALL (41) and SAMLET (8). PINK (in the eighth column) was to be shaded.
First prize Mrs C.J. Stekly, Guernsey
Runners-up Philip Dacre, York; Nick Hussey, Overton, Hants
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