The words are ‘bomb’ (suggested by BLOCKBUSTER (1A) and EGG (7A)), ‘comb’ (SLADE (18A) and DISENTANGLE (41A)) and ‘tomb’ (SHRINE (20A) and SPEOS (10D)). Together they form EYE-RHYMES (40A-25D) only. OMBRE (31D) is to be shaded.
First prize Neville Twickel, Shipston-on-Stour, Warks
Runners-up Seonaid Chapman, Brampton, Cumberland; Kenneth Mills, Londonderry
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