PRIZE CROSSWORD
WHAT THE WINNER GETS: The first correct crossword entry drawn wins a Ring RPPL250 High Power Lithium Jump Starter worth £99, a RIL4100 Fast Charge Inspection Lamp worth £40, and an award winning RAC635 Tyre Inflator worth £36. This great selection of goodies is ideal for when you’re working on your car. Send your completed crossword along with your name and address to: CCW Crossword Comp (15 March 2023), Bauer Media, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA. The closing date for entries is Wednesday 22 March 2023.
CLUES ACROSS
1 Take cars to pieces to get down to the bare bones (5) 4 Merseyside plant where the TR7 was originally built (5) 8 Follow-up to the Lancia Aurelia (8) 9 Maserati 2+2 discontinued in the mid-1970s (4) 10 In PA guise, this Vauxhall was introduced in 1957 along with the Cresta (5) 11 A late 1950s Fairthorpe coupé (7) 13 Maserati-powered French flagship built between 1970 and 1975 (7,2) 17 Taking the car for a spin (7) 18 It was succeeded by the Lotus Excel (5) 21 Brake component (4) 22 Triumph saloon from the 1970s (8) 23 Inexpensive as regards purchase price – possibly cheerful as well! (5) 24 & 16 down They gave us the DBS (5,6)
CLUES DOWN
1 & 15 down Rolls-royce's first new car after WW2 (6,6) 2 See 20 down 3 Hyundai hatch that came to our shores in the early 1980s (4) 5 Eighties Lancia saloons (7) 6 The Vauxhall Chevette's Opelbadged cousin (6) 7 Car company founded by Robert Jankel (7) 12 Executive Ford that survived until the mid 1990s (7) 14 Historic marque resurrected in the early 2000s with the S1 sports car (7) 15 See 1 down 16 See 24 across 19 Early 1930s model from the Star Motor Company (5) 20 & 2 down Marque behind the 164 and 155 (4,5)