Prize-winners of crossword 29,694

Three first-prize winners: Matthew Clark, Tunbridge Wells, Kent;

Nigel Langstaff, Richmond, London;

Lawrence Early, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Five runners-up:

Gill Offley, Fen Ditton, Cambridge;

Michael Reynolds, Walton-onnaze, Essex;

Linda Burthem, West Kirby, Wirral;

John Dargie, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire;

Brian Adams, Dunmow, Essex.