How to play Famous Trumpeters

Basics:

Strategies

First see if any line has a single clue number bigger than half the length of its line. If there is one, you can fill one or more squares in the centre of the line. Count first from one end, then count from the other end: where two counts overlap, the squares must be solid.

If there are two clue numbers, and they add up to more than half the length, a similar technique can be used by counting from each end in turn.

How to enter

See details below. The solution and winner will be published in two weeks’ time.

Winner

Rai Fenton, Chingford, London