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◄ CRossword Here’s how it works... Complete and return the cryptic crossword and form below to arrive no later than 21 st March 2020. Send in to our Freepost address: Freepost RSLH-GBZG-LBZC, Blue Horizons Crossword, MARCH 2020, Reader Offers Limited, Lexden House, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4DB. The winner will be the first correct entry drawn on 23 rd March 2020.

ACROSS

1 Dee can and does go round Greek islands (10) 6 Company doctor’s search (4) 10 Paints our deteriorating muscle (9) 11 Still time for important happening (5) 12 Keep Sir Harry by valley in city in Florida (4, 10)

14 One learning to be a commuter? (7) 15 Scottish fellow found on the road (7) 16 More unsettled weather on mountain in Washington state (7) 18 Baseball player in jug (7) 19 Not an afternoon celebration in Lincolnshire but a famous raid in America (6, 3, 5) 21 Fish caught amongst straw lifeless (5) 22 Later consequences of frame that was damaged (9) 23 Nimble lizard behind back of shed (4) 24 Sandy perhaps, teacher at promontory in East Sussex (6, 4)

Please cut out and send to: Freepost RSLH-GBZG-LBZC, Blue Horizons Crossword, March 2020, Reader Offers Limited, Lexden House, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4DB Title.......... Initial.......... Surname...................................... Address.............................................................................. .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... ...................................... Postcode......................................... Tel No.........................................................................................

DOWN

1 Food from Finland is heavenly (4) 2 Tactful workers for the government? (10, 5) 3 Still at home the French have work in old capital (14)

4 Offpeak price said to be for fertiliser (7) 5 Fred’s replacing award for slavery! (7) 7 It is obvious what one has to do before and after packing (4-3-4, 4) 8 Only dairy product found in the Lake District? (10) 9 Host’s mixture of clay and sand first found in China (10, 4) 13 A non-drinker’s joint duet arranged and assigned (10)

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17 Frenzied struggle to find fastest rodent (3, 4) 18 Synthetic most recently put in the picture (7) 20 Nebuchadnezzar’s country? (4)

ACROSS: 1. Rate-cap 5. Veranda 9. Community centre 10. Concierge 11. Zeta 13. Explorer 16. Award 18. Igloo 19. Disquiet 22. Cape 23. Penthouse 27. Photojournalism 28. Dresden 29. Endless DOWN: 1. Rock 2. Tempo 3. Councillor 4. Primeur 5. Voyager 6. Reef 7. Notre- Dame 8. Adelaide 10. Cue 12. Basutoland 14. Xylophone 15. Eli 17. Hiccuped 19. Die down 20. Set free 21. Tee 24. Suite 25. Pond 26. Amos SOLUTIONS FEBRUARY EDITION

Congratulations THE FEBRUARY CROSSWORD WINNER IS MR C. J. TUCKER FROM DERBY WHO RECEIVES A CASE OF SIX FINE WINES

Prize crossword terms and conditions: Open to UK residents aged 18 and over. Prize is non-transferable, non-negotiable and no cash alternatives will be offered. By entering the promotion, the winner agrees to have their name published in the next edition of Blue Horizons. The Editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Only one entry per person. Reader Offers Limited will not accept responsibility for loss through technical fault, incomplete, illegible or other damaged entries. Proof of entry is not automatically proof of receipt. The draw is held by Reader Offers Limited who may also have additional terms and conditions such as specific closing dates.

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