Competition

Marion and I were very pleased with the response to the SynTax/Red
Herring crossword. Competitions often bring in few entries and as
we had so many hint books to give away (thanks again to
Inter-Mediates Ltd for providing them), we were able to give a
prize to everyone who entered, regardless of how many or how few
questions they got right. Even completely blank forms would have
been in line for a prize!

The first prize winners were Janice Charnley, Dave Barker, Neil
Shipman, The Grue! and Derek Cummings. Each received a bumper
bundle of Infocom hint books.  The runners-up were Tony Stiles,
Chris Rogers, Keith Green, Gareth Harrison, Terry Roberts, Phill
Ramsay, Robert Moon, Margaret Abbie, Tim Kemp, Ken Morgan and
Margaret Griffiths. Each runner-up got a hint book as promised -
plus a bonus one for luck!  Congratulations to all of you and
thanks for entering.

The answers were as follows: ACROSS Special Reserve, Hear, Fly,
Nord, Alas, Grue, Bert, Inn, Rod, Titan, Galaxy, Zork, Ate,
Beyond, Origami, Spell, Duffy. DOWN Hearts, Floyd, Red Herring,
Deadline, Spellbreaker, Infidel, Room, Infocom, Key, Troll, Nip,
Mind.