February 16, 2014 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

MPP – 021 (review)

Monthly Prize Puzzle – February 2014

A crossword by Alchemi

Reviewed by crypticsue

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Congratulations to Jez Wagg who followed the instructions in rows 2, 8 and 14 of the grid and  correctly spotted that not only were there 11 ‘aitches’ in the solutions to this crossword but that there were two  black H shapes in the grid, making a total of 13.  [Some entrants included the word “aitch” as a 14th occurrence and these were also included in the draw.  BD]  He wins a copy of The Telegraph Centenary Crossword Collection,  The book was kindly donated by Phil McNeill, the Telegraph Puzzles Editor, and has been  signed by Phil and six of the Telegraph setters who are featured in the book  (Elgar, Roger Squires/Rufus, Micawber, Peter Chamberlain/Cephas, Notabilis and Don Manley/Giovanni).

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