Thank you kettledrum for the message yesterday, but I only received my copy of The Spectator an hour ago. I've opened up the page to discover that I've won first prize (again -- look who's boasting now !) It was the one for hot cross buns -- so a great thank you goes to logophile who gave me a hint as to completing the grid. There were comments a few weeks ago about using different names when sending in solutions, so it just goes to show that it doesn't matter at all ! Good luck to everybody else when they post off their entries.
logophile,
I cannot remember when I had my first win at The Spectator.-- it does go back a few years !
This is the second or third time that I have been first out of the hat (they used to give a bottle of port as well as a cheque for the prize), and I have been a runner-up on a few occasions as well. ( I think that that is how I acquired one of my copies of Chambers).