European Perspectives

COMPETITION CORNER Winner, Spring 2006

The winner of the Make Your Mark Cryptic Cars competition from our Spring issue is Angus Walker of Bircham Dyson Bell. Congratulations, Angus - you will be receiving a box of finest chocolates, courtesy of Jenkins.

Angus’s firm has chalked up a remarkable two Make Your Mark competition wins, as his colleague, Peter Groves, won a bottle of champagne for solving our Autumn 2004 crossword.

Thanks to all our readers for the many Cryptic Car entries we received. The clues and answers are printed here.

In this issue we invite you to test your knowledge of fashion in our “Cryptic Fashion Labels” competition on the back page. The winner will be rewarded with chocolates, in the usual way. Good luck!

Cryptic Cars Questions

1. Sounds like Mr Guevara has lost a fortune. (7)
2. Perfect for musing about history. (4)
3. Not an Omega Juliet. (4, 5)
4. French sea yields possession. (8)
5. Panthera onca. (6)
6. Shout an imputation of wrongdoing? (8)
7. Roman stars. (5)
8. Banquo’s car? (7)
9. The car with the hole? (4)
10. Presumably this car doesn’t start in Spain. (4)
11. Gold princess. (4)
12. Sulphurous knock-out blow to American prosecutor. (5)
13. It’s certain to have a strong taste. (7)
14. Rolls Royce initially found between symbolic element and an endless opera solo. (7)
15. It sounds as if yours truly brings legal proceedings against animal collection. (5)

Answers

1. Porsche
2. Clio
3. Alfa Romeo
4. Mercedes
5. Jaguar
6. Chrysler
7. Astra
8. Phantom
9. Polo
10. Nova
11. Audi
12. Skoda
13. Mustang
14. Ferrari
15. Isuzu