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Posted by Andy Brown on 06 February 2020
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Winner of our January newsletter competition, and answers
Congratulations to Jon O'Neill of Agora who won this month's competition (there were only 6 entries: David, David, Jon, Paul, Simon and Suzanne). Jon will receive this month's £50 Amazon voucher.
The answers were as follows:
| Number | Letter pattern | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| One | *-N I- T-- --L-R -Y--EM | Hot and shiny | SUN IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
| Two | --R-L* --VE- | Part of a larger Christmas present | TURTLE DOVES |
| Three | -E* I- - -O-T | Messing about on the river | MEN IN A BOAT |
| Four | --*D--G- --D - -U---A- | "I hadn't noticed" | WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL |
| Five | S-A-* M---E -IL-S | A series of parodies | SCARY MOVIE FILMS |
| Six | -I--- I- - H----*N | What every self-respecting bee knows | SIDES IN A HEXAGON |
| Seven | A--M-- N*---R -F ---R-GE- | N(o help given) | ATOMIC NUMBER OF NITROGEN |
| Eight | -E-- -N - ---D-* | See the website for this one | LEGS ON A SPIDER |
| Nine | --TT--S I- - --U*---W- -O-U--R-- | Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da, ,da-da, da-da, dum-dum-dum | LETTERS IN A COUNTDOWN CONUNDRUM |
| Ten | ---T-L*- -N - ---L--G AL-E- | Strike this question | SKITTLES IN A BOWLING ALLEY |
| Eleven | NE*-S- -PH--E M-D-- | Overpriced and over here? | NEWEST IPHONE MODEL |
| Twelve | -N-R* M-- | A classic | ANGRY MEN |
| Thirteen | --K*-- -O--N | Triskaidekaphobics look away | BAKER'S DOZEN |
| Fourteen | --U-DS I- * -T-N- | One for the older reader, perhaps | POUNDS IN A STONE |
| Fifteen | ---Y-*- -N - -U--- -N--N T-A- | Go South Africa! | PLAYERS IN A RUGBY UNION TEAM |
| Sixteen | --E -- -O-*--T | As of 2001, whatever bag you're into | AGE OF CONSENT |
| Twenty | --C-S -- -- -C-S--E-*-N | One for the mathematicians | FACES OF AN ICOSAHEDRON |
| 22 | -L--*R- -- - -O-T---L -I-C- | At least at the start, anyway | PLAYERS ON A FOOTBALL PITCH |
| 25 | L-*T A--U- B- A---E | Although apparently there's a new one coming in 2020 | LAST ALBUM BY ADELE |
| 28 | -*UN---E- -- -H- ---O--A- -N-O- | Until the end of January, anyway | COUNTRIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION |
| 31 | -A-- -- -U*- | And in 6 other simliar periods | DAYS IN JULY |
| 40 | R*-- -E---N- -N--V---A-- | One would be paper | RUBY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY |
| 280 | ---I--M --A-A-*E-S -N - -W--T | Used to be only half this number | MAXIMUM CHARACTERS IN A TWEET |
| 500 | -I--S -AL--D -- -H- --O--A*-E-- | Scottish dirge | MILES WALKED BY THE PROCLAIMERS |
| 86400 | -E-*N-- -N - -A- | Don't waste too many of these on this clue | SECONDS IN A DAY |
| 1048567 | -A--M-- --W- -* -N ---E- -O---H--T | One for geeks | MAXIMUM ROWS IN AN EXCEL WORKSHEET |
The marked letters (shown in red above) spell out (with apologies for the lack of an apostrophe):
It was really hard pitching this at the right level - apologies if it was a bit on the difficult side!