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Prize Crossword Solutions should be sent in a sealed envelope marked 'Prize Prize Su Doku
No. 250 Crossword' with the number in the top left-hand corner to RAF No. 259
News, Room 68, Lancaster Building, HQ Air Command, High
Solve the crossword, then rearrange the nine Wycombe, Bucks, HP14 4UE to arrive by May 31, 2019.
letters in yellow squares to find an RAF word.
Fill in all the
Across squares in
the grid so
7. After RAF returns to French sea, rancher appears (6) that each row,
8. Friends with everyone that is sociable, initially (6) each column
10. Overview of 18 holes prepared (5-2) and each
11. See 5 Down 3x3 square
12. Repetition created in the choir (4) contains all
13. Attempt to arrange street assignation (5) the digits
17. Musical with some awesome vitality (5) from 1 to 9.
18. Mexican dish volunteers company (4)
22. Poet in middle of afternoon (5)
23. Building from start of October, previously, to beginning of
November (7)
24. See 9 Down
25. Was this aircraft a mighty hunter? (6)

Down
Name ..........................................................................
1. Life-threatening challenges in typhoon, for example (1-6) .....................................................................................
2. British Rail should be transported (7)
3. Prepared ravioli eaten al dente: yummy at first (5) Address ......................................................................
4. RAF salute insect, extinct by the sound of it (7) .....................................................................................
5. And 11 Across. Maybe adapting an animal is solution (5,5) .................................................... ..Su Doku No. 259
6. I criticise religion (5)
9. And 24 Across. New medal for theatrical performance shared, Solutions should Solution to Su Doku No: 258
perhaps (9,6) be sent in a sealed
14. Look after duck with severe damage (7) Crossword No 247 winner is Richard Foster from Rutland who wins a copy envelope marked
15. Explosive food? (7) of Nimrod Boys by Tony Blackman with Joe Kennedy (grubstreet.co.uk). 'Su Doku' with the
16. It has bowed out damaged by a party (7) number in the top
19. Very small amount has bearing on card-game (5) Solution to crossword No. 247: left-hand corner to
20. Char embraces Frenchman leaving quite a mark (5) RAF News, to arrive
21. We hear a tremor in upper part of building (5) Across: 7. Needed 8. Office 10. Rattler 11. Ideal 12. High by May 31, 2019.
13. Octet 17. Balsa 18. Stet 22. Odour 23. Origami 24. Canine Su Doku No. 258
Name ................................................................................................................... 25. Castle winner Lesley
Address ............................................................................................................... Hayward-Mudge
.............................................................................................................................. Down: 1. Anarchy 2. Vertigo 3. Belle 4. Officer 5. Rivet 6. Cello wins a copy of RAF
Air-to-Air Refuelling
9. Precision 14. Warrant 15. Stealth 16. Strikes 19. Coach 20. Joint
.............................................................................................................................. 21. Milan A Pictorial History
RAF word ....................................................................... Crossword No. 250 RAF Aircraft: Lightning

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