The victors in last week’s crossword challenge were:

First place, with a score of 276/276: A tie between Dan Williams and Richard Kennaway.

Second place, but heartbreakingly close, with a score of 274/276: Another tie, between Tim Goodwyn and the team of Dan Grayson & Carol Livingstone

Third place: Paul Epps

Fourth Place: Eric Dinsdale

Fifth Place: A tie between Paul Grayson and Biopolitical

Thanks to all of the above and all the rest who participated.

Some notes:

1) There are 276 white boxes in the puzzle. I scored one point per box. Other scoring systems are possible, such as one point per word.

2) I am open to the possibility that some of the answers marked wrong are just as good as the answers counted as right. I’ll try to give this some thought.