25 SEPTEMBER 1999, Page 83

Solution to 1429: Tyre

TYRIAN PURPLE (10 19) was A NOTABLE DYE OUT OF A PLACE IN ANCIENT PHOENICIA, i.e. Tyre. Other circuit lights were shellfish from which the dye was obtained.

First prize: G.A. Manning, East Sussex. Runners-up: Dr R.J. Bell, Middlesex; Miss C. Rodger, Edinburgh.