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Title
Round the Board II
Setter
Salamanca
Series
The Listener
Number
2801
Date
13/06/1985
Grid
The grid is a standard dartboard.
Preamble
The diagram represents a conventional dartboard, and each 7-letter answer numbered 1–20 must be reduced in a logical way to fit a radial of four spaces. Other answers are entered in a clockwise order within the second and fourth rings from the outer ring in which will be found a quotation of advice whose last letter must appear in the bullseye. 9 is in OED.
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The quotation was "SHOOT NOT BEYOND THE MARK" from Terence's
Phormio
. For clues 1–20, each answer had the following letter properties: 3 same, 2 same, 2 different, which could be entered in the relevant 'beds' on the dartboard.
Keywords
Terence Phormio SHOOT NOT BEYOND THE MARK 3 same 2 same 2 different
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