Enjoy our bumper brain-teaser for the holiday period! After solving the crossword, take each letter from the shaded squares (going from left to right and top to bottom) to spell out the classic prize word.
Clues Across
10 A four-door Italian V8 saloon unveiled in 1963 (8,12) 12 Baroque-style BMWs bring Christmas tree decor (6) 13 Land of Kia (5) 14 Better specified versions of the Standard Ten (8) 15 Five in Eighties Honda?(7) 16 Panther Lima evolution (8) 22 Final TR7 production site after Speke and Canley (8) 24 Fastback borrowed parts from its Kadett cousin (4,2) 25 Time to turn on the beams for Santa’s delivery shift (5) 26 Short-lived Sunbeam that employed Superleggera construction (7) 27 Style of roof that featured on the Ferrari 308 GTS (5,3) 30 A word we might connect with ‘dynamic’ Saab performance? (4) 32 Top Mercedes-badged tree decoration? (4) 34 Small German twocylinder car from 1957 (3,5) 35 Which version of the Lotus Europa boasted a much improved 126bhp? (7) 38 Viva __ Sport, a Renault from the Thirties (5) 39 Getting hitched? Here’s an accessory for you! (6) 41 British three-wheeler made in the Fifties (2,6) 43 A car from Sunbeam brought to heel? (8) 44 A solid option for convertible owners (7) 49 Pioneering luxury Jeep SUV from early Sixties (8) 52 Basis for Lotus Eclat (5) 53 A 4x4 version of the Volkswagen Golf (6) 54 Car originally based on the Bentley MkVI and then later, the R-type Bentley (5-5,6,4)
Clues Down
1 Name attached to MG F-type and L-type (5)
2 Japanese brand discontinued in the 1980s (6) 3 John Gordon’s sidekick (3,6) 4 De Tomaso sports car unveiled in the Nineties (5) 5 Alfa Romeo’s 33 – one of only 18 made (8) 6 Paper over Christmas presents – it’s a cheaper alternative to a respray! (4) 7 Like Fifties sports car maker Pegaso, nationality-wise (7) 8 Designer of the original Maserati Quattroporte (4) 9 Lancia that spawned the
famous Integrale name (5) 11 A class of car such as the Alfa Romeo 164 (9) 17 Night motorists would be left in the dark without Yuletide decorations (6) 18 Close relative of the Suzuki Wagon R from Vauxhall (5) 19 Subaru estates for people possibly in the Christmas tree business? (9) 20 It’s a natural choice for convertible hoods (6) 21 Daihatsu models replaced by the Applause (9)
JANUARY 2018 ANSWERS Across 5. Superb 6. Rapier 9. Gilbern GT 10. Roy 11. Asia 13. Corniche 15. Charades 16. Drag 19. Axe 20. Citroën SM 22. Saloon 23. Flavia Down 1. Opel 2. Greek 3. Martina 4. Microcar 5. Sigma 7. Royce 8. Innocenti 12. Isabella 14. Ranchos 15. Class 17. Gamma 18. Rolls 21. Niva
23 ‘Auto’ group from Germany (5) 28 An RMB kit car for the aristocracy? (6) 29 Headlights that featured on the Porsche 924 (3-2) 31 Chrysler __, PSA acquired them in 1978 (6) 33 Constituents of Audi logo get us five gold ones (5) 36 Lower-spec DS (7,2) 37 It evolved from the Renault Floride (9) 40 Chevrolet V8-powered German car 1973-1979 (6,2)
42 New model added to the Triumph range in 1962 (7) 45 USA Passat according Santa’s reindeer! (6) 46 Sporty Sixties Reliant (5) 47 Gearbox selection indicates the opening date for advent calendars (5) 48 Old Aston owner giving colour to the Christmas roast turkey (5) 50 Eye up the Design firm (4) 51 Vinyl feature of the Dolomite Sprint – top landing site for Santa! (4)
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