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Enigma Number 1730

By Peter Chamberlain

2 January 2013

Prime position

The grid shown on the right is a cross-figure puzzle with one digit given as a starting point. All 11 answers are prime numbers, none of them starts with a zero, and adding the individual figures in each column gives the same sum.

What are the two numbers in the shaded regions of the grid?

WIN £15 will be awarded to the sender of the first correct answer opened on Wednesday 30 January. The Editor’s decision is final. Please send entries to Enigma 1730, Âé¶¹´«Ã½, Lacon House, 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8NS, or to enigma@newscientist.com (please include your postal address).

Answer to 1724 Bingo!: The top row numbers were: 2, 31, 43, 61 and 73

The winner Brian Knight of Cambridge, UK

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