STOCKPORT THANKS BOB / CROSSWORD

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: july/aug 2025 :: RMTnews 30 Send entries to Prize Crossword, RMT, Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NWI IJD by Date: 1 September, 2025, with your name and address. Last month’s winner is Winner Peter Shaw, Sheffield. Please supply bank account details and sort code to receive your prize quickly. Last month’s solution... ACROSS 1 Happiness (10) 8 Operational hub for planes (7) 9 Fume (5) 10 Fertile area in desert (5) 11 Voter (7) 12 Ridicule (6) 14 Impede (6) 16 Shine (7) 17 Declare invalid (5) 19 Ring-shaped cake (5) 20 Twist together (7) 21 Container (10) DOWN 1 Legal system (13) 2 Very long time (5) 3 Bumpy (6) 4 Embryonic (7) 5 Showing fair play (13) 6 Lower wall panel (4) 7 Funeral vehicle (6) 12 Skirt (6) 13 Conscript (7) 15 Authoritative command (6) 17 Ludicrous act (5) 18 Sediment (4) £100 PRIZE CROSSWORD M embers of Stockport and District branch and RMT officers gathered to wish Bob Cross well and thanks for serving nearly 14 years as ‘the best branch secretary in years’. Stuart Reid has stepped up to the secretary role after having served as chair for Bob over the same period. Brother Martin Russell has taken up the position as branch chair. During Bob’s tenure as branch secretary he realised his fantastic target of 1,000 members by the end of his term. STOCKPORT THANKS BOB