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31/05/2010

“And they're off - NOT!"

The 1993 Grand National is cancelled after the Starter makes a mess of things.

Identify the words that have been replaced by their initial letters from the following 1993 headlines.

There are 2 separate sets of initials in each question.

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1.

HST uses CT for the first time

High Speed Train;

Channel Tunnel

2.

SM breaks his arm in EOMC at Wembley

Steve Morrow;

End Of Match Celebrations

3.

U top the charts with ICHFILWY

UB40;

I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You

4.

U wins Oscar at ceremony hosted by BC

Unforgiven;

Billy Crystal

5.

MS stabbed by SGF in Hamburg

Monica Seles;

Steffi Graf Fan

6.

HG gone as BAT star dies

Holly Golightly;

Breakfast At Tiffany’s

7.

LDB’s novel CCM published

Louis De Bernières;

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

8.

VA receives public apology for BADTC

Virgin Atlantic;

British Airway’s Dirty Tricks Campaign

9.

TP dies in hospital after WBA

Timothy Parry;

Warrington Bomb Attack

10.

CRAS separate in so-called ‘VD’

Czech Republic And Slovakia;

Velvet Divorce