I give up. What could Hamlets father's name possibly be except King Hamlet or Ghost?!
Sorry I'm always late to the party. I wait till I get the mag in the mail which isn't until the Monday. Everyone else is probably half way through 2723 by now!
Thanks Malone. I've read the puzzle again. I had 3D as just being the son (which I now realise we were not asked for) and 18D as representing 2 words, one being the victims name, and the other being what the son called him. I'll get there!
blackcat5 - I've won two or three times. The first time was in 2019 when I was able to get the Chambers Dictionary. There've been one or two cheques for £20 since then but I've stopped submitting since they went over to John Lewis vouchers.