It's time for the Planning Act blog's annual Christmas champagne competition - enter for a chance to win a bottle of champagne!

This year's competition is based on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/games/crossclimb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the LinkedIn game 'Crossclimb'</a> that was launched at the beginning of May 2024.

Each clue is to a six-letter word.  The words can then be reordered into a word ladder such that each word differs by one letter from the previous word.  Finally, one word can be added at the beginning and one at the end of the ladder, which in this case are both places mentioned in the <a href="https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/project-search" target="_blank" rel="noopener">names of nationally significant infrastructure projects</a>.

Here are the clues:

1. A type of sugar
2. What pancakes are made from
3. A fastening for a shirt etc.
4. A device for applying fat to a roast
5. Someone with equal billing
6. A medieval peasant or farm labourer
7. A wood strip for securing hatches on a ship
8. Alain de, philosopher
9. A seller of fruit

Please submit the answers to the clues and the two additional infrastructure project locations in ladder order to <a href="mailto:anguswalker@broadfield-law.com">anguswalker@broadfield-law.com</a> by the deadline of Wednesday 8 January 2025 (they can start with either location and end with the other one).  The first correct solution drawn out of the virtual hat after the deadline will win a bottle of champagne - good luck!