22 DECEMBER 1990, Page 90

No. 1659: Dirty dozen

You are invited to incorporate the follow- ing words, in any order, into a plausible piece of prose: classless, maroon, bonkers, Kant, shenanigans, hump, spelling, vice versa, gradient, farewell, rip-off, squelch.

Maximum 150 words. Entries to 'Competi- tion No. 1659' by 11 January.