28 APRIL 1990, Page 52

No. 1625: Baker's dozen

You are so good at this type of competition that I'm stretching the traditional dozen. Please supply a piece of prose (maximum 150 words) which plausibly incorporates these words: quota, ouch, matins, hop- scotch, lyrical, bucket, whomsoever, gan- grene, liverish, hibernating, three-quarters, dimity, fallibly. Entries to 'Competition No. 1625' by 11 May.