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No. 1788: Dirty dozen

You are invited to incorporate the follow- ing 12 words, in any order, into a plausible and entertaining piece of prose: misnomer, shambolic, hey-presto, loo, Wykehamist, dystopia, tadpole, biliously, flip, hoax, kowtow, moratorium. Entries to 'Competi- tion No. 1788' by Thursday, 15 July.