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Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions......

No. 1614: Bouts Times

A poem, please, using the following rhyme-words in this order: company, luna- cy, poke, joke, asserted, converted; down, town, another, brother, succumbed, plumbed, try, eye.......

Solution To 942. Lost Cause Gbs's Maxim That Starts 'the

man who listens to Reason is lost' con- tinues as 20, 23, 7A, 19, 30, 14 81. 1A. Winners: Dr Margaret Wylde, Stowmarket (£20); Keith S. Burton, Harrogate; John Roberts-Jones ,......

Competition

Poet's night Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1611 you were asked to envisage future nights devoted to celeb- rating poets other than Burns and to provide a description of the......