10 MAY 1986, page 53

Crossword 757: For Doc By Ascot

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 -- ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary above) will be awarded for the first......

Competition I N Competition No. 1419 You Were In- Vited To

supply a poem such as A. E. Housman might have written had his favourite scene been not Shropshire, but modern suburbia or the inner cities. Toxteth and Tottenham, Brixton and......

No. 1422: Mini-story

You are invited to write a story (maximum 175 words) beginning, 'The parrot swore . . .' and ending, 'It would have been all right if only it had been raining.' Entries to......

Solution To 754: Booked

Partly clued radial lights and un- clued outer encircling lights are characters in the works of Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (referred to at centre), the latter being also the......