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Solution To 1039: Slanging Match

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Crossword 1041: Nothing Like A Dame By Doc

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. 1712: Secrets Of The Deep

Martin Fagg helpfully suggests that a blank verse soliloquy by the ghost of Robert Maxwell would make an intriguing com- petition. Over to you. Maximum 16 lines. Those of you......

I2 Year Old Scotch Whisky

COMPETITION 12 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY Headline story Jaspistos n Competition No. 1709 you were in- vited to provide a news item to fit the headline: ACROBAT ADMITS. If anyone......