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Crossword 862: Anyone For Tennis? By Mass

A first prize of 120 and two further prizes of 110 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first......

Competition

Away from it all Tom Castro I n Competition No. 1526 you were asked for an extract from a brochure offering bed and breakfast accommodation at some fictional household.......

Solution To 859: Nest Significant Letters/ousted Words: 4...

U/oral, 12 C/vail, 16 IC/gat, 18 0/rote, 22 0/ire, 26 E/ling, 29 G/bell, 36 G/gnat, 37 S/tin. Circuit words are synonyms of CUCKOO. Winners: A. G. Corrigan, Poole, Dorset (£20);......

No. 1529: Lexicography

In his Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce defined 'overwork' as 'a dangerous dis- order affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing'. Please supply definitions of......