12 OCTOBER 1991, page 53

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......

Solution To 1027: Popinjay

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No. 1700: Utterly Astonishing

Some people thought the choice of Julie Burchill as last week's Spectator Diarist slightly surprising. You are asked to im- agine that our editor has invited an utterly......

Competition

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