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Competition

Paradise lost Jaspistos IN COMPETITION NO. 2050 you were invited to write a poem in the style of Byron, Wordsworth or Browning reflecting their reactions, were they alive today,......

Crossword 1379: Who Got Rhythm? By Ascot

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 28 September, with two run- ners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the......

No. 2053: Bouts-rimes

You are invited to supply a poem with the following rhymes in the following order: woof, squeeze, proof, degrees, aloof, fine, last, combine, past, line, eats, cup, feats, up,......

Solution To 1376: Makers

The unclued lights were anagrams of poets: MENANDER (1A), HORACE (5), HOMER (17), DONNE (26), TAG- ORE (42), FLECKER (15), CUMMINGS (21), BRIDGES (23) and Novas (35). First......