14 NOVEMBER 1987, page 67

No. 1500: Lear Improved

Lear's limericks, apart from the first two lines, have always disappointed me, espe- cially the tame echo of the first line in the last. You are invited to provide new limericks......

Competition

D amning with praise J aspistos I N Competition No. 1497 you were asked for an enthusiastic description by an eating-out columnist of a meal in an imaginary new restaurant, the......

Solution To 831: Sweeten H Ms C I E N L

AGE A G E M A NgierNrIL Una S TELS E S E The unclued lights are or were different mean- ings of MULL. Winners: Lucy Norgate, Halifax (£20); M. A. L. Lilley, Leeds; Geoff Jones,......