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V E' R 0 U N AI Nr0 0 N9 ua P "2 E B' C "E A S E I L Y 0 L AINT 0 E I' S The solutions/lights of the unnum- bered clues are RED 38, BLUE 21D, BERYL 21A, BLACK 35, COPPER 23,......

Competition

Cuckoo cookery Japistos I n Competition No. 1416 you were asked for the title and publisher's blurb for yet another unnecessary cookery book with a new angle. Miles Kington......

Crossword 754: Booked By Jac

'A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first......

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April 30 is the 50th anniversary of A. E. Housman's death. You are invited to supply a poem (maximum 16 lines) such as he might have written had his favourite scene been not......