1 NOVEMBER 1986, page 44

Crossword

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

Competition

Phoney Jaspistos In Competition No. 1444 you were in- vited to write a poem addressed to or about a telephone directory. `Marvellous characters, but poor plot' is an old lit.......

Solution To 779: Noodledom

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No. 1447: Apt A's Artful Aid

You are invited to produce a dialogue in prose in which each speaker in turn uses heavy alliteration (the letter overworked should vary in each speech). Maximum 150 words.......