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Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of either Chambers Dictionary or Chambers Crossword Manual — ring your choice) for the first three......

No. 1539: Critics' Forum

A review, please, by Captain Ahab of Whale Nation, by Bret - Fox of the Irish RM, by Bunyan of The Old Devils, by Bertie Wooster of The Anatomy of Melan- choly or by a similarly......

Competition

Late correction Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1536 you were asked for a newspaper letter or extract from a review by one of Strachey's Eminent Victorians who has just read the......

Solution To 869: Hail, Mary!

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