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Competition

Cliché time Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1608 you were in- vited to write a description of a play, film or sporting event in ripe journalese, incor- porating at least six......

No 1611: Poet's Night

(Suggested by E. 0. Parrott) A Burns night is well established. Let us envisage in the future nights devoted to the celebration of other poets (Chaucer? Dowson? Ki- pling?......

Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions......

Solution To 'a Christmas Jumbo'

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