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Solution To 1015: 4a

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No. 1688: Benefit Verses

You are invited to write a poem (maximum 16 lines) in the manner of either Housman or Hardy on the retirement of a well- known sportsman or sportswoman who 'hung up their boots'......

Crossword 1018: Round-houses By Mass

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......

12 Year Old Scotch Whisky

COMPETITION egaVAS Res t V 12 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY Angling for small fry Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1685 you were in- vited to provide an extract from a brochure from a......