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Solution To 1424:

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Crossword 1427: Over The Styx By Dumpynose

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 6 September, with two run- ners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the......

Competition

It's a gas Jaspistos IN COMPETITION NO. 2098 you were informed that Centrica is closing all 243 gas showrooms and asked for a song, to a well- known tune, to celebrate their......

No. 2101: 1620 And All That

On 6 September 1620 the Mayflower sailed for America. You are invited to deal with the history of that country (chronological leaps allowed) in the style of the authors of 1066......