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No. 1637: Half-rhymes

Half-rhymes (e.g. 'gnome' and 'name', 'tunnel' and 'flannel') are a serious poetic device. You are invited to make light- hearted use of them in a poem (maximum 16 lines)......

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COMPETITIO N scmivia, Chez Adolf J aspistos I n Competition No. 1634 you were in- vited to imagine P.G. Wodehouse's im- pressions, as recorded in a letter to a favourite aunt,......

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......