22 FEBRUARY 1992, page 45

No. 1718: Bouts Times

You are invited to write a poem, in any metre, in which the following rhyme-words appear in this order: class, glass, swear, air, openness, less, cadgers, majors, word, heard,......

Solution To 1044: Gender-bender

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12 Year Old Scotch Whisky

COMPETITION COVAS REG AL 12 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY With malice to all Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1715 you were in - vited to suppose that a rancorous auto - biography by a......

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......