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Crossword

W. & J. GRAHAM'S PORT A. first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 19 91 Port for the first correct solution opened on 10 March, with two runners-up......

Solution To 1296: Fives

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Competition

Sour Auburn Jaspistos IN COMPETITION NO. 1970 you were invited to update, in heroic couplets, Goldsmith's 'Deserted Village', a descrip- tion of the degeneration of the quality......

No. 1973: Flavour Of The Month

You are invited to write an acrostic poem about March in which the first letters of the lines spell out COMES IN LIKE A LION. Entries to 'Competition No. 1973' by 6 March.......