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URA IN COMPETITION NO. 1936 you were invited to compose a public notice which appears to be in prose but is actually in verse, the more cleverly concealed the bet- ter. Below......

Crossword

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Solution To 1263: In Season

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No. 1940: Alphabetical Dozen

I return to the attack. You are invited to incorporate the following words, in any order, into a plausible piece of prose (max- imum 150 words: alibi, benchmark, cloacal,......