22 NOVEMBER 1986, page 52

No. 1450: Vice Verse

A poem, please (maximum 16 lines) in praise of one of the Seven Deadly Sins by an unabashed sinner. Entries to 'Compel' don No. 1450' by 5 December.......

Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first......

Competition

Apt A's artful aid Jaspistos I . n Competition No. 1447 you were in- vited to produce a dialogue in prose in which each speaker uses heavy alliteration, the letter overworked......

Solution To 782: Les Six

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