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Solution To 974: Scaly - Lia

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No. 1646: Carry On

A poem by Morris Bishop begins: 'What is funny?' you ask, my child, Crinkling your bright-blue eye. `Ah, that is a curious question indeed,' Musing, I make reply. You are......

Competition

Hyper-inflation Jaspistos 12 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY I n Competition No. 1643 you were in- vited to expand, pompously and periphras - tically, a well-known short poem or an......

Crossword 977: Do By Mass

A first prize of 120 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......