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Crossword

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 9 October, with two runners-up prizes of £20......

Solution To 1479: Doughnut

Seven circuit ligh s, and ten radials clued without definition, are coins, the theme of the puzzle being NUMISMATIC. First prize: Gordon Fowler, Manchester. Runners-up: Hugh......

Competition

Mrs Grundy's version Jaspistos IN COMPETITION NO. 2154 you were invited to supply a mealy-mouthed précis of the plot of a Shakespearian tragedy for the eyes of innocent......

No. 2157: Myself When Young.. .

William Hague's pint-swilling reminis- cences set me thinking as well as grimacing. You are invited to supply an imaginary boastful confession of juvenile naughtiness by a......