24 SEPTEMBER 1988, page 56

Competition

Moment of truth Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1541 you were given the opening sentence of a newspaper arti- cle by a well-known writer and asked to carry on in your own way. The......

Solution To 874: Take Five

The title indicated omission of V (five) from italic answers, and sug- gested 1, 9, 10 and 43. Winners: Anne Madge, Reading . (£20); R. A. England, London W3; Keith L. Harrison,......

Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of either Chambers Dictionary or Chambers Crossword Manual — ring your choice) for the first three......

No. 1544: False Alarm

Newspapers, as Richard Ingrams pointed out last Sunday, love medical scares. Among recent reported findings .are that drinking can lead to shrinkage of the sex organ, and that......