25 JANUARY 1992, page 44

12 Year Old Scotch Whisky

COMPETITION c vaVAS REG4 4 12 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY Lear improved Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1711 you were in- vited to take the first line of a Lear limerick and carry on......

Crossword

A first prize of L20 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......

Solution To 1040: Soap Opera T 2 C)1 3 1:1 . 1 . 1 * T 0a: 0

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No. 1714: Come Back, Please

Spats, telegrams, mutton pies — everyone mourns something that was once familiar but now rare or unobtainable. An elegiac lament, in verse please (maximum 16 lines), for the......