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Crossword

A first prize of £20 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......

Competition

Whenas. . Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1588 you were asked for a nine-line variation of Herrick's famous poem, yours beginning `Whenas ., — my Julia(n) —'. • You were by no......

Solution To 920: Sorrowful W ' I E ' Dl ' E R ' S E 7 H...

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No. 1591: Cudgel Your Brains

`Rhopalics' are verses in which each line thickens towards the end 'like a cudgel' because each word in it has one more syllable than the one before. You are challenged to write......