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Competition

After Lovelace Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1439, given a slightly changed version of the first line of Love- lace's famous lyric, you were asked to take it in a different,......

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No. 1442: What The Dickens

You are invited to write a complaint as it might be spoken by a Dickens character (please name) aggrieved at the way the author presented him or her. Maximum 150 words. Entries......

Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 — ring the words `Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first......