28 MAY 1988, page 45

Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first......

Solution To 857: Conclusions `i R 0 ' D E 'ir 9 E

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Competition

As you list Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1524 you were asked for a 'list poem'. Lists in poetry certainly go back as far as Homer with his catalogue of ships. Brooke obviously......

No. 1527: Perverse Verse

Eliot took Goldsmith's line, 'When lovely woman stoops to folly', and gave it a conclusion of his own. Starting with any famous line supply a short poem of similar perversity.......