29 FEBRUARY 1992, page 45

Crossword 1048: Reductions By Mass

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of 110 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions......

Solution To 1045: Pillar-box C 0 N'o' T 4 111 I C, 4 0

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No. 1719 Snibs

'Nibs' are 'news in brief items. Let us call `snibs' especially silly or surrealist items, such as the one Bernard Levin caught the other week: 'Supplies of condoms to Egypt......

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