2 JULY 1988, page 40

Crossword

A first prize of 120 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......

No. 1532: Nil Nisi Falsum

Kindly imagine me dead — not, as I am, on holiday. What manner of strange person was Jaspistos? What life had he or she led? You are invited to supply 150 words from an......

Competition

Lexicography Torn Castro I n Competition No. 1529 you were asked to give definitions along the lines of Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary, re- flecting our own times. .J. B.......

Solution To 862: Anyone For Tennis?

Italic synonyms; 1A, 5D, 20, 23, 31, 35, 39. Hints: 2, 27, examples; 10, 15, cf. solitariness; 21, 3 - 7, com- pounds; 18 i.e. devil, nickname; 41, cf. fraternity. Winners: F.......