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Competition

Chinese whispers Jaspistos IN COMPETITION NO. 2155 you were invited to tell a story in which the outcome depends on one 'Chinese whisper' or a series of them. The classic......

Solution To 1480: Woman Of The Year

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No. 2158: Alphabetics

`An Austrian army, awfully arrayed,/Boldly by battery besieged Belgrade. . . . ' Most of you will know this 26-line poem which con- tinues in this mode through the alphabet. You......

Crossword 1483: Great And Small By Dumpynose

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vinta g e Port for the first correct solution opened on 16 October, with two runners-up prizes of £20......