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Competition

Bouts limes Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1614 you were in- vited to write a poem using given rhyme- words in a given order. The rhyme-words were from the con- cluding lines,......

No. 1617: Jigsaw

This is an old chestnut which I have resisted for nine years, but a correspondent has persuaded me. A poem, please (max- imum 16 lines), in which each line is a line of an......

Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions......

Solution To 945: Emblematic The Unclued Lights Are (down)...

dedicated to (across) heathen gods (see Brewer). Winners: Charlotte, Lady Reay, Melrose (f20); R.J. Hough, London N5; Mrs P. Davies, Kenilworth. A , m i.s E4N .1 6:1. O'L L 0......