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Below Stairs

Jaspistos o Competition No. 1636 you were in- vited to provide an extract from the diary of a servant of some real or fictional character, giving an unexpected view of the......

Solution To 967: A Round Pound G Clanaddy Nm No A

a . memo E 8 s T ' OMURA ° Simini. F iplorne I. ii . t rui e i 40.4 n nu re E Wig Iiiiilt 1 The unclued lights, when inked correctly, spell out the three mot- toes to be found......

Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of E10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions......

No. 1639: Pantoum

This, according to my dictionary, is a verse-form, consisting of quatrains rhym- ing ab ab bc bc, etc, returning to rhyme a at the end. You are invited to write one of......