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Crossword

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 23 August, with two runners- up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the......

No. 2099: Self-deprecating

'I'm a shrimp. . . 'I'm only a second trom- bone. . . I'm Nobody. . . '. You are invited to write a poem (maximum 16 lines) begin- ning with one of these three modest state-......

Solution To 1422: Wing

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Competition

Bouts times Jaspistos IN COMPETITION NO. 2096 you were asked for a poem and given a rhyme- scheme. When I left for my holiday I knew perfectly well which poem I had taken this......