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Competition

No. 1344: Old favourite

Set by Jaspistos: You are invited to in- corporate as plausibly as possible the fol- lowing words, in any order, in a piece of prose (maximum 150 words): gene, mud- lark, flummox, contrariwise, un- stupendous, oomph, counterproductive, spats, regurgitated, piping, trucial, arson• Entries to 'Competition No. 1344' by 9 November.