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Crossword

971: Whirlwinds by Mass 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......

No. 1640: Fill The Gap

In a recent piece in the Times, Miles Kington pointed out that there should be words which ought to, but don't, exist, to serve a perfectly good meaning. We need a word, for......

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Competition

Half-rhymes Jaspistos 12 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY I n Competition No. 1637 you were in- vited to make light-hearted use of half- rhymes in a poem entitled ' The Butcher ' , ` The......