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Competition

THE MALT IN COMPETITION NO. 2037 you were told the story of an unpleasable ten-year- old boy who, at the end of a country house party for children, wrote 'Crap weekend' in the......

No. 2040: Treble Hat-trick

You are invited to incorporate the follow- ing nine words in an entertaining piece of prose (maximum 150 words) without using any of them in the sense of 'hat': beaver,......

Solution To 1363: Family Circle

ROYAL HOUSE defined each of five circuit lights and the unclued radial 7. First prize: Mrs K. Fowler, Manches- ter. Runners-up: Anthony Ruther- ford, Mosman Park, W. Australia;......

G Raham's

PORT CROSSWORD A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 29 June, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK......