22 JULY 1989, page 45

Crossword

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 three correct solutions......

No. 1586: Mnemonic

Please provide mnemonic verses (max- imum 16 lines) to help remember the sequence of the last eight US presidents: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter,......

Solution To 915: Word Got Around 'f. E 'a 3 R1'

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Competition

Overheard in the Tube Jaspistos In Competition No. 1583 you were asked for a poem beginnin g with two lines of accidental poetry that I overheard on the Bakerloo line: 'Is there......