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Spanish Ascendancy

NOT very long ago, Spanish wine meant, to the vast majority of British imbibers, something cheap and cheerful: a euphem- ism for nasty, heavy and oxidised. Low estimation of......

Competition

A dozen odd Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1412 you were in- vited to compose a plausible piece of prose i ncluding a dozen given words, in any order. This formula always......

Solution To Crossword 747: Fruit-cake

Winners: Mrs D. Perry, Budleigh Salterton, Devon (£20); K. H. Grose, Dunbar; I. E. Gray, London WC1.......

No. 1415: Bottom For Top

You are invited to write a verse or two (maximum 16 lines) in the style of Cole Porter's immortal 'You're the Top', substi- tuting for 'top' an uncomplimentary equivalent.......