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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. 1642: Rus And Urbs In August It Has Long

been a literary tradition for people who have fled to the country to write letters, in prose or verse, to friends in the city, extolling rustic pleasures as against urban ones.......

Solution To 970: Light Fantastic

Unclued lights, individually or when correctly paired, are (see 2) exam- ples of an ignis fatuus. Winners: A. Hall, Goring-by-Sea (£20); M. J. Grocott, Lough- borough; Peter......

C Ii.was Reg Al

12 YLAR OLD COMPETITION c oVAS REG A Pantoum Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1639 you were in - vited to write a pantoum on the subject of either bathrooms or kitchens. Like '......