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Competition

After Gorey Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1562 you were in- vited to rival a poem in couplets by Edward Gorey about imaginary animals, inventing your own and covering eight......

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' above) for the first three correct......

No. 1565: Playtime

You are invited to incorporate the words of the titles of at least ten plays or films currently running in London into a passage from a thriller or a detective or adventure......

Solution To 894: 13 Card Values (cf 13a) Suggested The

unclued lights viz. — 2 (36), 3 16A), 4 26), 5 (10), 6 (17), 7 25D), 8 (12), 9 (32), 10 (16D), J 7), O (37), K (4), A (38). Winners: John M. Brown, Rolleston-on-Dove, Staffs......