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No. 1635: Going Native

One of the Foreign Office's worst fears is that an ambassador will 'go native' and take his host country's concerns (or, worse, style of expression) to heart. An extract, please......

Competition Calvas Reg4 4 12 Year Old

SCOTCH WHISKY YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY Epidermic lyric Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1632 you were in- vited to write a poem in celebration of the skin. While you are reading this......

Crossword 966: History Lesson By Jac

ACROSS 1 A river abroad (5) 4 A left-winger albeit last in some- how finishes first (9) 9 Having a complaint (a clout on one's limb) one has a copper round (10) 11 In open......

Solution To 963: Excluded No Light Contains A D And

the solutions to the unnumbered clues, in the order printed and without excluding the Ds to provide the unclued lights, are IN(D)1A (A), wEitt(D)s 18), (D)tuvEN (35), EN-......