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2594: Dotty + Nosey – solution

issue 25 March 2023

The second half of Résumé (ODQ, 8th edition), by Dorothy (‘Dotty’) Parker (‘Nosey’), reads: ‘Guns aren’t lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.’

First prize Peter Berridge, Spalding, Lincolnshire

Runners-up Liz Knights, Walton Highway, Cambs; Peter King, Oxford

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