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To 2199: TV Comedy

issue 14 March 2015

The unclued lights can be arranged to give: ‘I decided to sell my Hoover … well, it was just collecting dust’ (by) Tim Vine. This was voted best one-liner at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe.
 
First prize D. Morris, Birchington, Kent

Runners-up Elizabeth Feinberg, Rancho Mirage, California; M. Day, London N6

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