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Competition No 3824

Set by Brendan O'Byrne, 22March

You were asked to spell a word backwards and then redefine it.

Report by Ms de Meaner

No room. £15 to the main winners, £5 book tokens for the single/doubletons. David Silverman is overall champion and also gets the Tesco vouchers.

Ruobal: Currency unit of former socialist republic; said to represent the intrinsic value of the proletariat; now defunct.

Reissod: Collection of yesterday's news; something that cannot be sexed up in any fashion whatsoever.

Nedal Nib Amaso: Spanish-idiom conjecture that the pen is unfortunately not mightier than the sword.

Nottuh: Deranged enthusiast let loose with a tin of paint, especially whitewash; inveterate supporter of Noxin.

Maddas: Psychotic despotic ruler, isolated and pursued by the west.

John Griffiths-Colby

Renaemed: Having adopted misspelled pseudonym.

Ollitrop: Someone who eventually finds his or her true vocation by downshifting with a successful career change later in life (from Gr. oligos tropos: a small change of direction).

Toilest: Struggles to write poetry that scans.

Ebagum: Expression of surprise from Yorkshire cricket fan, on discovering that his beloved sport has been turned into political football (and that t'racism can come back and bite thee on t'bum).

Reglip: (Austr. colloq.) To save the planet by reusing old passport photos taken in a 1970s Melbourne photo booth.

Sutol: Powerful tranquilliser. When taken, do not drive or operate machinery.

Ailed: Having contracted food poisoning.

Kayak: (Inu.) A canoe paddled backwards in order to avoid getting any or all of 43 different types of snow in your eyes.

David Silverman

Petsrood: Domestic animal's own way in, eg, cat-flap.

Gabsag: State of exhaustion due to excessive talking.

Yobyalp: Rich, ill-mannered, philandering mountaineer.

Noisel: Sound emitted by the wounded.

Michael Cregan

Nigle: Irritation at losing one's marbles.

Draggin: The pace of a miser approaching the bar when it is his turn to buy a round.

Lobmag: To act playfully, especially in W H Smith.

Krapyrubsnif: The odour left on a doormat after walking in a London suburb.

Nina Boyd

Llaf: A Welsh response to seeing someone slip on a banana skin.

Sorue: Sad regret at losing one's national currency.

Niagrab: The cascade of shoppers on the first day of the sales.

Liared: Sent off course by the discovery of a falsehood.

W J Webster

Redrum: The sound of bookies being hammered at Aintree.

Sid Field

Lecrap: Naff Christmas present received from irritating neighbours with a second home in the Dordogne.

Mary Overton

Qari: An obscure Middle Eastern country with no weapons of mass destruction.

Amenic: Pale and listless due to watching so many insipid Hollywood movies.

Ian Birchall

Elfir: An armed and dangerous Scandinavian pixie.

G M Davis

Eerios: Type of cereal served at a Hallowe'en party.

Epocsoroh: Great unhappiness resulting from believing everything you read.

Jane Auerbach

No 3827 Set by John Crick

Witty EU members' glossary to explain terms such as Dutch courage, Turkish delight, Russian roulette and so on. As many as you like by 22 April.

E-mail: comp@newstatesman.co.uk

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