12 MAY 1967, page 11

Crossword No. 1273

Across I To do which, Polonius recommended steel hoops (7) 5 A blot in Apollo's escutcheon exploited by travel agents? (3-4) 9 Get out while it is still day (5) 10 Plumed device......

Chess No. 334

Black M. Marble (Good Companions, 1914). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 333 (Mansfield): Kt - Q 7, threat Kt-Kt 2. 1 ... B - B 6; 2 B X......