13 JANUARY 1956, page 30

Spectator Crossword No. 869

ACROSS 1 Transposition for the most superior of field-marshals, evidently (10). 6 I twice got the bird! (4) 10 They sheltered Swinburne and inspired Respighi (5). 11 Bled at......

The Winners Of Crbssword No. 867 Are: Ma. David W.

MARTIN, 1 6 Ravelston Park, Edinburgh .4, and the Rev. H. C. J. SIDNCLI, 8 2 Mulch& Road, Sheffield 6.......

Competitors Probably Make Their Own 'things To Do' Lists...

'Order coal. Make dental apptmt. See about shelf. Write Aunt B. re meeting?'), and are inVited to submit for the usual prize such lists (of five items each) as might have been......

Pithy Prayers

A prize of 45 was offered for prayers (on the model of Sir Jacob Astley's before Edgehill) for great personages of history before great occasions. THOUGH it is certainly outside......