13 JULY 1956, page 30

Small Change

A prize of six guineas was offered for three common sayings altered slightly in wording, but considerably in meaning. 'TAKE care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of......

Spectator Competition No. 335 Set By Blossom

When Dryden wrote the comedy Mar- riage a la Mode, the theme of the plot was revealed in the first lines of the lyric with which the play opens: Why should a foolish marriage......

Spectator Crossword No. 896

ACROSS 1 Heigh-ho, the sheep . coming back got the wine (7). 5 'Where essential silence cheers and (R.L.S.) (7). 9 Halt a non-existent land (5). 10 A rebel in collision with the......