14 FEBRUARY 1970, page 27

Competition

No. 592: Suffer not gladly Set by W. F. N. Watson: 'Bright as the day, and as the morning fair, Such Clod is—and common as the air.' The sharply satirical epigram, or......

Chess 478

PHILIDOR A. Fossum (1st Prize, Postsjakk, 1967). White to play and mate in three moves; solution next week. Solution to No. 477 (Neukomm 7n/2p2p2/......

Crossword 1417

Across 1 Take the posture for being counted (5,2) 5 Does one encounter him in Brook Street? (7) 9 Counterfeit for want of a better by the sound of it (5) 10 'Now for the gay '......