15 JULY 1955, page 30

Spectator Crossword No. 843

ACROSS 1 'Or emptied some dull to the drains One minute past' (Keats) (6). 4 Each sins, says the old Prince, mumbl- ing (8). 10 The kind of record not indicated on the sundial......

Spectator Competition No 283 Set By Allan 0. Waith

An essay in self-criticism like Eliot's 'How unpleasant to meet Mr. Eliot . . would be a chastening theme for many poets. A prize of f5 is offered for not more than twelve lines......

Solution On July 29 Solution To No. 841 On Page

Ili The winners of Crossword No. 841 are: Miss MARGARET H. Taytoa, 33 St. Leonard's Road, Bournemouth, and Mr. G. W. Bennet, Polwarth Manse, Greenlaw, Berwickshire.......

Misapplied Mathematics

The conditions prevailing in the arithmetical problems of our schooldays, with their aircraft 1 train speeds, their men digging trenches, and hens laying an egg and a half in a......