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Crossword No. 1339

Across I Pilgrimage? (8) S 'Eternal — of the chainless mind!' (Byron) (6) 9 Artemisia inspires youthful passion (4, 4) 10 Greek croaker is carved (6) 12 Ah, Latin for the comic......

Chess No. 400

PHILIDOR Black White 9 men 10 men W. Langstaff (Observer, 1938). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 399 (Turke): K – B 5, no threat. 1 Q x......

No. 512: The Winners

Charles Seaton reports: Competitors were asked to use the ten given words in a coherent piece of prose. And in a passage which had to include comedy, watchmaker and pulmonary......

No. 514: The Word Game

COMPETITION Competitors are invited to use the ten following words, taken from the opening passages of a well-known work of literature, in the order given, to construct part of......