18 FEBRUARY 1955, page 37

25 The Price Of Piggy-wig's Ring (8).

26 This hydrocarbon isn't quite what Wilkie Collins wrote (6). 2 7 Girls with nothing in them (8). The rodent's evidently been sun- bathing (6). Dice in bottles; don't shake)......

In The First Elizabethan Era, Popular Ballads Often...

function of present-day newspapers-e.g., a ballad on the Queen's speech at Tilbury (when the Armada was on its way) was written and printed in London on the following day. The......

Solution On March 4 Solution To No. 820 On Page

iv Winners of Spectator Crossword No. 820: Ma. P. A. DRILLERS, 5k Tennyson Road. Harpenden, Herts. and SIR ARCHIBALD GORDON, Find. House, Cerrards Cross, Bucks.......

This Week The £5 Prize Is Offered For A Cautionary

Tale in the Belloc manner deal- ing with the sad fate of the boy who was excessively addicted to American horror comics. Not more than 20 lines, including (if thought necessary)......