22 NOVEMBER 1968, page 28

No. 528: Parody

COMPETITION The great Pope v Pill contest continues to smoulder fitfully: against this Vesuvian back- drop competitors are invited to compose a papal encyclical on tax evasion,......

Crossword No.1353

Across 1 Honey soft is ripe (6) 4 Disguised as ss 'Argo' in the weed (8) 9 'Unmov'd tho' witlings sneer and — rail' (Johnson) (6) 10 The bane of Mrs Mopp at Jodrell Bank? (4-4)......

Chess No. 414

PHILIDOR White 6 men 9 men V. Velikoslayski (1st Prize, USSR, 1957). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 413 (Schiffmann): B – Kt 2, threat......

No. 526: The Winners

Trevor Grove reports: Armed with a mere ten words chosen from the opening lines of a well- known play, competitors were asked to con- struct round them part of the script for a......