24 NOVEMBER 1984, page 44

Chess

Ladykiller David Spanier w omen chess players are coming up in the world. The best are almost on equal terms with men; the second echelon is good enough to give most men a......

Competition

No. 1348: Frank James Set by Jaspistos: Hugh Kingsmill once lamented the fact that Frank Harris hadn't been helped by Henry James in the writing of his Autobiography. You are......

No. 1345: The Winners

Jaspistos reports: Competitors were given the two opening lines of Sir Henry New- bolt's 'Vital Lampada' and asked to con- tinue the cricket story in verse, but not necessarily......

Solution To Crossword 682: Coverall

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