27 AUGUST 1965, page 25

Chess

By PIIILIDOR 245. 0. STOCCII1 (1st Prize, Melbourne Chess Club Tournament, 1 953) BLACK (6 men) WHITE (7 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves ; solution next week. Solution......

Solution To Crossword No. 1184 Across.-1 Talisman. 5...

Rose-tree. 10 Dipper. 12 Swahili. 13 Immerse. 14 Short-circuit. 17 Lnehant. silents. 22 Rilievo. 23 Trysail. 24 Thirty. 25 Redolent. 26 Denude. 27 Asserted. DOWN.-1 Thrust. 2......

Afterthought

By ALAN BRIEN There was a time when I was a subscriber but eventually its critics hounded me off the mailing list. I respected the way its editors fought to keep Greenwich......

Spectator Crossword No. 1185

ACROSS 1. A tale he told of gambling with death (8) 5. All trembling, like the fish (6) 9. A degree makes him doubly eligible! (8) 10. Time gets a grip here (6) 12. Not the......