27 JANUARY 1956, page 38

The Winners Of Crossword No. 869 Are: Ter. Rev. Canon

HOWAND DOBSON, Huntingfield, Suffolk, and Miss P. SPARROW, 30 CUSIleCiv ft Gardens, Wolverhampton, (NOTE: The closing date for Crossword No. 871 is January 31 th e solution and......

Spectator Crossword No. 872

ACROSS 3 No danger in such alliances, very 1 striking (6, 7). 9 Briefly, the commanding officer falls from virtue (9). 10 'Bring me my — 1 0 clouds, unfold V. (Blake) (5) 11......

The Charmed Air

The usual prize was offered for a rhymed charm for the safety of a friend making journey by air. 'CHARMS strike the sight, but merit wins the prize,' as Pope might have written,......

I Have Always Thought That The First Half Of Landor's

famous quatrain I strove with none; for none was worth mY strife; Nature I loved, and, next to Nature , Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am......