6 APRIL 1991, page 44

No. 1673: Spooner V Spooner

You are invited to imagine that Dr Spoon- er had a twin, that they met once and had a short conversation (maximum 120 words) rich in Spoonerisms. Please supply the script.......

Chess

Scotch on the rocks Raymond Keene T he Scotch Game, certainly as far as world championship play is concerned, languished unused for around a century until Kasparov unexpectedly......

Competition

Jingle in prose Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1670 you were asked for a contemporary anecdote in the style of Dickens's Mr Jingle. `Sudden disappearance — talk of the whole city......