16 DECEMBER 1955, page 30

Mixed Greetings

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 302 Report by Angela Kent A prize of £5 was offered for a message of good will (not more than one hundred words of prose or twelve lines of verse)......

The Winners Of Crossword No. 863 Are : Mr. Charles

THOMAS, 48 Manor Road North, Edgbaston, Birmingham 16, and MISS PENNETHORNB, The Hill House, Liadfield, Sussex.......

A Recent Reference By Professor Pevsner To The Typical...

habit of under- statement prompts me to offer the £5 prize this week for brief (and imaginary) under- statet'nents from any three of the following eminent Victorians : Dr.......

Spectator Crossword No. 865

ACROSS I He gets doubled up in a scrum (6). 4 'Sent back Unity, —, Assyrian, ( S g t) ). rmcock and Golden Gain' (Kipling) 10 The Scotsman claims his seat on the beach (7). 11......