19 JANUARY 1985, page 36

Chess

Past glories Raymond Keene H astings is over, and, as so often in the past, a Soviet Grandmaster has taken top honours. Final scores were: Svesh- nikov (USSR) 9/13; Benjamin,......

No. 1352: The Winners

Jaspistos reports: Competitors were asked for some improbable forecasts, in verse or prose, for the present year. Any prediction made by more than one of you — such as that the......

Solution To Snatchy: A Christmas Jumbo (unclued Lights...

capitals) CAROL CLUES: While (48 WHEN) shepherds (14 PASTORS) watched (27 TENDED) . . Ding-dung (21 MONOTONOUSNESS) merrily (64 HAPPILY) on high (66 ALOFT) . . . Hark (4 LIST),......