6 FEBRUARY 1988, page 43

Ausonius Unveiled

WHEN I chose the pseudonym of Au- sonius under which to write a monthly wine column, I must admit that my knowledge of the fourth-century Roman grammarian, poet and consul was......

Competition

Chacun a son gout Jaspistos I N Competition No. 1508 you were invited to write quatrains in praise or dispraise of a particular edible. Ambiguity has struck again. I had in-......

Solution To 841: When's When Answers Containing - Limn...

20D): 1A sin, 9 alters, 12 toast, 13 pant, 17 spins, 19 venting, 27 care, 30 pay, 36 bits, 39 testers. Winners: A. Hall, Goring-by-Sea (£20); Mrs M. Purdie, Cupar, Fife; Hugh......

No. 1511: Quite Another Story

Last summer the Independent ran a most amusing competition, which I gratefully borrow. You are invited to take a headline from a newspaper this month (please en- close cutting......