18 MARCH 1966, Page 14

Cross Words

Sts,--Where's the crossword? Blast you! And I am serious. If you are stopping it, as it once was, then say so. You can cut out other things rather than the crossword. But keep 'Spectator's Notebook'—it's live. Keep banging away at them. Can you get wider publicity for `Britain's Economy: The Big Lie'? That's what we want.

You are doing well in that chair, but you'll lose a lot of credit if you discontinue the crossword—and you know it as well as I do.