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Crossword

Fifty years of The Spectator crossword

3 July 2021

9:00 AM

3 July 2021

9:00 AM

by Tom Johnson aka Doc

 
During the early spring of 1971, a package of eighteen unsolicited crosswords arrived in the post at the Spectator’s offices in Goodge Street. These puzzles were compiled by Jac who had already established himself during the 1960s as a challenging and inventive setter for the Listener series.

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