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Stanley Newman has described one of Hook's puzzles as "one of the toughest crosswords (Newman) has ever published". [ 6 ] Matt Gaffney , the crossword constructor for Slate.com , described meeting Hook as being like "meeting Elvis ", [ 7 ] while Will Shortz called him "ingenious, (and) a truly brilliant puzzlemaker."
To solve the puzzle correctly, the solver must find a solution that fits all of the available words into the grid. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Generally, these words are listed by number of letters, and further alphabetically.
Leonard Dawe, Telegraph crossword compiler, created these puzzles at his home in Leatherhead. Dawe was headmaster of Strand School, which had been evacuated to Effingham, Surrey. Adjacent to the school was a large camp of US and Canadian troops preparing for D-Day, and as security around the camp was lax, there was unrestricted contact between ...
Sally: This puzzle came about because I wanted us to design a theme around the entry BOARDGAMEGEEK. Our first attempt at doing so resulted in us coming up with a puzzle (still in the publication ...
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A rebus-style "escort card" from around 1865, to be read as "May I see you home my dear?" A German rebus, circa 1620. A rebus (/ ˈ r iː b ə s / REE-bəss) is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases.