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The Wiki Man

Here’s a clue: we should all be doing cryptic crosswords

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

I was once asked by a previous editor of the Timeshow to increase sales of the paper. I was slightly more circumspect, but the thrust of my argument was: ‘Don’t bother with all that news and opinion malarkey — just teach more people how to solve cryptic crosswords.’

My argument was simple.

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