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Trendsetters: how we led the way with the toughest puzzles of all

Trendsetters: how we led the way with the toughest puzzles of all

To celebrate the launch of our new newsletter The Puzzle Edit, our puzzles editor reflects on the birth of the cryptic crossword in the pages of The Observer

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