Five across: Puzzle

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  • Published 20110607
  • ISBN: 9781921758218
  • Extent: 264 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

MY FRIEND PHILIP enjoyed a weekly crossword.

He bought or subscribed to a magazine he freely acknowledged was of at best passing or peripheral interest – society gossip, largely, such as I could gather – but with a puzzle on its inner back page he adored.

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