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David Astle: Confessions of a Wordaholic

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Crossword puzzlers know him as DA, but setter David Astle has had a lifelong fascination with words. In conversation with Michael Williams, Astle talks about his love of words that has drawn him into creating puzzles and penning a memoir that doubles as a how-to-solve a cryptic. But he won’t give you a clue for 14-down.

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15 Nov 2010

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