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  2. Margaret Farrar - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]

  3. Clue (book series) - Wikipedia

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    The Clue series is a book series of 18 children's books published throughout the 1990s based on the board game Clue.The books are compilations of mini-mysteries that the reader must solve involving various crimes committed at the home of Reginald Boddy by six of his closest "friends".

  4. Death Notice (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Death Notice by Zhou Haohui is a detective thriller and deadly game of cat-and-mouse, where a special police task force named the 418 hunts a deadly mastermind out to publicly execute criminals the law has been unable to reach. "Death Notice is the first volume in a trilogy, the beginning of a manhunt for a serial killer with a serious agenda ...

  5. John Galbraith Graham - Wikipedia

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    Fellow Guardian crossword compiler and friend Sandy Balfour was with Graham on the night of his death, reading to him. A year after his death, on 27 November 2014, The Guardian published a crossword with the grid and some clues compiled by him but completed by his friend and fellow compiler 'Philistine'. [ 12 ]

  6. The Clue in the Crossword Cipher - Wikipedia

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    The Clue in the Crossword Cipher is the forty-fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. [1] It was first published in 1967 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene . [ 2 ] The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams .

  7. The Strange Message in the Parchment - Wikipedia

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    With Junie, his daughter, Nancy tracks down a kidnapper and a group of extortionists. Clues weave in and out of several puzzles, two of which are linked with Italy. Is there a connection between the message in the parchment and a boy artist on another farm? And who is responsible for the atmosphere of fear in the neighborhood?

  8. The 39 Clues - Wikipedia

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    The 39 Clues books and card packs as of August 2010. Where Dan and Amy were in The 39 Clues in books 1 to 11. The first series revolves around orphans Amy and Dan Cahill, who discover upon their grandmother's death that the Cahill family has shaped most of world history and contained most famous historical figures.

  9. Cryptic crossword - Wikipedia

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    A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.