Stephen Sondheim’s other job: crossword setter

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The lyricist and composer had a deep, enduring love of British cryptic crosswords. Let’s take a moment to enjoy that

. This may or may not be because he had a puzzle rejected by the New York Times when he was “14 or 15”; the reply letter described him as “obviously precocious”, which is how he learned that adjective.A good clue can give you all the pleasures of being duped that a mystery story can. It has surface innocence, surprise, the revelation of a concealed meaning, and the catharsis of solution.

 

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