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Derek Crozier, better known to Irish Times  crossword fans as Crosaire, has died in Zimbabwe, aged 92. He began compiling crosswords for the paper in 1943.

Mr Crozier, who lived in Harare, Zimbabwe, died on Saturday. “He became ill on Good Friday morning while compiling a crossword, and died in office, you could say,” Mr Crozier’s son Brian, said last night.