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Thu 04 Apr 2010Tributes flow as 'genius' crossword-setter dies
TRIBUTES HAVE been paid to the compiler of The Irish TimesCrosaire crossword, Derek Crozier, following his death on Saturday at the age of 92.
Crozier compiled cryptic crosswords for the newspaper for 67 years, the first of which appeared on March 13th, 1943. A memorial service is to take place in St George’s College in Harare, Zimbabwe on Friday, where Crozier taught for over 25 years after he and his family moved to southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, in 1948.
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