Before Spelling Bee, before Wordle and before Connections, there was the crossword. Who invented the first published crossword, and what was it?

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The Marlow Murder Club’s Judith Potts isn’t the first literary sleuth to enjoy a good word puzzle—Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse and Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey had a penchant for crosswords, ...