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“On a single day before Christmas 1924, 150,00 copies [of crossword puzzle books] left the shops for the fire-warmed, expectant hands of solvers. That year, three Simon & Schuster collections took the top three slots of the nonfiction bestseller list. Simon & Schuster has never, in the century since its founding, not had a crossword puzzle book in print.”

Look I love the word ‘avuncular’ as much as the next guy but it’s used too much. You’re allowed one avuncular every 500 pages. Come on man