From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   On 13/10/2024 7:42 a.m., Aidan Kehoe wrote:   
   >   
   >   Ar an dara lá déag de mí Deireadh Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark:   
   >   
   >   > No, the other one, aka Joyce Cansfield (b.1929) a British crossword   
   compiler   
   >   > and general puzzle-wizard.   
   >   > Follow some notes about puzzlers' pseudonymns (members of Spanish   
   Inquisition   
   >   > favoured) and cryptic crossword clues. You probably know more than I do   
   about   
   >   > these things.   
   >   
   > Is “nothing at all” more than what you know?   
   >   
   > “She studied for her undergraduate degree in statistics at Westfield   
   College,   
   > University of London and her early career involved the running of an early   
   > mainframe computer at the UK's Dental Estimates Board in Eastbourne. Later on   
   > she worked at the University of Leeds as a statistician.[1][2]”   
      
   Yes Crystal mentions that Statistician was her day job.   
   I'm glad there is (or was) a Dental Estimates Board, whatever it is they   
   do (did).   
      
   > I wondered for a second if Cansfield had worked in codebreaking in Bletchley   
   > Park, but she was 10 in 1939, a little bit young, even for wartime. Another   
   > article on her:   
   > https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/7992607.why-joycei   
   -still-thequeen-ofwhy-joyce-is-still-the-queen-of-scrabble/   
   >   
      
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