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Who is the crossword champ?

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Roger Squires of Ironbridge, Shropshire is the holder of the record for the World's Most Prolific Crossword Compiler, currently, April 2006, having had over 65,000 published crosswords appearing in over 470 outlets including over 70 abroad. He also holds the record for the longest word to have appeared in a published crossword, the place in Wales Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 letters) clued as an anagram. His millionth clue appeared in the Daily Telegraph in September 1989. He is one of only four compilers to have appeared regularly in all the UK quality newspapers.

 


 

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