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2. D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm - Wikipedia

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   On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...

3. American Crossword Puzzle Tournament - Wikipedia

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   The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT) is a crossword-solving tournament held annually in February, March, or April. Founded in 1978 by Will Shortz , who still directs the tournament, it is the oldest and largest crossword tournament held in the United States ; the 2023 event set an attendance record with more than 750 competitors.

4. Crossword - Wikipedia

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   Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [26] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...

5. Retirement community hosts its own Olympic Games for residents

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   Residents of the East Village Place retirement community have been competing in their own set of Olympics-inspired feats to celebrate the start of the games, reports local NBC affiliate WWLP ...

6. Connecticut man bitten by rare rattlesnake he tried to help ...

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   August 1, 2024 at 1:10 PM. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When Joseph Ricciardella saw the snake in the road, he stopped his car and tried to help it avoid getting run over. The attempted good deed ...

7. Costco is cracking down on membership moochers - AOL

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   Costco’s crackdown on non-members comes after the company announced last month that it was raising its membership fees by $5 to $65 in the US and Canada – the first time since 2017. The change ...

8. Barrage balloon - Wikipedia

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   Barrage balloon. A barrage balloon is a type of airborne barrage, a large uncrewed tethered balloon used to defend ground targets against aircraft attack, by raising aloft steel cables which pose a severe risk of collision to hostile aircraft, making the attacker's approach difficult and hazardous. Early barrage balloons were often spherical.

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