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first oneArthur Wynne's 1913 puzzle was diamond-shaped, not square
war effortWartime Britain feared crosswords hid D-Day code names
symmetry ruleAmerican grids must look identical rotated 180 degrees
speed recordChampions finish Monday puzzles in under two minutes
brain perkStudies link regular solving to delayed memory decline