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BACK TO THE BEGINNING

IT’S been a staple from day one and you’d battle to find puzzle fans as dedicated to their craft as those who buy YOU every week. These committed crossword fanatics have remained constant for the more than 30 years of YOU’s existence, no matter what changes the magazine has gone through.

Puzzles have been a part of YOU’s DNA from the very beginning, says Linda Pietersen, who was part of the founding team. Linda started off as a copy coordinator in 1987 when the magazine launched and rose through the ranks to become editor from 2010 to 2016.

The baffling brainteasers were

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