The Guardian Quick Crosswords 1: A collection of more than 200 entertaining puzzles (Guardian Puzzle Books)

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That said, if I’m keen to finish, I might nowadays use dCode’s remarkable Playfair decoder rather than recreating those 12 pages for myself.Happily for us, Playfair codes are not uncrackable, which means that we later get an entire chapter in which Harriet and Lord Peter pore over sections of a Playfair grid. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). A solicitor, he worked at Lincoln’s Inn and enjoyed writing amid the “hustle and bustle” of his commute. He aimed for 500 words a day on the train, devoting the rest of his working day to law (including Raymond Chandler’s will) and evenings and weekends to his family. Photograph: Ken Leslie/Alamy View image in fullscreen Salisbury Cathedral … Michael Gilbert taught at the cathedral school before he graduated in law.

The world of Harriet and Lord Peter may be long gone (can you even still pick up a “pocket edition of Tristram Shandy” to enjoy with your picnic?My delight in this attention to detail was shared by the pioneering crossword setter Afrit, who first wrote down the golden rule of cryptics: “I need not mean what I say, but I must say what I mean.