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Three Across, Five Letters

Via King Of Fools, an intriguing story about how D-Day codewords started popping up in the press, causing British military intelligence some consternation.

Sixty years ago today, a four-letter word appeared as a solution in The Daily Telegraph's crossword that was to have repercussions that have reverberated down the years to today.

The four-letter word was Utah, innocent enough you might think, but in May 1944 a word pregnant with meaning. Utah was the codename for the D-Day beach assigned to the 4th US Assault Division. A coincidence, surely?

That is what's known as a teaser. You can read the rest here.

Blogging might be scarce for the next four or five days. For some strange reason I'm going to be painting the basement.

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