I joined the NPL through a small ad in the – now alas defunct – British magazine Games & Puzzles.
First Issue: June 1977
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When I started setting crosswords for The Listener, I wanted to use the pseudonym BRAD (from BRian heAD), but that had already been taken by somebody else so in desperation as an answer was needed immediately I chose the name of my dog (BRYM) at the time. And I decided to use that as my NPL nom too.
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