Crossword editor’s desk: when a theme is literally a theme

EastEnders hides in a Guardian crossword and Guardian crosswords hide in a thriller One way to ensure a novel gets my attention is a foreword that mentions crosswords, specifically the Guardian’s.

I admit that this does not happen often, but it has just happened. Tony White’s Phantom at the Feast opens with this claim: Words emboldened in the text of this novel are the solutions to successive Guardian ‘Quick Crosswords’ that appeared through sixty days in 1985 from 3 April to 1 June Am glad you’ve posted this. The…