Crosaire

John Derek Crozier (12 November 1917 – 3 April 2010), under the pseudonym "Crosaire" (), was the compiler of the cryptic crossword in ''The Irish Times'' from its inception in 1943 until the year after his death. It was formally named "The Irish Times Crossword", as opposed to the non-cryptic "Simplex crossword" which was published alongside it from 1951. As Crozier was the sole cryptic compiler for 68 years, the crossword itself became known as "the Crosaire" by metonymy. The pseudonym "Crosaire" is a play on his own surname and ''crosaire'', the Irish for "crossroad".|group="fn"}} After Crozier's death, ''The Irish Times'' formally renamed its cryptic crossword in his honour. Provided by Wikipedia