Thanks. I vaguely remember a Brit tv show disclosing the crossword connection.
In WWII and for a few years afterwards, anyone exposing true Brit Intel secrets, often had a visit from the Brit’s Special Branches.
If you and your family were still alive after the first visit, you didn’t want them back for a second and final visit.
It’s interesting how US and UK brains made such an impact on the war without firing a shot. I’m thinking the Enigma machine that deciphered German codes and the work of the Naval Intel guys who assembled the clues to Midway.
Add to that the Navajo code talkers who spoke a language the Japanese would have been unfamiliar with, using code words on top of that.
Heh. As an aside, I’m glad I double-checked. Instead of Enigma, I originally had it as MK Ultra. MK Ultra was very different! LOL
WWII, the last good war.