YOUR centenary celebration of the crossword – and its creator – interested me (ECHO, February 9).

Feb 25 2013 Liverpool Echo

Arthur Wynne surely started something. Not only compiling but just completing these popular puzzles is an awesome assignment.

Arthur Wynne reminds me of John P. Wynn. The names alike, but the similarity does not end there. Mr Wynn set the questions for the earlier editions of Brain of Britain.

This quiz programme broadcast on BBC Radio, began life as What Do You Know? The original Chairman was Franklin Engelmann.

Derek Jeffery, Heswall