The Mystery of the Leaked D-Day Codewords

In the lead-up to D-Day, a series of strange events unfolded in the crossword puzzle of the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph. This seemingly harmless pastime caused a security scare when several top-secret codewords for the invasion appeared as solutions in the puzzle.

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