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Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can. It has surface innocence, surprise, the revelation of a concealed meaning, and the catharsis of solution.

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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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