title: The Boston Globe Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Volume 12
author: Henry Hook
description: The three reasons <i>The Boston Globe Sunday Crossword Puzzles</i> has been named "one of America's best" by <i>Games </i>magazine are Henry Hook, Emily Cox, and Henry Rathvon. The puzzles in this volume are filled with the original themes and clues, pop-culture references and whimsical wordplay that make this series a favorite of solvers.
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   **2 • THE DEPUTY**
  
  by
  
  George G. Gilman
  
  Terry Harknett
  
  Spring Acre
  
  Springhead Road
  
  Uplyme
  
  Lyme Regis
  
  Dorset DT7 3RS
  
  01297-445380
  
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   **An EDGE Western -- • -- 86,000 Words**
  
  2
  
  For
  
  DEREK BROWN
  
  without who there
  
  could have been
  
  no interruption
  
  3
  
   **CHAPTER • 1**
  
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   **ALL FOUR members of the Bellamy family considered they were fortunate to
  count** Judge Hiram Miller as a friend. Not just because everyone of
  consequence in the area regarded him as a highly principled and fair-minded
  pillar of the law who performed his sworn duty without fear or favour.
  
  Also, he was good company, generous to a fault and had never for a moment made
  these ordinary farming folk feel less than his equal when he came to visit
  their small spread outside of Bishopsburg in south east Texas.
  
  In the opinions of Ward and Mary Bellamy a