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Puzzle maker Sam
Puzzle pioneer Sam
Puzzle maker god Sam
WNBA star Jewell ___
Sam ___ (1898's "prince of puzzlers")
Sam ___, author of the classic "Cyclopedia of 5,000 Puzzles
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