John Graham (compiler)
Araucaria is the pseudonym of John Graham, crossword compiler. Araucaria's cryptic crosswords appear in The Guardian newspaper.
He takes his name from the Monkey-Puzzle tree, whose Latin name is Araucaria.
The much-quoted example of his brilliance in clue-setting is the following:
Poetical scene has chaste Lord Archer vegetating (3, 3, 8, 12)
which yields THE OLD VICARAGE, GRANTCHESTER. We have not only the name of Rupert Brooke's poem but Lord Archer's home, together with an anagram and a witty comment.
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