Never a crossword in Daily Express until 101 years ago

Can you solve our first teaser from 1924?

- By Frances Millar

IT MAY seem puzzling now, but the Daily Express was crossword-free for more than two decades after it launched 125 years ago.

That changed on December 11, 1924 when a crossword appeared in a Selfridges ad, causing a stir.

Readers loved the innovation so much that eccentric columnist JB Morton, who used the pseudonym Beachcomber, was driven to set his own after eating humble pie for having mocked the brainteasers.