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Last laugh?

Clues for the quickie crossword on page 47 of Sunday’s paper included “Brook,” “Lamented,” “Stink,” “Catastrophe,” “Digital protection,” “Less bright,” and “Criminal enterprise.” Answers included “Deplored,” “Stench,” “Racket,” “Menace,” and “Tart.”

The clue “Digital protection” and its answer, “Firewall,” are said to be a reference to the company’s decision to block staff access to the Internet when the paper’s closure was announced.

The Daily Mail quotes an unnamed source at the paper as saying, “Rebekah tried everything to stop the staff from having the last word and she utterly failed.

“She brought in two very senior Sun journalists to go though every line on every page with a fine tooth comb to ensure there were no libels or any hidden mocking messages of the chief executive.

“But they failed and we’ve had the last laugh.”

- News of the World staffers get the last laugh, Toronto Star, July 11, 2011.

2. Last season’s FA Cup triumph saw Manchester City’s 35-year silverware drought finally come to an end.

More importantly, the “noisy neighbours” forced Manchester United to remove the banner that hung from the Stretford End at Old Trafford which displayed the numbers of years since City won a trophy.