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[999_Springs]

I mean, a puzzle where the hardest move is required before the first placement. I have found one with 2 initial singles (in fact that was the very first Fiendish-level puzzle that I ever set eyes upon!) but I can't find anything better.

Edit: Pat, why did you move this!?

[Pat]

( just now saw your edit --
an edit does not flag the Topic as having new material )

moved it out of "Pappocom papers"
since The Times now publishes non-Pappocom puzzles

or did you intend your question to refer only to their earlier puzzles ?
( the first 2 years, when they published Pappocom puzzles )

by the way, my tendency is to extend the question to all newspapers---

~ Pat