first person in space Latvia crossword

The crossword clue was buried in a 1975 *Rīgas Laiks* newspaper, a cryptic reference to a man who never flew—but whose name became legend. “First Latvian in space” wasn’t a headline, but a whispered rumor among engineers in the Soviet-era Zvezdny Gorodok cosmonaut training camp. The puzzle itself, a 15×15 grid with a single asterisked … Read more