The latest in our series where we turn the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is Tony Davis, AKA Anto
Anto has been setting quiptics (including today’s) and cryptics for the Guardian since 2015, so we are well overdue a meeting …
Hello! Why “Anto”?
My pseudonym harks back to a disappointed childhood. I was christened Anthony and my mother never wanted to shorten it. Living in working-class Dublin, I was soon being called Anto; I was delighted to have a “cool” street name, but my mother was horrified and at a family conference reluctantly agreed to allow Tony, to kill off Anto. So I just had to get my street name back.
