Crosswords category: 36 books
by Denise Sutherland
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
The cryptic crossword world…explained
Even expert crossword-solvers struggle with cryptics. The clues can often seem nonsensical, mysterious and infuriating, but finally cracking them is immensely satisfying. Solving Cryptic Crosswords For Dummies is designed to help even the most casual...
by Vivien Hampshire
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
Are you baffled by cryptic crosswords? Do you want to increase your word power and exercise your brain, but can’t make any sense of the clues? There is no secret formula to cracking the cryptic crossword. Anyone can do it. This book is packed with all the know-how, hints and tricks you will ever...
From Square One
A Meditation, with Digressions, on Crosswords
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
From Square One is Dean Olsher's captivating and in-depth exploration of the cultural history, psychology, and even metaphysics of crosswords -- their promise of a world without chaos and uncertainty.
It is often repeated that more than 50 million Americans do crossword puzzles on a regular...
The Crossword Century
100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
A journalist and word aficionado salutes the 100-year history and pleasures of crossword puzzles
Since its debut in The New York World on December 21, 1913, the crossword puzzle has enjoyed a rich and surprisingly lively existence. Alan Connor, a comic writer known for his exploration of all...
How To Crack Cryptic Crosswords
Hints and Tips To Help You Find The Answers
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Are you baffled by cryptic crosswords? Do you want to increase your word power and exercise your brain, but can't always make any sense of the clues? This book is packed with all the know-how, hints and tricks you will ever need to help you find the right answers every time. From clever to cunning...
Anagrams for Crosswords
A Collection of Word Anagrams
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Even the manliest will suffer from ailments Sweat imparts body odour to armpits He has money aplenty to pay the penalty When education is auctioned and teachers become cheaters, naturally the student will be stunted Does the lameness of nameless salesmen affect their maleness? The gardener garnered...
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This book contains a collection of crossword puzzles for children. Presented in a fun and easy-to-read way, this book is perfect for keeping a child amused on a rainy day. The puzzles are of varying difficulties, so this book would be a great gift for any child.
Literary Puzzle Book
120 Classic Crosswords, Sudoku, and Other Puzzles for Book Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Make a literary escape into the pages of a puzzle book!
Are you bursting with literary knowledge that you’d like to put to the test? Or do you just want a moment’s distraction filling in a Harry Potter– or Lord of the Rings–themed crossword puzzle, looking up the names of Charles Dickens’s...
Crossworld
One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2005
Sixty-four million people do it at least once a week. Nabokov wrote about it. Bill Clinton even did it in the White House. The crossword puzzle has arguably been our national obsession since its birth almost a century ago. Now, in Crossworld, writer, translator, and lifelong puzzler Marc Romano goes...
by Dr Gareth Moore, Dr Gareth Moore
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
For the puzzle fanatic. A collection of challenges from throughout history, featuring some of the greatest ever puzzle masters . . .
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A Sumerian Riddle (circa 18th Century)
There is a house. The blind enter it and then come out seeing. What is that house?
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A...
The Literary Pocket Puzzle Book
120 Classic Conundrums for Book Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Make a literary escape into the pages of a puzzle book!
Are you bursting with literary knowledge that you’d like to put to the test? Or do you just want a moment’s distraction filling in a Harry Potter- or Lord of the Rings-themed crossword puzzle, looking up the names of Charles Dickens’s...
by Jack Adams
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Crossword: How to Play Different Type of Crossword Puzzle Game, Make your Own Crossword Puzzle Game, Help, Cheat, Tips and Clues to Solve it Easy and Fast
Crossword puzzles are an excellent brain game as they require vocabulary, general knowledge, and deductive logic to solve.
The most...
Simon & Schuster Hooked on Cryptics Treasury #1
70 challenging cryptics from the Henry Hook archives
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
A dazzling treasury of vintage cryptics from puzzle maven Henry Hook.
Selected from out-of-print books, these cryptics have been described as “challenges from the far side of puzzledom’s new wave” by the Copley News Service.
Cryptics are crosswords with a twist, and Hook makes...
by Stanley Newman, Daniel Stark
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
The Million Word Crossword Dictionary was hailed by New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz as "the largest, most up-to-date, and most useful" and praised by crossword editors from all over the country. Now, noted crossword experts Stan Newman and Dan Stark provide the next "million...