Author: Richard Showstack
Publisher: Cider Mill Press
ISBN: 160433858X
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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With 1,500 words and their definitions to help you name that obscure actress from the 30s or a three-letter word for vase, solving crossword puzzles has never looked so easy. Crossword Puzzler's Handbook, Revised Edition has all the answers to help you become an expert crossword puzzler. With 1,500 words and their definitions to help you name that obscure actress from the 30s or a three-letter word for vase, solving crossword puzzles has never looked so easy. This pocket-sized handbook is the perfect gift for the crossword puzzle lovers in your life.
Author: Cider Mill Press
Publisher: Cider Mill Press
ISBN: 9781604330229
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Crossword addicts are always in search of a new and better tool to boost their solving skills—and the answer’s not yet another dictionary. This handbook is something a lot more valuable: a comprehensive compilation of “cross weirds.” These are the words we don’t often hear in general conversation, but they do tend to pop up in crosswords frequently, either because they use the most common letters of the alphabet or are featured in some of the most popular subjects. So it’s fantastically helpful when you need to figure out who starred in that 1933 film or name an island in the Central Philippines. Organized by subject, this collection is broken down into three sections: People, Places, and Things. You’ll find invaluable clue-solvers in such categories as Abstract Ideas; Actors and Actresses; Adjectives; Bodies of Water; Cities and Towns; Folklore; Foreign Words; Health, Medical Care, and Sickness; Music; Transportation; and many, many more. You can either use this as a reference when an answer’s on the tip of your tongue (but you just can’t get it), or as a handy study guide. The sturdy reinforced binding will keep it in great shape for years of service—and the small size makes it perfect to take anywhere!
Author: Mel Rosen
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
ISBN: 9780812925449
Category : Crossword puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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If you've always wondered how crosswords and other word puzzles are made, or you've thought of trying your hand at it yourself, this book explains the craft step-by-step: how to put words and black squares together, write clues, and market the finished product. There's little to compare with the thrill of entertaining millions of people -- and getting paid in the bargain! If you're new to puzzle solving, you'll find many helpful tips to get you started or improve your skills. If you regularly solve the crosswords in your newspaper but are mystified by diagramless puzzles, acrostic puzzles, or cryptic crosswords, this book will help you tackle these challenging and entertaining variations. An introduction by the New York Times crossword editor, Will Shortz, and a fascinating history of word puzzles and luminaries round out the Random House Puzzlemaker's Handbook, making it the complete cruciverbalist's reference -- the only book of its kind.
Author: Joshua Kosman
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
ISBN: 9780812936605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The National Puzzlers' League (NPL) was founded in 1883 and is the oldest puzzlers' organization in the world. For over 100 years, crosswords and other word puzzles that appear in the NPL's monthly magazine, The Enigma, could be enjoyed only by NPL members. Now, for the first time, a selection of the league's favorite cryptic crosswords is available in book form for puzzle fans everywhere to enjoy. Unlike regular crossword puzzles, each clue in a cryptic crossword has two parts--one that's straightforward and one that involves one or more types of wordplay--and part of the fun is determining which part is which and what type of wordplay is involved. For example, Shoestring allowances lead to tears (11) is a cryptic clue for LACERATIONS. The straightforward part of the clue is tears, which is a definition for LACERATIONS. The wordplay part of the clue is Shoestring allowances which can be expressed as LACE + RATIONS which lead to LACERATIONS. The number in parentheses tells you the number and length of the answer words--in this case, it's one 11-letter word. Another example, with a different type of wordplay is Rearrange, rearrange ram's front (9) which is a cryptic clue for TRANSFORM. Rearrange is a straightforward definition of TRANSFORM and rearrange ram's front tells you to rearrange, or anagram, the nine letters in ram's front giving you the nine-letter word TRANSFORM. One of most fascinating things about cryptics is that the clues are a combination of tremendous creativity and imagination, on one hand, and strict, formal rules, on the other. This book contains 45 variety cryptics from members of the NPL, many of them by distinguished puzzle authors, as well as a foreword by Will Shortz, the New York Times crossword editor and the NPL's official historian PuzzleMeter: Difficulty--Very Difficult; Style--Contemporary]
Author: Mark Danna
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402759772
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Fans of Hasbro s classic SCATTERGORIES can now play anywhere, anytimeand even compete when there s no other player around! And those who simply love word searches will enjoy a new, seamlessly intertwined game-and-puzzle experience. Here are 60 searches, each with 12 theme categoriesperhaps Book Titles or Terms of Endearment and a letter of the alphabet. Players try to come up with as many answers that start with that letter as they can. Then, they look in the grid, see if their answers are there, and get points for every one they find. Extra letters in the grid spell out a few more items in one of the categories. Those in need of a little help can find word lists in the back to guide them! "
Author: The New York Times
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 9781250623546
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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The New York Times Classic Crossword Puzzles is the perfect gift for any crossword lover! This deluxe collection is a sturdy hardcover volume with high-quality paper and removable cover band. From the top names in crosswords, The New York Times Classic Crossword Puzzles features 100 easy-to-hard brainteasers edited by NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzlemaster and Times puzzle editor Will Shortz. This unique book includes a cloth ribbon marker and removable cover band, leaving a discreet and sophisticated hardcover book with charming crossword grid pattern, so you can solve puzzles in style wherever you go.
Author: Walter D. Glanze
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553263757
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Over 50,000 clues, over 160,000 solutions—more clues, more solutions than any other book in America. Completely alphabetical, comprehensive, up to the minute, here’s the indispensable crossword puzzle dictionary, the one invaluable guide to solving the most difficult puzzles—including competitions. With a unique long-word finder listing no fewer than 22,000 words of six to ten letters, forty special tables detailing everything from Chinese dynasties to Vishnu’s avatars, and a section with common words in six languages, this book belongs in the library of every crossword puzzle solver seeking instant information. Arranged for quick and easy reference, it's the crossword fan's home and traveling companion, the best in the U.S.A.
Author: Will Shortz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934734520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Each section of this book offers 22 puzzle types, with similar puzzle types grouped together and several puzzles referring to a tutorial in the back of the book. Hints help readers through sticking points, and at the bottom of each puzzle page a note tells readers where to find the solution for that puzzle. Solutions are provided in an interweaving order, so readers are unlikely to accidentally see the answer to the previous or subsequent puzzle. Finally, each puzzle has three target times next to it: "Par" for a best guess on how long an average solver will take; "Expert" for how long an average participant at the WPC would take; and the "Record" time, the best time logged among all of our testers. These times are, of course, just for fun, but if you find yourself achieving the "Expert" time regularly, we highly recommend trying your country's national championships!
Author: Edy G. Schaffer
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0380724251
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1234
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With more than 50,000 new words added-now over 225,000 entries-the world′s most extensive, up-to-the-minute and easy-to-use crossword puzzle dictionary is bigger and better than ever! Arranged alphabetically from start to finish, The New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary is a boon for puzzle fans young and old-with thousands of updated references from the worlds of art, literature, sports, politics, and pop culture; geographical and technical terms; famous and not-so-famous figures from the past and present; biblical references; computer terminology; new and old words; variant spellings; idioms, slogans, slang, abbreviations ... and much more!
Author: Michael Shurtz
Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics
ISBN: 9781560277316
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Part aviation trivia, part crossword, this amusing puzzle book is all entertaining fun. Raising pilot's knowledge activity book will challenge and entertain aviation enthusiasts of all levels with aircraft anagrams, aviation word play, and famous pilots and procedural trivia. Convenient references provide the definition, origin, and aviation jargon regarding weather, aircraft systems, navigation, regulations, communications, all of which will undoubtedly be learned while having fun.
