Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars) [Calendar]

Fred Piscop (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2008 | Series: Original Page a Day Calendars

A 10-minute mental workout, every day. New for 2009, the 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles Calendar features a year of smartly crafted puzzles that are challenging enough to be from Mensa—the internationally famous high-IQ society—yet are designed to be solved in about ten minutes. (They are roughly equivalent to a "Tuesday" puzzle in The New York Times.) Author Fred Piscop is a Mensa member and veteran crossword puzzle writer for the Times and The Washington Post. It's the perfect, quick way to wake up the brain.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Every day, a 10-minute mental workout. Challenging enough to be sanctioned by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society, yet designed to be solvable in just a few minutes, each of these smartly crafted crossword puzzles is a quick and entertaining wake-up for the brain. From Fred Piscop, a veteran crossword-puzzle writer for The New York Times and The Washington Post.

About the Author

Fred Piscop is a Mensa member and veteran crossword puzzle writer for the "'Times"' and "'The Washington Post"'.

Product Details

• Calendar: 370 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Pag edition (June 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761150595
• ISBN-13: 978-0761150596
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 6.3 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,595,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent way to start the day, November 5, 2009

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L. Ulvang "word lover" (Chico, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I work a Mensa puzzle every morning with my coffee and the combination is a delightful way to warm my brain up for the day ahead. The puzzles are challenging but not as difficult as the "Mensa" designation might indicate.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Appropriate Title for Calendar, February 5, 2010

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James C. Howells (Chicago Suburbs) - See all my reviews
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I bought this at the beginning of the year and so far has lived up to it's name. The puzzles take me more than ten minutes to do but that's good. That means they are just a little harder than I'm used to. They aren't as hard as the New York Times crosswords and they aren't as simple as those Easy crossword books you buy at the supermarket checkout.

The only drawback to this calendar is that it's too small. I have pretty good eyesight and the questions are a little hard to read and the puzzle itself is hard to write in. The paper dimensions of each sheet are 5 1/4 inches by 4 1/2inches with the 15x15 box puzzle being a little more than 2 1/4 inches square. Thats really tight. I had to buy a extra fine roller ball pen to make the letters small enough to fit in the boxes.

One thing I do like is that you can get an extra online calendar for free when you buy this. I have a wordsearch puzzle emailed to me every morning,

2.0 out of 5 stars Too easy, January 30, 2011

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Most of the puzzles were too easy. I didn't even bother with them after the first couple of weeks. The Saturday/Sunday ones were the only ones that could be somewhat challenging. I prefer to do the NY Times puzzles.