101 Crossword Puzzles for Dummies, Volume 2 [Paperback]

Michelle Arnot (Editor)

Book Description

Series: 101 Crossword Puzzles for Dummies | Publication Date: June 3, 1998

Are you one the millions of avid crossword puzzlers? Or have you just been waiting for the right moment to put your vocabulary skills to the test? Then sharpen your pencils for this all-new Volume 2 of 101 Crossword Puzzles For Dummies, edited by Michelle Arnot, who also wrote our popular Crossword Puzzles For Dummies.

Just in time to celebrate the 85th birthday of the crossword puzzle, this large-size book is packed with 60 regular puzzles, 20 Sunday-size puzzles, and an assortment of brain-twisting cryptograms, acrostics, and diagramless puzzles, all guaranteed to give you hours of puzzle-solving pleasure. Especially geared for puzzlers of all ages and skill levels, 101 Crossword Puzzles For Dummies, Volume 2, is chockablock with theme-based puzzles, clever puns, rhymes, jokes, song lyrics, and other up-to-the-minute pop culture clues.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"Michelle Arnot is one of the clearest, liveliest, most entertaining writers in the world of puzzles." — Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times

Get Those Answers Down … and Across! Hone your crossword craft with a whole new batch of fun and challenging puzzles. 101 Crossword Puzzles For Dummies^®, Volume 2, delivers more great puzzles for all skill levels to enjoy! See How Many You Can Answer:

1. Sharon of Hollywood (5 letters)
2. Podiatrist's concern (3 letters)
3. Shakespearean sprite (5 letters)
4. Lose it (5 letters)
5. Norse goddess (3 letters)
6. Lights-out bugle call (4 letters)
7. Herb for turkey (4 letters)
8. Warren Beatty film (4 letters)
9. Mandolin cousin (4 letters)
10. Pack animal (5 letters)

You'll find the answers to these clues in the bottom right corner. Tons of Snappy Puzzles:

• Acrostics
• Cryptograms
• Daily-Size Crossword Puzzles
• Diagramlesses
• Sunday-Size Crossword Puzzles

Let These Icons Guide You!

• Points you to advice and information that can make you a more savvy solver
• Offers helpful tips on how to solve particular puzzles
• Reminds you of important rules to make sure you're on your toes

Answers: 1) Stone, 2) Toe, 3) Ariel, 4) Panic, 5) Eir, 6) Taps, 7) Sage, 8) Reds, 9) Lute, 10) Burro

About the Author

Michelle Arnot has been "puzzling" people for 20 years as a crossword constructor and publisher of numerous national puzzle magazines. She is currently a marketing consultant for Kappa Publishing Group, the largest national publisher of puzzle magazines. She is the author of Crossword Puzzles For Dummies and the definitive What's Gnu: History of the Crossword Puzzle, and the editor of Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of 101 Crossword Puzzles For Dummies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (June 3, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764551108
• ISBN-13: 978-0764551109
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,616,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)