The New York Times Acrostic Puzzles Volume 9: 50 Challenging Acrostics from the Pages of The New York Times [Spiral-bound]

The New York Times (Author), Will Shortz (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003 | Series: New York Times Acrostic Crosswords (Book 9)

50 Quotation puzzles from the pages of The New York Times
Edited by Emily Cox and Harry Rathvon

New York Times puzzles are America’s favorite!

Whether your tastes are literary or lowbrow, this latest installment of fifty of the Sunday Times’s famous acrostic puzzles features quotations ranging from Herman Melville to Dave Barry, Stephen Jay Gould to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. So sharpen your pencil, put on your thinking cap, and get ready for some acrostic fun!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Will Shortz, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, is the only academically accredited "enigmatologist" in the world, having earned a degree (following a major program he designed himself) in enigmatology from Indiana University in 1974. Mr. Shortz also received a law degree from the University of Virginia. After graduating, he skipped the bar exam and began a career in puzzles.

 

In 1978 Mr. Shortz founded, and remains director of, the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held annually. He also founded the World Puzzle Championship in 1992 and serves as captain of the U.S. team.

 

Before joining The Times, Mr. Shortz spent 15 years as editor of Games magazine, a bimonthly devoted to puzzles and games of many kinds.
Currently, in addition to editing the weekday and Sunday crossword puzzles for The New York Times, he serves as Puzzlemaster for "Weekend Edition Sunday" on National Public Radio.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 64 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031230949X
• ISBN-13: 978-0312309497
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #808,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New York Times Acrostic Puzzles 9, January 13, 2010

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The book is difficult enough to be interesting but not so difficult that it is frustrating. I am enjoying it

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5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging Acrostics #9, August 15, 2007

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These puzzles are extremely hard but they are clever and fun to do. I've only been able to do two so far without cheating ie: looking up the answers. They are tricky but I'm getting used to some of the tricks such as realizing that a single letter need not be an "a" or an "i" . And clues can have several different meanings and word forms -what looks like a noun can be a verb etc.For example a recent clue was "single" and I was trying to think of a word for unmarried or a one dollar bill. The answer was "one base hit."