The Puzzlemaster Presents, Volume 2: Will Shortz's Best Puzzles from NPR (Other) [Paperback]

Will Shortz (Author)

Book Description

Series: Other | Publication Date: January 13, 2004

Every week, over a million people tune to National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday to hear Puzzlemaster Will Shortz present his on-air puzzles and weekly challenges. Our second collection of these ingenious word puzzles and games contains another 200 examples of what everyone's been listening to. Whether you have five minutes or 50, whether you tackle the puzzles alone or in a group, working on these mind-benders will help to conjure up that lazy Sunday feeling all week long.

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Every week, over a million people tune to National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday to hear Puzzlemaster Will Shortz present his on-air puzzles and weekly challenges. Our second collection of these ingenious word puzzles and games contains another 200 examples of what everyone's been listening to. Whether you have five minutes or 50, whether you tackle the puzzles alone or in a group, working on these mind-benders will help to conjure up that lazy Sunday feeling all week long.

About the Author

WILL SHORTZ has been the crossword editor of The New York Times since 1993 and the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday since the show began in 1987. In 1978 he founded the American Crossword Tournament, which he still directs, and in 1992 he cofounded the World Puzzle Federation, of which he is the chairman.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games (January 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812935152
• ISBN-13: 978-0812935158
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Will Shortz has been crossword editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Brainteaser Activities, August 4, 2005

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This review is from: The Puzzlemaster Presents, Volume 2: Will Shortz's Best Puzzles from NPR (Other) (Paperback)

I teach high school science and use these puzzles as warm-up activities to begin class. In addition to being fun, the puzzles increase my students vocabularies, improve their reasoning skills and just plain wake up their brains. Since the puzzles range from fairly basic to darn complicated, there's something for every level of student ability. I've used the puzzles from the first book (excellent, btw) for so long that I HAD to get this new book for the kids who are taking a second or third class from me. I have as much fun with these as my students do!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Free at last, September 11, 2007

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This review is from: The Puzzlemaster Presents, Volume 2: Will Shortz's Best Puzzles from NPR (Other) (Paperback)

Finally a book of varied puzzles to break the Sudoku addiction. If you make a point to listen to Will and Lianne on Sunday mornings, you have to get this collection of NPR on air challenges. Great fun while traveling.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wish the page layout respected the puzzles, June 20, 2010

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Dean Baird (Sacramento, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Puzzlemaster Presents, Volume 2: Will Shortz's Best Puzzles from NPR (Other) (Paperback)

In the original volume 1, each puzzle was allowed to occupy a page. The form fit the function.

Someone with the publisher decided a penny could be saved if they could jam the puzzles closer together, so volume 2 loses the form/function synergy.

I'll nourish a hope that volume 3 will return to the appropriate formatting of the original volume 1.

Will Shortz is still a genius, though, and his puzzles are... ingenious!