Quotation puzzle fans are sure to welcome this third volume of sixty crostic puzzles from Michael Ashley, whose taste in literary excerpts runs the gamut from Helen Keller to Muhammad Ali.
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Quotation puzzle fans are sure to welcome this third volume of sixty crostic puzzles from Michael Ashley, whose taste in literary excerpts runs the gamut from Helen Keller to Muhammad Ali.
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Michael Ashley is a regular contributor to Games, Dell and numerous other magazines.
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I love puns and games and word play of all sorts and I always have. So I consider myself more than lucky that I stumbled into the world of writing pencil puzzles, where I could put all those loves to use. I actually get to entertain people with my puzzles, make them think and laugh and, yes, even struggle a little from time to time, and I get a check in the mail as well. Amazing! Nowadays, considerably grayer but still impressively buff, I've published over a thousand puzzles and I have been contributing the regular acrostics feature to Games Magazine since 1978. My acrostics and crossword puzzles have also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, all 4 volumes of the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book series and other places too numerous to mention.
I lived nearly 20 years in Manhattan, New York, and have now lived with my wife and two children in Scottsdale, Arizona, since 1993. Besides being a maniacal online chess buff, in my spare time I dabble at another sport which, on my better days, strongly resembles golf.
I lived nearly 20 years in Manhattan, New York, and have now lived with my wife and two children in Scottsdale, Arizona, since 1993. Besides being a maniacal online chess buff, in my spare time I dabble at another sport which, on my better days, strongly resembles golf.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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LITTLE BIT OF A LETDOWN,
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This review is from: Random House Crostics, Volume 5 (Other) (Spiral-bound)
Michael Ashley's previous four volumes of crostics were exceptionally good and fun to solve. Michael has given us crostics that don't rely on ridiculously esoteric clues, such as quotes from Shakespeare, unheard of islands, etc. Instead, Ashley uses contemporary clues to solve his puzzles. He also doesn't quote from stuffy writers, etc. However, in this edition, he starts to show a little bit of that "traditional" clue giving, and is not as imaginative as in his previous volumes. Still, he's head and shoulders above the rest, and I look forward to his future editions. Crostic lovers should check out Peter Scher's "Cinema Crostics" for some really fun puzzles!
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Fun. Challenging. Frustrating. More!!,
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This review is from: Random House Crostics, Volume 1 (Other) (Paperback)
These volumes are great fun. I find the ones that are modern music difficult but usually can work them out.
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Crostic Lovers -- check this out!,
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This review is from: Random House Crostics, Volume 5 (Other) (Spiral-bound)
Fun and challenging crostics. The puzzles in this book are rated as medium difficulty, with the style halfway between "middle of the road" and "contemporary" (via the "Random House PuzzleMeter"). Nice size with steel spiral spring binding. Pages are good-quality paper that accepts pencil well, yet erases easily and cleanly.
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I've been reflecting lately on the changes that have taken place in the world since I began constructing crostics some 25 years ago. Read the first page New!
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I've been reflecting lately on the changes that have taken place in the world since I began constructing crostics some 25 years ago. Read the first page New!
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- Screamer to Sweet Dreamer (Get a Life!) by Lorraine Thomas in Back Matter
- The Official Rules by Paul Dickson in Back Matter
- Best Story by Thomas Wade Oliver on page 68
- Louis Armstrong by Michel Boujut in Back Matter
- The Naked Truth by Leslie Nielsen in Back Matter
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