The New York Times Weekend in the Country Crossword Puzzles: 200 Relaxing Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles) [Paperback]

Will Shortz (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 13, 2008 | Series: New York Times Crossword Puzzles

With the workweek over and a long, relaxing weekend stretching delightfully ahead, what better way to ease the mind and soothe the soul than with a crossword puzzle? Or better yet, two hundred of them?

The New York Times and its crossword puzzle editor, Will Shortz, bring you this volume, overflowing with selected crosswords from the pages of the Times, puzzles free of the obscure trivia of older crosswords, and full of modern, fresh vocabulary and fun wordplay.

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About the Author

Will Shortz has been the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993. Mr. Shortz founded both the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, where he serves as director, and the World Puzzle Championship, where he is the captain of the U.S. team. He is the current Puzzlemaster for "Weekend Edition Sunday" on National Public Radio.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (May 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312382707
• ISBN-13: 978-0312382704
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,045,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoying the Crossword Puzzle, June 22, 2008

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Miriam Pat Thorpe "Book Lady" (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New York Times Weekend in the Country Crossword Puzzles: 200 Relaxing Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles) (Paperback)

This is my review of "Weekend in the Country Crossword Puzzles."

When I retired three years ago after 45 years of working, I got serious with solving crossword puzzles. From my local newspaper I solve five easy puzzles every week, along with three large, complex puzzles. I save extras of the complex ones to work on again in three or four months.

But it's never enough puzzles! So, I buy puzzle books now. Not just ANY puzzle books, either! Will Shortz has provided us with many wonderful crossword puzzles in The New York Times as well as in books that we can buy and take on trips with us. So it is with me! I have two of his special crossword books and the latest one is "Weekend in the Country Crossword Puzzles" published by The New York Times. There are 200 puzzles in this book. It is filled with a variety of puzzles according to their difficulty in solving. The categories are keyed with stars. The "Monday" puzzles are the easiest with one star. "Tuesday" puzzles are keyed with two stars--Wednesday, 3 stars, Thursday, 4 stars, Friday, 5 stars, and finally on Saturday, 6 stars. And yes, the 6-star puzzles are really hard to solve.

I highly recommend this crossword puzzle book to all serious and not-so-serious crossword puzzlers out there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Weekend in the Country crosswords, April 8, 2009

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Puzzlegirl - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The New York Times Weekend in the Country Crossword Puzzles: 200 Relaxing Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles) (Paperback)

Not as enjoyable as other NY Times crossword puzzles. Several puzzles were misprinted and solutions did not match. The difficult puzzles were much too difficult and inappropriate for "Weekend in the Country" activity.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars errors, March 31, 2009

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J. Garrett (chicagoan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New York Times Weekend in the Country Crossword Puzzles: 200 Relaxing Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles) (Paperback)

I'm on the 8th puzzle and have found a few errors in this book. Hopefully that is just at the beginning.