The Washington Post Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Volume 14 [Spiral-bound]

Fred Piscop (Editor)

Book Description

Series: The Washington Post | Publication Date: September 13, 2005

Another volume from our popular, long-running Washington Post crossword series.

• 50 Sunday-size puzzles that offer solvers a bit of a challenge
• Liberal doses of wordplay, contemporary vocabulary, and original themes
• Crosswords by many of today's top constructors

[PuzzleMeter: Difficulty—Medium to Hard;
Style—Middle-of-the-Road to Contemporary]

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Expert puzzle constructor and editor Fred Piscop is known for his clever themes and lively clues. Before his appointment as crossword editor of the Washington Post Sunday Magazine in 2002, Mr. Piscop was crossword editor of Crossword America and created puzzles for the Time magazine News Quiz Crossword.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 64 pages
• Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games (September 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812934911
• ISBN-13: 978-0812934915
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 0.2 x 8.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,742,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Loved It!, December 12, 2006

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J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Washington Post Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Volume 14 (Spiral-bound)

I guess you would have to say I'm a New York Times crossword puzzle fanatic. But because this book was edited by Fred Piscop, known to me from his occasional puzzles at the Times, I decided to give this collection a try. Well, I was amply rewarded. These are moderately difficult Sunday puzzles (and you know what I mean if you do the Times Sunday puzzles) which are just enough different from those in the Times that they represented a pleasant challenge for me. Piscop's sense of humor, as seen in the definitions, is unique (and different from that of the NYT's Will Shortz) and I literally found myself laughing out loud at times.

Scott Morrison

2.0 out of 5 stars Too easy, July 21, 2007

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L. K. Bridgman (West Chester, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Washington Post Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Volume 14 (Spiral-bound)

I Have worked nearly all of the Sunday NYTimes crosswords. Was really looking forward to the same or higher level of difficulty and originality. Unfortunately, this didn't have it. You would think that puzzles published in DC by such a well respected paper would offer a more challenging bit of entertainment.