Webster'S New World Crossword Puzzle Dictionary: Third Edition [Mass Market Paperback]

Jane Shaw Whitfield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 1990

THE FASTEST, MOST CONVENIENT REFERENCE BOOK!
FOR CROSSWORD FANS AND PUZZLE CREATORS
FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERTS
FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVES WORDS AND WORD GAMES

"Should enable the crossword addict to fill every space in the most difficult puzzles....A delightful browsing book, vocabulary builder, and thesaurus."
-- "Los Angeles Herald-Examiner"

Compiled by a crossword puzzle expert, this splendid volume is specially designed to help you find the word you want?FAST! Unlike some other puzzle dictionaries, this one is more than just a simple listing of words of six letters or fewer, with no clues to meaning. This is a dictionary of terms actually found in a survey of thousands of puzzles. Here are words of two to fourteen letters or more, as well as phrases and compounds of two or more words -- just what you need to solve challenging puzzles!

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Webster's New World™ Crossword Puzzle Dictionary Discover the most complete and easy-to-use crossword puzzle dictionary of all! Finding the word that fits isn't always easy. Sometimes it's a struggle with the number of letters, and sometimes you just started off with the wrong idea. When you find yourself stumped, you need a crossword puzzle dictionary that covers everything from the genuinely arcane and unusual to those ordinary words you somehow overlooked. Most of all, you need a dictionary that helps you find the word you want quickly, accurately, and without fuss. This is that dictionary. From Jane Shaw Whitfield and the editors of Webster's New World comes the completely revised and updated second edition of Webster's New World Crossword Puzzle Dictionary. This new edition includes thousands of new entries, expanded lists of subcategories, and helpful tables such as Shakespeare's plays and characters, books of the Bible, international currencies, and more. It is without question the easiest-to-use and most reliable crossword puzzle resource you can own. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (April 15, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671726927
• ISBN-13: 978-0671726928
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,486,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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57 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crossword fanatic, December 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Webster'S New World Crossword Puzzle Dictionary: Third Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

I am now in the process of wearing out my third copy of Webster's Crossword Dictionary. If you do the New York Times puzzle or the Atlantic Monthly or the Harper's puzzles, you'll find this dictionary the most helpful, particularly useful when you are only interested in possibilities of a certain number of letters.

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Printing May 1977 by Pocket Books, July 30, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Webster's New World Crossword Puzzle Dictionary (Paperback)

The May 1997 edition book is the best refernce that I had available to me. It has gotten so worn in 20 years time that I had to look for another edition. ---- and I found it----- at Amazon.com George F. Moore, P

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, January 23, 2004

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This review is from: Webster's New World Crossword Puzzle Dictionary (Paperback)

No slang, no foreign word or phrases, some common words just missing-bought it as a gift for daily crossword fanatic and get to hear what is missing from it on more that one occasion give it a miss.