The New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 8: 200 World-Famous Sunday Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times (New York Times Sunday Crosswords Omnibus) [Paperback]

The New York Times (Author), Will Shortz (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 16, 2004 | Series: New York Times Sunday Crosswords Omnibus (Book 8)

The Sunday New York Times crossword: As good as it gets!

The New York Times Sunday puzzles are the biggest and the best in the world, and this latest collection of two hundred great puzzles will provide hundreds of hours of puzzling fun for beginners and experts alike. Famed editor Will Shortz has brought a new, fresh look to the Times crosswords by emphasizing fun, light vocabulary and a minimum of obscure trivia.

- 200 of America's favorite Sunday New York Times crossword puzzles
- Sunday puzzles are up to 40 percent bigger than weekday puzzles, with fewer black squares and more inventive themes
- Author bylines allow fans to get to know today's top constructors

Editorial Reviews

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"[Will Shortz] is the crossword king."
--Steve Kroft, 60 Minutes

"The prince of crossword puzzlers."
--Greenwich Magazine

"The Riddler's got nothing on Will Shortz."
--Time Out New York

"Will Shortz is [the crossword book world's] John Grisham."
--Martin Arnold

About the Author

Will Shortz has been the crossword puzzle 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. He has edited countless books of crossword puzzles, Sudoku, KenKen, and all manner of brain-busters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (February 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312324405
• ISBN-13: 978-0312324407
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,572 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #67 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Crosswords

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The World's Best Large-Sized Crosswords, January 14, 2005

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J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 8: 200 World-Famous Sunday Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times (New York Times Sunday Crosswords Omnibus) (Paperback)

Puzzlers know that the Sunday Times crosswords are not necessarily the hardest ones--those are the puzzles that appear on Fridays and Saturdays in the Times--but they are much bigger, about half again as large as the daily puzzles. And they also have a title--which helps the solver to figure out what the puzzle's theme might be--and they supply name the constructor of the puzzles, something that doesn't occur with the daily puzzles.

Doing the Sunday Times crossword puzzle is a habit with many of the Times's readers, but for those of us who don't live in New York or buy the Sunday Times, this is the next best thing. I know I wouldn't be able to feel like a Sunday was complete until I had done the Sunday puzzle.

My method, in case anyone is interested, is to tear each puzzle page out and put it on a clipboard. That way one doesn't have to deal with any awkwardness from trying to do the puzzles while holding a largeish book, although I've done that, too. Also, this allows for your pencil marks to remain crisp whereas if you leave the puzzle in the book the softness of the underlying pages makes your pencil marks a little blurry.

Make no mistake, these are wonderful puzzles and the price is very reasonable.

Scott Morrison

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Got a magnifying glass?, July 1, 2008

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This review is from: The New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 8: 200 World-Famous Sunday Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times (New York Times Sunday Crosswords Omnibus) (Paperback)

Whilst the puzzles in this book are regular Sunday size, the grids are smaller than I like, which makes it kind of difficult to read the numbers in the boxes. Also, I would say 80% of these were printed in the Wall Street Journal Omnibus which I received for Christmas, and would recommend that one of 250 puzzles with larger grids.