Games Magazine's World of Cryptic Crosswords (Spiral-bound)

by Mike Shenk (Editor)

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Product Description
A mind-bending new treasury of fifty fabulous, fun-filled crossword puzzles from Games magazine!

Cryptic crossword clues have two parts. One is the definition of the answer, and the other is a description of it through wordplay. The trick is discovering which part is which, and cracking the anagrams, hidden words, and other language play within the clues.

Games Magazine's World of Cryptic Crosswords includes a detailed, step-by-step explanation of how to solve cryptics, plus six warm-up puzzles, each illustrating the basic cryptic clue types.

Also included are ten variety cryptic puzzles at the end of the book, for those intrepid solvers who have advanced to Master Solver status.

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A mind-bending new treasury of fifty fabulous, fun-filled crossword puzzles from Games magazine!

Cryptic crossword clues have two parts. One is the definition of the answer, and the other is a description of it through wordplay. The trick is discovering which part is which, and cracking the anagrams, hidden words, and other language play within the clues.

Games Magazine's World of Cryptic Crosswords includes a detailed, step-by-step explanation of how to solve cryptics, plus six warm-up puzzles, each illustrating the basic cryptic clue types.

Also included are ten variety cryptic puzzles at the end of the book, for those intrepid solvers who have advanced to Master Solver status.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 80 pages
• Publisher: B and P Publishing Company; 1st edition (March 10, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812919998
• ISBN-13: 978-0812919998
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #495,259 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Cryptics, April 4, 2002

By	blibberinghumdinger (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Overall this is a very good collection. Almost all are straightforward, though, with only ten "variety" cryptics in the back.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Logical "U.S." puzzles. Well constructed. Medium Difficulty., September 11, 2007

By	Brian S. Walker - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very few obscure foreign words. Clues are nicely constructed, not just run through a thesaurus and anagram computer program like so many are. These are from years of Games Magazine (I think), so they were not constructed in a rushed fashion. Rules are outlined in the book and followed to strictly. No single definitions or unrelated words are in the clues. Can be difficult to decipher the definition from the clue, a sign of good puzzle creation. Wish another edition would come out, these is my favorite cryptic crossword book (bought and done it twice over 10 years). There are different puzzle authors so you get a variety of construction techniques. Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Cryptic Book ever!, April 8, 2008

By	Patricia Truty "PattyLovesBooks" (Belvidere, IL) - See all my reviews

I LOVE cryptic crossword puzzles, and this is the best book of them all! They don't come out too frequently here (as they do in the UK where they originated), and I am so glad I xeroxed the pages so I can do the puzzles in this book again and again! I have bought other cryptic books but this is by far the best! There are puzzles here by different enigmatists, and none are too difficult or too easy yet I find them challenging. Cryptics seem to be quite difficult when you are new to them, but don't give up--and you too will be hooked for life!