50 puzzles from the" New York Times"] by Thomas H. Middleton "New York Times" puzzles are America' s Favorites Millions of puzzle fans know that the "New York Times" is the gold standard in puzzling. Here is the next installment of 50 Acrostic puzzles, which appear every other week in the "Sunday Times. "
The Penguin Book of Word Games
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Across and Down: The Crossword Puzzle World
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This lively, detailed history of the crossword puzzle not only gives us a few clues about how and why these puzzles became so popular, but also introduces us to the...
Thank You for the Giant Sea Tortoise: And Other Unforeseen Results of New York Magazine Competitions
Featuring more than 330,000 answer words, this sixth edition of the popular crossword reference continues to provide the most extensive and accessible guidance to perplexed solvers. Includes the much-imitated "Instant...
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Espy, comic poet, word maven, punster, and raconteur, has compiled another of his delightful romps through the English language. A book for anyone who enjoys words and language and the...
This marvelous reference guide should be at the side of every writer; it's the first wordplay dictionary ever! Concepts like "exquisite corpse," "kangaroo word," and "Jabberwocky," which frequently appear in...