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Books : Entertainment : Puzzles & Games : Crosswords : Cryptic
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Tired of the same old crossword clues? Want to put some spice into your solving? Then try this follow-up to the popular 101 Cryptic Crosswords, from former puzzle editor of The New Yorker Fraser Simpson. Unlike conventional crosswords, these quirky puzzles use clues that combine straightforward definitions with clever wordplay. For example, “Hit friends back” is the clue for SLAP, which means “hit” but is also PALS reversed (“friends back”). You’ll also encounter homophones, hidden words, charades, deletions, pig Latin, and more. These mind-twisting puzzles are sure to give you hours of head-scratching, pencil-chewing fun.
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Ready to tackle the ultimate crossword challenge? Try these cryptic crosswords, which not only test your conventional crossword skills, but also provide other forms of word play as well. The Everything® Cryptic Crosswords Book boasts a hundred pencil-nibbling puzzles, in which each clue is a riddle in itself, such as:- Double definitions: Create vegetables and fruits (PRODUCE)
- Hidden words: Repeat part of the chorus (ECHO)
- Anagrams: Change of heart for our planet (EARTH)
Geraint Tucker discovered cryptic crosswords at university in the UK and soon started to make them as well-first for a Web site and later for the student newspaper at Bath University.He lives in Cardiff, Wales.
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GENERAL FEATURES: Humorous Cryptograms by Sterling Publishing Co. is designed for hours of thinking fun! These 400 humorous Cryptograms will have you laughing, but not until you solve the puzzles! This book contains 128 pages. Approximately 5 3/8 by 8 1/4 inches.
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Ready for something that really tests your brainpower? These puzzles--taken from the celebrated pages of The New Yorker magazine--offer more challenges per "empty square" than the average crossword! Every cryptic has a twist, a little something extra, a double-dose of difficulty. That's because the clues all have two parts: a definition half and a wordplay half, with anagrams, reversals, containers, and lots of other word games built in.
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Compiled by the editor of The Times crossword, this assortment of crossword puzzles promises endless entertainment. Initially published just four times a year on holidays, The Times crossword has appeared on a weekly basis since 1997. The larger grid (27 x 27 squares) creates great challenges for long words and phrases, adding an additional level of diffficulty to the original 15 x 15 layout and a new element of challenge to completing each crossword.
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From Mensa® comes a series of super-challenging puzzles that go way beyond the average crossword—and also offer an authentic treasure-trove of wordplay demanding some skilled solving. Here’s how they go: each clue has two parts. One is the normal definition of an answer, while the other features a little linguistic playfulness—maybe an anagram, perhaps a pun, and sometimes even a word written backward. And the hitch is…there’s usually no indication of which comes first, or punctuation to mark the division. You’ve got to see through the clue-maker’s deceptions and tease out the correct answer by rethinking the clue’s wording. Some of the irresistible language trickery includes double definitions, hidden answers, homophones, and containers.
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A collection of cryptic crosswords from The Daily Telegraph with the answers at the back of the book.
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More than four hundered brain-jogging puzzles give you a crash course in cryptography, while the messages reward you with the comedy of Jay Leno, Elayne Boosler, and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as the wit and wisdom of Hillary Clinton, Stephen King, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Begin by trying to find the clues through trial and error, or follow the tips for faster results. There's a chart of hints for each puzzle that reveals one crucial letter equivalent. Along the way, you'll probably agree with puzzle number 83: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain unless you've used up all the other applicable four-letter words."--W. C. Fields.
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A collection of 240 cryptic crosswords from The Daily Telegraph with the answers at the back of the book.
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Dedicated puzzle enthusiasts see it too often: ordinary crosswords with ho-hum clues like “Toledo’s lake” for ERIE. That means they need to spice up their solving with the pure puzzling pleasure of cryptic crosswords. Here, each clue offers double the dose of wordplay: to find the answer, they’ll have to do a little extra deciphering—recognizing a homophone, for example, or working out a charade. Once fans try cryptics, they’ll never return to regular crosswords again!
- Cryptic crosswords from the best in the business: these authors have a dedicated following
- First printed in Atlantic magazine, these cryptics are proven successes
- Cox and Rathvon have devised some deliciously devious clues that will really challenge and excite solvers
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GENERAL FEATURES: Clever Cryptograms by Sterling Publishing Co. is designed for hours of thinking fun! Get ready to challenge your brain and feed your soul with 300 sayings from 30 of the world's greatest thinkers, writers and philosophers, all encoded to test you cryptographic skills. This book contains 96 pages. Approximately 5 3/8 by 8 1/4 inches.
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The sixth compilation of 60 cryptic crosswords from The Sunday Times. All the puzzles are set out in an easy-to-use, double-page spread to view layout, with all the solutions clearly laid out at the back of the book.
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Designed to challenge even the most experienced crossword buff, this selection of 50 puzzles from London’s The Times put your linguistic prowess to its limit. Initially published just four times a year on holidays, The Times crossword has appeared on a weekly basis since 1997. With oversized grids of 23 x 23 squares—compared to a standard 15 x 15—these puzzles require serious word power and brain bending.
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*50 puzzles.*Covered spiral binding for easy identification in spined-out shelving.*Edited by Will Shortz.Never seen before in book form, this collection brings together the best of the Second Sunday puzzles of The New York Times. From spiral crosswords to fantastic word games, these puzzles will delight and challege all types of puzzling fans.
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