Fun with Crostics


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For beginners and experts alike, 50 never-before-published crostics for hoursof puzzling fun.




Fun with Crostics 21


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A mind-teasing collection of 50 never-before-published crostics. Charles Duerr is at it again -- hiding quotations from well-known writers in intriguing puzzles that will appeal to beginners and experts alike. And, once again, he's done it with the wit and wile of a true master.




Fun with Crostics


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For novices and old hands alike, a challenging new collection of 50 original crostic puzzles.




The Crosswords Club Collection


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The Crosswords Club Collection returns with more of the puzzles enjoyed by the subscribers of the exclusive mail-order service that provides original Sunday-size crosswords. In addition to these special puzzles, there is a unique Answers section, which provides interesting tidbits about each crossword.




Simon and Schuster's Fun with Crostics Series


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A collection of 50 never-before-published crostics that will appeal to both the puzzle novice and the puzzle maven. The conscientious and quick-thinking solver will discover passages from well-known writers in these cleverly devised crostic puzzles. Spiral-bound.




Quote Acrostic Favorites


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If You Like Crossword Puzzles, You'll Love Acrostics Selected by former USA Today crossword puzzle editor Charles Preston, these 50 favorite acrostics reveal wise and witty sayings on topics from education and humor to history and sports. Crack the clues in the word column; transfer them to the diagram; and discover quotations from people like Dave Barry, Mahatma Gandhi, Simon Garfield, George Bernard Shaw, Mark Twain, and more. Includes 50 favorite puzzles on topics including "It Knocks Me Out," "My Retirement," "Prove Me Wrong," "Successfully Aging," and "They Always Fell."




The New York Times Acrostic Puzzles Volume 11


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50 Quotation puzzles from the pages of The New York Times Edited by Emily Cox and Harry Rathvon New York Times puzzles are America's favorite! Whether your tastes are literary or lowbrow, this latest installment of fifty of the Sunday Times' famous acrostic puzzles features quotations ranging from Herman Melville to Dave Barry, Stephen Jay Gould to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. So sharpen your pencil, put on your thinking cap, and get ready for some acrostic fun!




Challenging Acrostic Puzzles


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They look like crosswords, but don't be fooled. Acrostics, those two-tiered word games, provide double the fun. First figure out the answers to semantic clues as in a crossword. But, the challenge of these forty puzzles doesn't stop there. Use your answers to transform the empty grid into a literary passage. Definitions, answers, and quotes draw on your knowledge of classic masters like Tolstoy, Hemingway, and Poe and assess your pop culture prowess with references to Julia Roberts, Rawhide, and NHL Stanley Cup winners. Dust the cobwebs from your brain and find out how much you really know about music, history, geography, and even mythology. Break free from the standard word puzzle and tackle the twofold challenge of acrostics for an enlightening change of pace.




Fun with Crostics


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For the puzzler looking for something extra, here is a collection of 50 scintillating crostics. Each of these original crostics conceals a quotation from a well-known writer that is gradually revealed as the solver fills in the diagram.




Fun with Crostics Treasury


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From the Duerr archives come 75 puzzles for crostics fans who can never get enough of Duerr's devilish delights.