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1. The Daily Telegraph Cryptic Crossword Book 58 (Crossword)
2. I Love Me, Vol. 1: S. Wordrow's Palindrome Encyclopedia
3. Sit & Solve Word Puzzles
4. The Word Circus: A Letter-Perfect Book (Lighter Side of Language Series)
5. Jumble Mania: A Collection For Passionate Puzzlers (Jumbles)
6. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book #3 (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)
7. Keepers and Losers Mad Libs
8. 365 Celebrity Crypto-Quotes
9. Simon and Schuster Crossword Puzzle Book #226: The Original Crossword Puzzle Publisher (Simon & Schuster Crossword Puzzle Books)
10. Sit & Solve Word Puzzles #2 (Sit & Solve Series)
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The Daily Telegraph Cryptic Crossword Book 58 (Crossword)
Authors: The Daily Telegraph. Paperback, 192 pagesPublisher: Macmillan UK Publication Date: 2006-06-01 Reviews :
A collection of cryptic crosswords from The Daily Telegraph with the answers at the back of the book. ...
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I Love Me, Vol. 1: S. Wordrow's Palindrome Encyclopedia
Authors: Michael Donner. Paperback, 400 pagesPublisher: Algonquin Books Publication Date: 1996-01-08 Edition: 1st Reviews :
S. Wordrow's Palindrome Encyclopedia revealed and interpreted by Michael Donner. "Packs a record-breaking 35,000 cross-referenced palindromes into a tongue-in-cheek reference book that is a must-have for crossword puzzlers, word lovers, or anyone who loves the absurd."--Houston Tribune; "Silliness is the unabashed point in these 400-plus pages."--Sun-Times (Chicago); "This is surely the most thorough survey of words that come and go the same way."--William Safire, The New York Times Magazine; "Har-har! Rah-Rah!"--The Orlando Sentinel. A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB selection....
To aficionados and wordsmiths, palindromes--phrases that read the same backward and forward, such as "bird rib" or "senile felines"--are more than just wordplay; they have a special kind of sense and serve as reminders that all language is only a human construct. There are now many palindrome collections on the market, none more comprehensive than this volume of 3,500 palindromes by the founding editor of Games magazine. "Never odd or even," this is a book to amuse and instruct in the riches of the language....
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Sit & Solve Word Puzzles
Authors: George Bredehorn. Paperback, 96 pagesPublisher: Sterling Publication Date: 2002-03-28 Reviews :
Grab a pencil, get started, and soon you'll be exercising your brain (and, with a little luck, a few other muscles, too). While you're waiting for nature to take its course, try some clueless crosswords, where you fill in the blanks to form eight seven-letter words. Or, do double exposures, where you first figure out the six-letter words that read from top to bottom in the columns; that reveals only half the letters, so then you'll have to take one from the top squares of each column and transfer it to the blank above to reveal a phrase. Also fill-in stations, split decisions, two-by-twos, and lots more like this one:
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The Word Circus: A Letter-Perfect Book (Lighter Side of Language Series)
Authors: Richard Lederer. Dave Morice. Hardcover, 295 pagesPublisher: Merriam-Webster Publication Date: 1998-05 Edition: 1 Reviews :
A fun and frolicking book of word play. Hundreds of acrostics, anagrams, puns, riddles, spoonerisms, and much more. Features a full chapter of skill-testing word games....
Richard Lederer gets a greater charge out of the English language than a kid gets from a Volkswagen full of clowns. His playful examination of "the most tintinnabulating of the world's tongues" in The Word Circus is more fun than a barrel of monkeys (however fun that is), and Dave Morice's illustrations are no sideshow: they are as clever and charming as the text they accompany. There's a lot going on in Lederer's big tent. Words are beheaded in one ring (the devil becomes evil) and curtailed in another (watch this priest become someone who pries). Over there, they're being cut right in two (does he bewilder? Be wilder!). Step right up, barks our emcee at the homophone (ewe/u/yew/you), and watch me juggle one phrase to make another: hand me the nudist colony and I'll show you no untidy clothes. Palindromes, like push-me-pull-yous, parade to and fro. And oh, the verbal freaks you'll meet: grammagrams, heteronyms, vowelless things; consonant packs (catchphrase) and silent strings (Brougham). According to Lederer, the late poet James Merrill once commented that, "We speak wistfully of sounding the depths of language, but language has its shallows too, and we can drown in those just as easily as in the raptures of the former." Lederer certainly does. Let his circus begin! --Jane Steinberg...
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Jumble Mania: A Collection For Passionate Puzzlers (Jumbles)
Authors: Henri Arnold. Bob Lee. Mike Argirion.
Paperback, 187 pages
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
Publication Date: 2004-09-30
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book #3 (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)
Authors: Paperback, 256 pagesPublisher: Portable Press Publication Date: 2005-08-31 Reviews :
Don’t let that brain get flabby! Flexing the frontal lobes keeps them in shape, and when better to do it than when the body is otherwise occupied? Flush with the success of Number One and Number Two, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute tapped into the talents of puzzle maven Stephanie Spadaccini to compile entry Number Three in the popular Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book series. The book includes crosswords, cryptograms, crostics, word searches, anagrams, trivia quizzes, and other popular puzzles suitable for both quick trips and extended stays. ...
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Keepers and Losers Mad Libs
Authors: Roger and Stern, Leonard Price.
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: Chamberlain Bros.
Publication Date: 2005-05-03
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365 Celebrity Crypto-Quotes
Authors: Trip Payne. Spiral-bound, 96 pagesPublisher: Sterling Publication Date: 1998-12-31 Reviews :
What do such celebrities as actor Dustin Hoffman, radio host Garrison Keillor, former Vice President Dan Quayle, and writer Ayn Rand have in common? They're all quoted in cryptograms! Each celebrity's words appear on his or her birthday, and there's a quotation for every day of the year. There are two other sections to help "clue" you into the puzzles. Once you've unraveled the mystery, you'll know director Cecile B. De Mille's thoughts on filmmaking; Michael Jordan's feelings about hard work; attorney Clarence Darrow's view of the presidency; food writer James Beard's sly comments on cannibalism; Harry Truman's distinction between recession and depression; David Byrne's and Bono's opinions on music; and Marilyn Monroe's downbeat description of Hollywood. Every cryptogram has a different code, of course, so you'll have to tackle each one separately!
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Simon and Schuster Crossword Puzzle Book #226: The Original Crossword Puzzle Publisher (Simon & Schuster Crossword Puzzle Books)
Authors: John M. Samson. Spiral-bound, 64 pagesPublisher: Fireside Publication Date: 2002-06-01 Reviews :
The newest book in the classic series features the kind of challenges puzzle solvers look forward to--50 never-before-published puzzles created by the top constructors in the field of word smithery. Spiral-bound....
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Sit & Solve Word Puzzles #2 (Sit & Solve Series)
Authors: Gary Disch. Paperback, 96 pagesPublisher: Sterling Publication Date: 2004-03-28 Reviews :
The "cross anagrams" and "boomerangs" make perfect starting puzzles, but when the mental juices start flowing, give a "Helter Skelter" example a try. For a really liberal dose of red herrings and tricky clues, "Missing Links" are just the things. But easy or hard, each one is lots of fun and an irresistible incentive to get out the pencils and erasers and dig in.
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