From the creators of crostics for The New York Times and Harper's, here are 50 new puzzles. Fans of Thomas Middleton's intriguing brand of crostics will welcome this book with sharpened pencils--and sharpened wits. Spiral-bound.
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Middleton's top-of-the-line crostics, culled from his popular series, take puzzle solvers to a new level of difficulty--and satisfaction.
Take an interesting passage from a book or article by a well-known writer, scramble it up into a stimulating word puzzle, and you have a crostic! The 75 crostics in this book are culled from earlier Crostics series books no longer in print.
Here is a fresh and fiendish challenge in the form of 50 brand-new word puzzles from the master of the genre, Tom Middleton.
For everyone who enjoys the double challenge of crostics, these puzzles from a delightfully devious expert are right on target.
Beginners and experts alike will discover hours of puzzling fun with this mind-teasing collection of brand new crostics.
Created by an acknowledged master of crostic construction, each of these brand-new puzzles contains a passage from the work of a well-known writer, to be uncovered as the clues are filled in.
Culled from out-of-print Simon & Schuster crostics books, these 225 classic puzzles are certain to keep even the most experienced crostics enthusiasts delightfully engaged.