The New York Times Crosswords to Boost Your Brainpower: 75 Crosswords to Sharpen Your Mind, Improve Your Crossword Skills, and Increase Your Vocabulary (New York Times Crossword Puzzles)
What's a 10-letter word for "A way to have fun and sharpen your mind, too?" As recent studies, including one in the Journal of the American Medical Association, have found, one answer to the above clue is CROSSWORDS. Not only loads of fun, The New York Times crossword puzzles can also stimulate your mind and improve your vocabulary. And these puzzles are printed as big as we can make them so everyone can join in!- With special hints and tips from Will Shortz to help solvers boost their crossword solving power-and their brainpower as well- Puzzles are printed in extra-large type with two pages per puzzle so they're easy to read for all solvers- 75 puzzles arranged from easy to hard: a challenge for all puzzlers from novice to advanced- Edited and with an introduction by crossword great Will Shortz- Author bylines allows fans to get to know their favorite constructors
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:031232037X
ISBN13:9780312320379
Release Date:October 2003
Publisher:St. Martin's Griffin
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Perfect for New Puzzle Solvers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Great for newer puzzle fans. There's helpful clues about clues, how they're written and how to interpret them. Of course, there are plenty of the great NYT puzzles, too.
Bought it and tried it
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I bought the book and love it! Its great for a novice or experienced crossword puzzle solver. Just have patience, and some quality reference books and you be occupied.
Hints From Will Shortz - Better Than Cheating!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is a terrific introduction to New York Times crosswords. The seventy-five daily crosswords here run the gamut of difficulty, beginning with the easiest and going all the way to the tough end-of-the-week puzzles. And for each crossword, there are a few asterisked clues with hints in the back of the book. These hints give us information that most of us had to figure out on our own the hard way, through trial and error (mostly error). For example, Shortz tells us that clues always agree in number and tense. Seems obvious now, but I didn't know that until I'd muscled through some puzzles. A question mark after a clue means a tricky (possibly punny) answer, NYTimes puzzles don't tell you if an answer consists of more than one word, well you get the idea. Even though New York Times Crosswords to Boost Your Brainpower is an excellent intro to Shortz-era NYTimes puzzles, it is also a lot of fun for old-timers, too.
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