1 comments about The New York Times Easy Crossword Puzzles Volume 6: 50 Solvable Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times (New York Times Easy Crossword Puzzles).

1. Love these Monday puzzles! Keeps the brain moving and gives me a sense of accomplishment when I can complete most of the puzzle vs. the Sunday editions! Perfect for relaxing or winding down after a long day.

2 comments about The New York Times Easy Crossword Puzzle Omnibus Volume 5: 200 Solvable Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times (New York Times Easy Crossword Puzzle Omnibus).

1. THIS BOOK HAS A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT IS FUN AND CHALLENGING. MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS.



2. They are definitely easy puzzles -- too easy in fact, and a bit repetitive if you do more than one at a sitting. I do one or two each night before bedtime. If you are sleepy, that's about the right speed for this collection.

1 comments about The New York Times Weekend Challenge: Formidable but Fun Crosswords.

1. These puzzles are absolutely hilarious! Yet again, I'm blown away by the exquisite surprises, twists and turns. I've been stumped on a few of them for a few days now, but I'm not giving up! Shortz is, hands down, a genius. Try your hand at the masterful art within these pages, and enjoy the furrowed brow and laughs!

1 comments about The Washington Post Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Volume 13 (Washington Post).

1. I guess you would have to say I'm a New York Times crossword puzzle fanatic. But because this book was edited by Fred Piscop, known to me from his occasional puzzles at the Times, I decided to give a couple volumes of this series a try. Well, I was amply rewarded. These are moderately difficult Sunday puzzles (and you know what I mean if you do the Times Sunday puzzles) which are just enough different from those in the Times that they represented a pleasant challenge for me. Piscop's sense of humor, as seen in the definitions, is unique (and different from that of the NYT's Will Shortz) and I literally found myself laughing out loud at times.
   
   Scott Morrison

4 comments about The New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus- vol 6.

1. I'm pretty good at word puzzles but these books by the NY Times are continually able to stump me. I keep doing them because they increase my vocabulary enormously. I always keep a dictionary close by, and disect each clue after I have completed the puzzles. NEVER have I done a whole puzzle without aid! This keeps me humble!



2. Two hundred New York Times Sunday crosswords at a nickel apiece is a great deal. The book is loaded with the work of well-known as well as less well-known constructors. Most of the puzzles are quite challenging and interesting to work and there is an ample number of humorous concepts included in the batch.
   The drawback to the book - i.e., the "price" we pay for the publisher's generosity - is the lack of perforation and/or distance between the working areas and the binding. Having to write around curves on the top couple of lines across is a bit irksome.
   Yet, all in all, this book is a true bargain and well worth the cost and the minor inconvenience.



3. Exciting crossword puzzles, as ever. However, the numbers in the grid itself are so poorly printed (cheap paper or ink) that misreading an entry is not uncommon. I prefer to speind time thinking of an answer, not staring closely at the puzzle to be certain what number is in a given square. There are plenty of preferable alternative puzzle sources for those who, like me, would rather pay more for an adequately printed product.



4. This collection has what it takes to keep me happy. The book itself is a well made soft-bound type where the pages don't come out, but I don't have much trouble with them. I just fold the thing over and work on either side. You can use either pencil or pen, but pencil can get blurry... The puzzles are long enough to occupy my mind for a few hours each. The clues are mostly solveable with a fair amount of thinking and puzzling. I have to peek sometimes. I like this kind of action over a set that either has me in the back half the time or I'm never in the back and can get the puzzle done in under an hour. The time frame's pretty current, so you have to know your current history along with the stuff from the last decade, which is good, in my book- tripped me up a few times already.. All-in-all, I'd say it's standard fare for this particular line. If you've never tried these puzzles, give them a whirl. They give good value for your money. If you do them in pencil, they erase well, so you can replay the book a few times before it wears out. When I started this type of puzzle, I needed a dictionary a lot, but rarely do now, having learned how to constructively solve and get the maximum type of enjoyment these books offer.

No comments about The New York Times Crosswords For A Lazy Day: 130 Fun, Easy Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles).

2 comments about Large Print Crosswords #5 (Large Print Crosswords).

1. Very large print for the visually handicapped. The puzzles are easy, but nice to do when you just want to relax for a while.



2. My 91 year old mother, with Macular Degeneration, is still working crossword puzzles!! Terrific!

2 comments about The New York Times Super Saturday Crosswords: The Hardest Crossword of the Week.

1. I was completely disappointed in this book. It is quite possible that these puzzles ran on Saturdays in 1993 and 1994, as the copyright notation indicates. They are not, however, remotely in a league with the current Saturday level of difficulty. This is deceptive advertising at its most crass. It reflects very poorly on the editor, Will Shortz (who currently edits the NYT puzzles and surely knows that what I am saying is true), on the Times itself, and on Amazon, which ought to stop selling this slim but nevertheless sleazy volume.



2. it isn't easy to find difficult puzzles. this book is great. i wish there were more of them. the harder the better. thank you

1 comments about Simon & Schusters Super Crostics # 4 (Super Crostics Book).

1. If you have to go to work tomorrow, don't open this book after 10 p.m. You may be awake 'til the a.m. hours! These crostics are challenging and fun for the word puzzle lover who likes to go a step beyond crosswords to solve a quote and author puzzle. There are even a few cryptic acrostics - a triple treat!

2 comments about Crasswords: Dirty Crosswords for Cunning Linguists (Crossword).

1. I gave this as a gift to a friend that loves to do crossword puzzles. We were laughing hysterically at the puzzle titles and some of the clues!! Lot's of fun!



2. A fun book. Very different crosswords. It has a way of letting you know how out of touch you are with certain parts of the world.