The New York Times Vocabulary Power Crosswords: 50 Puzzles to Sharpen Your Mind, Improve Your Corssword Skills and Increase Your Word Power - Softcover

The New York Times

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312351992 ISBN 13: 9780312351991

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2006

Synopsis

A love of the language and love of crossword puzzles are natural bedfellows. In The New York Times Word Power Crosswords, the interesting, obscure, and unusual vocabulary of the crosswords is highlighted and explained. For solvers who've ever wondered what, exactly, is a calx, the origins of the onomatopoeic brusque, or how Germany, Italy, and Japan came to be called the Axis in World War II, here's the perfect crossword collection.

About this title

About the Author:

Will Shortz has been crossword editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

Review:

"[Will Shortz] is the crossword king."
- Steve Kroft, 60 Minutes

"The prince of crossword puzzlers."
- Greenwich Magazine

"The Riddler's got nothing on Will Shortz."
- Time Out New York

"Will Shortz is [the crossword book world's] John Grisham."
- Martin Arnold

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312351992
• ISBN 13: 9780312351991
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Shortz Will