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The Telegraph Big Book of Cryptic 15

A bumper collection of more than 200 puzzles
By Telegraph Media Group Ltd
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The Telegraph Big Book of Cryptic 15 offers a bumper collection of more than 200 cryptic puzzles. Flex your mental muscles with these cryptic crosswords! Put your lateral thinking skills to the test with this bumper edition of cryptic crosswords from the pages of The Telegraph.... Read More
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A bumper collection of more than 200 cryptic puzzles.

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The Telegraph Big Book of Cryptic 15 offers a bumper collection of more than 200 cryptic puzzles.

Flex your mental muscles with these cryptic crosswords!

Put your lateral thinking skills to the test with this bumper edition of cryptic crosswords from the pages of The Telegraph. Whether you're looking to sharpen your analytical skills, or simply pass the time on a quiet Sunday morning, this is the ultimate puzzling companion.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788406864

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Cassell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 464

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About the Author

The Telegraph is the one of the UK's most popular daily broadsheets, with a daily circulation of over 350,000 readers. It was the first quality newspaper in the UK to publish a daily crossword, in 1925.

The new Telegraph Puzzles site is at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/, offering access to their archive of over 17,000 puzzles.

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