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The Times How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords

By Tim Moorey and Collins Puzzles
Series: The Times Crosswords
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The Times How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords by Tim Moorey is a humorous and instructive guide that unravels the complexities of solving cryptic crosswords. This book provides aspiring puzzlers with tips, tricks, and insights delivered in an engaging style, making the art of decoding cryptic clues accessible and enjoyable. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned solver, it offers a delightful way to enhance your crossword-solving skills.
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You might enjoy this book if you love a good puzzle and have a knack for humour. It's perfect for those who see cryptic crosswords as both a challenge and a playful mental exercise, offering tips and tricks to enhance your solving skills while keeping you entertained.

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The Times How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles

An updated edition from expert crossword setter and experienced tutor, Tim Moorey, including 24 brand-new annotated practice crosswords.

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Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles.

An updated edition from expert crossword setter and experienced tutor, Tim Moorey, including 24 brand-new annotated practice crosswords.

The Times How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords shows that cryptic crosswords are no longer the preserve of the elite: in this easy-to-use guide, Tim demonstrates that anyone who enjoys words and word play can learn to solve a cryptic crossword clue.

With clear pictorially presented explanations for many clues, you can revel in the deep satisfaction that comes from finishing cryptic crossword puzzles.

Designed to apply to the solving of any cryptic crossword, this book develops and expands Tim’s first book, How to Master The Times Crossword, and is designed to guide the cryptic crossword beginner to an enriched solving experience.

  • 24 clearly annotated practice puzzles from different newspaper and magazine sources
  • Many new hints and tips to help every solver
  • Greatly expanded lists, e.g., of those all-important abbreviations you should know
  • 10 top tips from a champion solver on how to tackle a typical daily cryptic
  • Up-to-date sections on the latest help available online, e.g., smartphone and tablet apps
  • In-depth and clear explanations of every clue and puzzle answer
  • Suitable for children as an introduction to cryptics

Series: The Times Crosswords

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The Times How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords by Tim Moorey and Collins Puzzles receives high praise for its clarity and effectiveness in teaching cryptic crossword solving. Reviewers appreciate the author’s methodical approach and note significant improvement in their skills, even as novices, due to the book’s engaging and informative nature.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008285579

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 October 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Times Books

Edition: 2nd Revised edition

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 170g

Pages: 240

Collections

2025 Best Sellers Children’s, Teenage and Educational Collins Puzzles Featured Fiction Humour New Zealand's Best Selling Books Series: The Times Crosswords Tim Moorey Young Adult

About the Author

Tim Moorey has been solving Times crosswords for over 50 years, having begun in his early teens. His setting career started at an equally early age, when he submitted puzzles to the London Evening News, who offered two guineas for each successful puzzle. His business career, as a financial controller and director of several BP subsidiary companies, allowed little time for more setting until 1991 when Tim started a second career at the Civil Service College and joined The Sunday Times team. He now sets crosswords as Mephisto and Owzat in various newspapers and magazines. In addition, having won the monthly Observer Azed contest many times, he was the joint winner in the annual competition for 2004/5. Tim also runs crossword workshops for beginners and, as the Cluru (the Clue Guru), provides help for puzzled puzzlers for the Crossword Club.

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