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The Times Cryptic Crossword Book 30

100 World-Famous Crossword Puzzles
By The Times Mind Games and Jason Crampton
Series: The Times Crosswords
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Challenge your brain power with these fun crossword puzzles. The Times Crossword is the most famous in the world. Test your solving skills with this collection of 100 cryptic puzzles compiled by the Editor of The Times Crossword. The latest book in this exciting series continues... Read More
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Challenge your brain power with these fun crossword puzzles.

The Times Crossword is the most famous in the world. Test your solving skills with this collection of 100 cryptic puzzles compiled by the Editor of The Times Crossword.

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Challenge your brain power with these fun crossword puzzles.

The Times Crossword is the most famous in the world. Test your solving skills with this collection of 100 cryptic puzzles compiled by the Editor of The Times Crossword.

The latest book in this exciting series continues the tradition of providing authoritative, challenging cryptic crosswords, offering an enjoyable and stimulating way to while away your free time.

The book is packed with addictive, taxing, and compelling puzzles by some of the best crossword compilers in the world, chosen by the Times Crossword Editor Jason Crampton.

Series: The Times Crosswords

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008748852

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Times Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 160g

Pages: 240

Collections

Crosswords Fiction Humour Jason Crampton Pre-order Books Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: The Times Crosswords The Times Mind Games

About the Author

The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785. A daily cryptic crossword is published in the main newspaper, and the Mind Games section in the Times2 supplement contains sudoku, Killer Sudoku, KenKen, word polygon puzzles, and a quick crossword.

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