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The Crossword Puzzler's Handbook, Revised Edition

Over 1,500 Words You Need To Know
Series: Curios
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The Crossword Puzzler's Handbook, Revised Edition by Richard Showstack is a handy guide intended for crossword lovers, offering clues, tips, and strategies to enhance solving skills. Though its primary focus is on puzzles, it intriguingly ties in elements of language, trivia, and logical thinking that can be appreciated by enthusiasts. It helps to expand the reader's knowledge base and provides techniques to effortlessly navigate even the most challenging puzzles.
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With 1,500 words and their definitions to help you name that obscure actress from the 30s or a three-letter word for vase, solving crossword puzzles has never looked so easy.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

With 1,500 words and their definitions to help you name that obscure actress from the 30s or a three-letter word for “vase,” solving crossword puzzles has never looked so easy.

The Crossword Puzzler’s Handbook, Revised Edition has all the answers to help you become an expert crossword puzzler. With 1,500 words and their definitions to help you name that obscure actress from the 30s or a three-letter word for “vase,” solving crossword puzzles has never looked so easy.

This pocket-sized handbook is the perfect gift for the crossword puzzle lovers in your life.

Series: Curios

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781604338584

Publisher: HarperCollins Focus

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 July 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Cider Mill Press Book Publishers LLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 166.0mm

Weight: 253g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Richard Showstack is a freelance writer, author, ghostwriter, and editor in Southern California. He figures that he has done more than 10,000 crossword puzzles in his life, so he is familiar with all of the “cross weirds” (words that appear in crossword puzzles more often than in general conversation or the media).  His other books include A HORSE NAMED PEGGY and Other Enchanting character-building Stories for Smart Teenage Boys Who Want to Grow Up to Be Good Men, THE GIFT OF MAGIC and Other Enchanting character-building Stories for Smart Teenage Girls Who Want to Grow Up to Be Strong Women, ePIFfunnies: Humorous Reflections, Insights, and Musings on Life and Living, and Son of ePIFfunnies: More Humorous Reflections, Insights, and Musings on Life and Living.

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