Download or read book Henry Hook s Cryptic Crosswords written by Henry Hook and published by Random House Puzzles & Games. This book was released on 2000-07-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-five all-new cryptic crosswords -- the most intricate style of puzzle there is -- created by the diabolical Henry Hook. Every puzzle is a "variety" cryptic crossword; that is, each one has a gimmick that adds an extra level of fun and complexity to an already challenging solving experience.
Download or read book Simon Schuster Hooked on Cryptics Treasury 1 written by Henry Hook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling treasury of vintage cryptics from puzzle maven Henry Hook. Selected from out-of-print books, these cryptics have been described as “challenges from the far side of puzzledom’s new wave” by the Copley News Service. Cryptics are crosswords with a twist, and Hook makes even the most confident cryptic solver work to find the answers cleverly hidden amidst anagrams, reversals, homophones, and palindromes. The most contemporary verbal wizard on the scene, Hook laces his puzzles with a playful wit, uncanny linguistic trickery, and as many references to pop culture as to high art. Representing the ultimate in puzzle creativity, this collection is a must for all fans of serious wordplay.
Download or read book Henry Hook s Cyptic Crosswords written by Henry Hook and published by Random House Puzzles & Games. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forty-five variety cryptic crosswords in this volume are just the way puzzlers like them from Henry Hook: diabolical. Matching wits with these puzzles is like sticking your brain in a blender -- and to a hardcore puzzler, there's nothing better.
Download or read book Henry Hook Cryptic Treasury written by Henry Hook and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with witty wordplay, here are 70 top-notch cryptics selected from Henry Hook's popular series. A bit more difficult and a lot more fun than the average crossword puzzle, cryptics presents clues that require the solver to puzzle out anagrams, puns, reversals, double definitions, and other "tricks" in order to fill out the grid.
Download or read book Henry Hook s Two Step Crosswords written by Henry Hook and published by Random House Puzzles & Games. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As with most of Henry Hook's books, "Two-Step Crosswords is another two-for-the-price-of-one masterpiece. STEP ONE: Solve 49 brand-new, straightforward crosswords by this incomparable puzzle constructor. The theme answers to each puzzle yield another clue. The puzzles are of medium-hard difficulty level and contemporary style. STEP TWO: The 49 clues created became the clues for puzzle #50-a giant acrostic puzzle. In "Two-Step Crosswords, Hook once again provides solvers with a double dose of puzzles for twice the puzzle-solving fun.
Download or read book Henry Hook s Crossquotes written by Henry Hook and published by Random House Puzzles & Games. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Henry Hook calls "CrossQuotes his latest INDY book "because when you solve each crossword, you'll realize 'INDY' is an acronym for "I"'m Not Done Yet." Why? Because, as in most of Henry's books, the crosswords are only the first part of the fun. Inside, solvers will find: - 50 original crosswords, with Henry Hook's wild and wonderful imagination evident on every page - 50 word puzzles--one on the bottom half of each crossword puzzle page--with clues that come from the crossword answers - 50 pithy quotations--usually funny, always insightful--that result when the word puzzles are solved. Some examples: " Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines--David Letterman; "In politics, stupidity is not a handicap--Napoleon Bonaparte.
Download or read book Henry Hook s Film in the Blanks Crosswords written by Henry Hook and published by Random House Puzzles & Games. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 50 original puzzles are packed with film-related clues--stars, titles, and more. But with Henry, solving the "regular" puzzle is usually just the first step and this book is no exception. As each crossword is solved, some of the filled-in letters are transferred to the corresponding dashes of a "fill-in-the-blank" passage and ... you've spelled out a bit of movie trivia that's tied in to some of the clues in the puzzle. For any puzzler who's a movie fan, this double feature is a must!
Download or read book Henry Hook Trivia Crostics written by Henry Hook and published by Random House Puzzles & Games. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series, combining crostic puzzles (a perennial favorite) with pop-culture trivia (the current rage), could only be a creation from the amazing mind of Henry Hook. It's a book of puzzles and a book of trivia all in one. Each puzzle is solved in the usual way, with this bonus: all the clues are trivia questions and each puzzle's solution yields yet another trivia question. And, the different elements of each puzzle all tie together in an elegant way that only the ingenious Henry Hook could dream up.
Download or read book Travel Cryptic Crosswords written by Henry Hook and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A double dose of fun for the traveller who likes a challenge! These crosswords go beyond the usual, because the solution to every clue features a little extra wordplay - including anagrams, reversals and other games.
Download or read book Henry Hook s Guess the Celebrity Crosswords written by Henry Hook and published by Random House Puzzles & Games. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puzzlers love to "fill-in-the-blank." Puzzlers love pop culture. Puzzlers love Henry Hook. Put them all together and you have a book that's irresistible. The latest offering from the amazingly creative Henry Hook is really a book of fifty crosswords "plus fifty "Who am I?" limericks. First, solve a brand-new Sunday-size crossword. Next, plug the appropriate answers into the limerick at the top of the page. Finally, read the limerick and guess who! And to prevent solvers from accidentally seeing the answer to another puzzle, the identities (and explanations) are presented in a special format.
Download or read book Cryptic Crosswords written by Henry Hook and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These mini puzzles are mighty challenging! If you've done only traditional crosswords, these "cryptics" will work out some new mental muscles. What makes them different? The clues themselves don't appear to make sense on the surface. That's because each one has two parts: a straight definition, and a cleverly hidden bit of wordplay (like an anagram, a charade, a homophone, a reversed word, and more). For example: "Earthworms wiggling in Pennsylvania school (10)" is SWARTHMORE (an anagram of EARTHWORMS). These 60 stumpers from cryptic master Henry Hook elevate crosswords to a new level! The author lives in Brooklyn, NY. 160 pages, 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.
Download or read book The Boston Globe Sunday Crossword Puzzles written by Henry Hook and published by Random House Puzzles & Games. This book was released on 2006-03-14 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boston Team Party!! For many years, the team of Henry Hook, Emily Cox, and Henry Rathvon have been entertaining Boston-area puzzle fans with their Sunday Globe crosswords. Now, puzzlers across America can try their hand at some of the cleverest crossword creations anywhere—contemporary, witty puzzles of New York Times caliber. Difficulty: Medium Style: Contemporary
Download or read book The Boston Globe Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 3 written by Henry Hook and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006-10-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 200 devilishly clever puzzles from skilled puzzlemakers Henry Hook, Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon are among the wittiest around. Sure to delight crossword fans everywhere, these puzzles will make you laugh, they’ll make you groan, and they will give you a sense of satisfaction when you complete them that you just can’t get anywhere else.
Download or read book Terribly Twisted Crosswords written by Henry Hook and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It happens to every crossword lover at some point: a feeling of sameness sets in, and the standard puzzles just don't pack enough punch anymore. What's needed is a twist and a tweak--and that's exactly what Henry Hook, creator of the original "Twisted Crosswords" collection, provides! These out-of-the-ordinary crosswords offer a higher level of challenge, with some diagrams that literally break out of the box--including "Around and Abouts" that go in a circle. For "Marching Bands," the solver has to figure out where one answer ends and another begins. And there are also Honeycombs; Intersections, with two clues per number; Mazes; Pathfinders, where the words make right-handed turns; and many more.
Download or read book Henry Hook s Crostics with a Twist written by Henry Hook and published by Random House Puzzles & Games. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one and only Henry Hook is up to his mix-and-match tricks again, with another innovative book whose whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. One part crostics, one part riddles, Henry's latest creation is like two books in one. And to make things more entertaining, everything is in verse. This unique book consists of 50 brand-new crostic puzzles (with rhymed-couplet clues), leading to 50 "Who am I?" riddles in the form of off-the-wall limericks. The subjects are real and imaginary, historical and contemporary, human and "other." As usual, Henry thoughtfully provides explanations and arranges the answers so they're not revealed accidentally.
Download or read book The Curious History of the Crossword written by Ben Tausig and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the curious history of the world's most addictive game and its unusual upbringing. Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the beloved crossword puzzle, readers can solve over 100 different puzzles from top constructors.
Download or read book Puzzlesnacks written by Eric Berlin and published by Tiller Press. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From puzzlemaster Eric Berlin, a collection of more than 100 small yet satisfying puzzles that go way beyond the crossword. There are few things more satisfying than solving a tricky puzzle. Even when you don’t know the answer right away and consider giving up, you persevere, filling in letters, and then—A-HA!—your brain lights up with joy. But just as you might not want a big, heavy meal, you may also not want to spend hours on a complex puzzle. Sometimes, you just want a bite-size brainteaser. In Puzzlesnacks, you can choose from 39 different types of puzzles—from quick and easy to a bit more challenging. Featuring a stimulating collection of conundrums, including hints to get you started on solving many of them (and answers provided at the back of the book), this is the perfect book for satisfying your puzzle craving at any level. Puzzles are the pathway to clearer, more logical thinking, as well as better problem-solving skills. So find your new favorite type of puzzle with this ultimate collection that provides hours of brainteasing fun!
