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Product Description: Challenge your mind and celebrate the American spirit with this clever collection of theme crossword puzzles. Test your knowledge of American history and geography, presidents, state capitals, Native American tribes, celebrities, tourist sites, sports stars, and more...read more
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9781402711329 | Spiral-bound edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2004), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Challenge your mind and celebrate the American spirit with this clever collection of theme crossword puzzles.
Product Description: Solvers looking for a little mental snack, rather than a full meal, will find these bite-size crosswords very tasty! Even though the grids are tiny, the entertainment per square inch is enormous. Packed with fresh, interesting words and clues that will tickle your punny bone, the puzzles are perfect linguistic munchies for your brainâand just right for a quick mental break during those crazy-busy days...read more
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9781454904311 | Csm spi edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, August 6, 2013), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Solvers looking for a little mental snack, rather than a full meal, will find these bite-size crosswords very tasty!
Product Description: It's puzzle heaven for crossword devotees who are short on time but looking for ways to keep their brains and their pencils sharp. Created by Matt Gaffney, author of seven books of crossword puzzles, four books of variety puzzles, the narrative Gridlock: Crossword Puzzles and the Mad Geniuses Who Create Them and crossword contributor to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and others...read more
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9781416206491 | Sellers Pub Inc, September 14, 2011, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: It's puzzle heaven for crossword devotees who are short on time but looking for ways to keep their brains and their pencils sharp.
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9781416206484 | Sellers Pub Inc, September 14, 2011, cover price $9.95
Product Description: Both movie lovers and word mavens will turn these crosswords into blockbusters! That’s because they’re filled with cinematic clues designed to test film fans’ knowledge of screen lore. The puzzle titles say it all: Short Subjects,” Two Thumbs Up,” The Top 50,” and The Lady Vanishes” (after the Hitchcock classic), to name just a few...read more
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9781402725401 | Spiral-bound edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, September 30, 2006), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Both movie lovers and word mavens will turn these crosswords into blockbusters!
Product Description: Itâll ____ like hotcakes! The Complete Idiotâs Guide to Crossword Puzzles and Word Games is designed for every puzzler, from novice to expert. Nationally known expert Matt Gaffney has crafted 150 crossword puzzles and exercises, not only to entertain readers, but also to improve their skills...read more
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9781592573912 | Alpha Books, October 4, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Itâll ____ like hotcakes!
Product Description: Tons more fun for word search enthusiasts! A follow-up to The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Word Search Puzzles, this new volume contains over 300 puzzles on a variety of themes, many of them new. Each puzzle is 20 letters by 20 letters with a minimum of 25 words to discover-for hours of individual and family fun...read more
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9781615640027 | Csm edition (Alpha Books, March 2, 2010), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Tons more fun for word search enthusiasts!
Product Description: Innovative fun for both students and puzzlers. Crosswords remain a favorite among puzzlers worldwideâand they can be a fun way to enhance the process of learning a language. Now, there are new challenges for puzzle-lovers who want to learn Spanish...read more
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9781592575930 | Alpha Books, March 6, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Innovative fun for both students and puzzlers.
Product Description: A play on words. Filled with more than 300 puzzles in a variety of themes, The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Word Search Puzzles provides hours of fun that improves concentration, vocabulary, and problem-solving skills. Everyone knows the feeling of going blank on just the right word from time to time...read more
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9781592579006 | Alpha Books, May 5, 2009, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A play on words.
Product Description: Play some brain games, CosmoGIRL! These 83 crosswords will give you a great mental workoutÂand chase away your boredom at the same time! Divided into easy, moderate, and hard levels, the puzzles all feature themes based on the most important events in her life, like ÂHigh School Prom,â ÂCollege Admissions Test,â and ÂDriverâs License...read more
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9781588166531 | Csm edition (Hearst Books, October 28, 2007), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Play some brain games, CosmoGIRL!
Product Description: Links lovers will enjoy testing their golfing smarts on these challenging, fun crosswords, which originally appeared on the PGA Tour website. Created by Matt Gaffney, whose crosswords have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Slate, Billboard, Brillâs Content, and Games Magazine, these puzzles abound with golf trivia, facts, stars, history, celebrity quotes, tournament lore, and technical knowledge, from Arnieâs Army to Zoeller and everything in between...read more
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9781402705458 | Spiral-bound edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, November 1, 2004), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Links lovers will enjoy testing their golfing smarts on these challenging, fun crosswords, which originally appeared on the PGA Tour website.
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9781560258902 | Running Pr Book Pub, July 3, 2006, cover price $13.95
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9781402729881 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, October 1, 2005, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: An accompaniment to a good cup of coffee or tea is sure to become a hit with solvers - just like 'Sit & Solves'.
Product Description: It's hip to be square! Now, young crossword fans have a collection of puzzles they can call their own. These cool new crosswords are sure to be a hit:• 50 hip puzzles aimed at the x- and y-generations• First time in book form: these puzzles are from the pages of America's favorite alternative weeklies, including Creative Loafing, the SF Weekly, and the Philadelphia City Paper• Pop culture, political commentary, and sharp social reference...read more
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9780812936384 | Spiral-bound edition (Times Books, November 1, 2004), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: It's hip to be square!
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9781454919001 | Spiral-bound edition (Puzzlewright, November 1, 2016), cover price $12.95
9781454912309 | Csm spi edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, September 2, 2014), cover price $12.95
Product Description: As always, this ninth entry in our Large Print puzzle series features crosswords with big easy-to-read clues and numbersâso solvers strain their brains, but not their eyes. In this latest installment, top creator Matt Gaffney crafts dozens of entertaining challenges for anyone whose mind is sharp, but whose eyesight isn't...read more
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9781454904977 | Csm spi lr edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, August 6, 2013), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: As always, this ninth entry in our Large Print puzzle series features crosswords with big easy-to-read clues and numbersâso solvers strain their brains, but not their eyes.
Product Description: Crossword puzzles plus literary trivia--what could be a better match for language mavens who love to play with words? These 50 great puzzles were constructed by fourteen of the top crossword writers in the business and edited by Matt Gaffney, himself a major puzzlemaker...read more
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9781402714467 | Spiral-bound edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, April 1, 2005), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Crossword puzzles plus literary trivia--what could be a better match for language mavens who love to play with words?
Product Description: These wonderfully themed and witty crosswords have an extra layer of fun, because each one has an additional secret puzzle to solve! Popular brand mental_floss and puzzle maven Matt Gaffney have devised one of the most amazing crossword collections ever...read more
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9781454910541 | Csm spi edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, October 7, 2014), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: These wonderfully themed and witty crosswords have an extra layer of fun, because each one has an additional secret puzzle to solve!
Product Description: mental_floss teams up with puzzle aficionado Matt Gaffney to bring solvers one of the most amazing crossword collections ever devised. Each of the 66 puzzles not only features a fun theme and witty clues, there's also a secret puzzle within the puzzle waiting to be solved...read more
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9781402785511 | Csm spi edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, November 6, 2012), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: mental_floss teams up with puzzle aficionado Matt Gaffney to bring solvers one of the most amazing crossword collections ever devised.
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9781454910534 | Spiral-bound edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, June 3, 2014), cover price $8.95
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9781454918998 | Spiral-bound edition (Puzzlewright, November 1, 2016), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Got a minute?
Product Description: Fans of the silver screen can indulge their love for film and test their cinema smarts with these entertaining movie-theme crosswords. Huge Directors, These Films Have Been Doctored, andI Wanna Be a Cowboy are just some of the fun topics...read more
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9781402712586 | Spiral-bound edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, May 1, 2004), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Fans of the silver screen can indulge their love for film and test their cinema smarts with these entertaining movie-theme crosswords.
Product Description: Small puzzlesâbig fun! Anyone looking for a quick mental diversion will find it in these munchkin-sized, but still mighty, crosswords. Though the grids are 11x13 rather than the standard 15x15, they're packed with great clues, entertaining mini-themes with two or more related entries, and everything needed to make the perfect speedy solving session...read more
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9781454912293 | Csm spi edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, September 2, 2014), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Small puzzlesâbig fun!
Product Description: Puzzles galore! The most current research shows that brain games keep the mind and memory sharp, and logic bright. Plus, theyâre entertaining. Hereâs the perfect collection of challenging games, including the latest craze, Sudoku...read more
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9781592576319 | Alpha Books, June 5, 2007, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Puzzles galore!
Product Description: More puzzles than ever ⦠Here are more puzzles to challenge players of the hottest puzzle craze sweeping the nation. Featuring the most extreme brain stumpers of all, this is the newest entry into this red-hot market, offering 240 of the toughest Sudoku puzzles players will find anywhere...read more
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9781592575374 | Poc edition (Alpha Books, June 6, 2006), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: More puzzles than ever ⦠Here are more puzzles to challenge players of the hottest puzzle craze sweeping the nation.
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