Really Clever Crosswords

Author: David Levinson Wilk
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402709494
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
Match wits with one of the country’s most popular crossword creators. Since his first puzzle was published in the New York Times when he was nineteen years old, the author has been challenging newspaper readers from New York to San Diego and Miami to Spokane. Offering the elegance and sophistication of the toughest daily crosswords yet remaining accessible to newcomers, these 72 puzzles will test your knowledge of history, pop culture, science, literature, sports, and more, as well as your ability to figure out clever themes. If you enjoy solving conundrums such as “What the Russians did in 1999” (10 letters), and “Jean-Claude Van Damme sits on the fence” (14 letters), these really clever crosswords are for you! Answers: PUTINPUTIN, BELGIANWAFFLES

Fantastically Fun Crosswords for Kids

Author: Trip Payne
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402721632
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Puzzle master Trip Payne is back with more Mensa-quality crosswords for smart young word lovers. Each crossword offers plenty of variety, with questions about sports, food, movies, geography, colloquial sayings, and more. Consumable.

Awesome Crosswords for Kids

Author: Trip Payne
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402710384
Category : Crossword puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
A master crossword creator is back with another children's challenge. These 40 age-appropriate crossword puzzles will keep youngsters entertained for hours. At the same time, these puzzles help improve kids' concentration and their vocabulary. Consumable.

Cranium-Crushing Crosswords

Author: Frank Longo
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806984995
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
The answers are fairly common words and phrases--but the clues are diabolically difficult, with mischievous misdirections, trivia, puns, and other trickery. Try this: "change of heart" (15 letters). Answer: "organ transplant." "Finely crafted crosswords that will put your word and trivia skills to a severe test."--Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, "The New York Times."

Amazing Crosswords for Kids

Author: Trip Payne
Publisher: Puzzlewright
ISBN: 9781402710391
Category : Crossword puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Payne, a genius of crossword creation, is back with a seventh collection designed especially for puzzle-loving kids. Consumable.

Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling

Author: Andrew Brisman
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402713002
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
"The runaway winner as the best overall gambling encyclopedia written in the past 20 years.”--Detroit Free Press Walk away from every casino a winner! Take it from Mensa, the society for people with high IQs: you don’t have to be a genius to triumph at the tables. Here’s the inside line on the games and bets that give the best advantage. Do you know whether to split a pair of aces in blackjack, which slot machines carry the worst payback for the player, and why losses are more significant at video than "live” keno? Beat the bank by understanding all this and more, including odds and probability, the "house edge,” money management, and gambling psychology. The chips will just pile up. The author lives in New York, NY.

Cross Codes

Author: Daniel Stark
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402754906
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
What do you get when you mix a crossword and a cryptogram? Cross Codes! This title features puzzles that have grids which look like a crossword but with small numbers from 1 to 26 in every square. Those numbers are the starting point: and readers are told what letters a few of them represent.

Mensa Math & Logic Puzzles

Author: Dave Tuller
Publisher: Sterling
ISBN: 9780806941998
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
"These visually unique braintwisters will put your puzzle-solving abilities to the ultimate test!"--Page 4 of cover.

102 Cryptic Crosswords

Author: Fraser Simpson
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 1402754892
Category : Crossword puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Tired of the same old crossword clues? Want to put some spice into your solving? Then try this follow-up to the popular 101 Cryptic Crosswords, from former puzzle editor of The New Yorker Fraser Simpson. Unlike conventional crosswords, these quirky puzzles use clues that combine straightforward definitions with clever wordplay. For example, "Hit friends back” is the clue for SLAP, which means "hit” but is also PALS reversed ("friends back”). You’ll also encounter homophones, hidden words, charades, deletions, pig Latin, and more. These mind-twisting puzzles are sure to give you hours of head-scratching, pencil-chewing fun.

Mensa® Kakuro

Author: Conceptis Puzzles
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402739378
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
What could be more appealing to Mensa members--or anyone who enjoys a good challenge--than a cunning test of intelligence and logic? That's exactly what these 250 puzzles provide. The trick to kakuro is in making it all add up: the game begins with a grid that looks like a crossword, except that some squares contain small numbers in the corner. Fill in all the empty boxes using the numbers 1 to 9 without repeats so that the sum of each horizontal set of digits equals the number in the black triangle to its left, and the sum of each vertical set of digits equals the number in the triangle above it. The kakuro puzzles start out simple...and get more difficult as the book progresses.