Crosswords and How to Solve Them (Teach Yourself)

by RuthCrisp (Author)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $3.25

  This guide teaches the skills of cryptic crossword solving, with a chapter and a crossword to complete for all the most common forms of clue, from anagrams to palindromes. Each chapter contains expert tips and hands-on puzzles concentrating on specific types of clues. The author offers unique reference lists, such as her own list of anagram indicators. Ruth Crisp is a weekly contributor of The Guardian , Independent , FT , Times , The Sunday Times , and The Daily Telegraph under pseudonyms which include Marcy , Vixen and Crispa . She also compiles crosswords for Book Tokens Ltd. and the National Crosswords Championships.