A Clue to Our Lives: 80 Years of the Guardian Cryptic Crossword: 85 Years of the "Guardian" Cryptic Crossword

by SandyBalfour (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $4.15

  Starting with the first Guardian crossword in 1929, this book contains a selection of puzzles from the last 80 years of the Guardian newspaper including reader correspondence plus fascinating coverage of the setters themselves. This is a new book from the author of Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose . This is a cryptic social history that reveals how world events have been reflected in the clues of the Guardian cryptic crossword since 1929. The result is both a humorous and affectionate telling of the twin stories of the paper and its puzzles, its setters and its solvers, its tempora and its mores.