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"Daily Telegraph" 80 Years of Cryptic Crosswords
by Val Gilbert
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Macmillan (2004-11-05)
ISBN: 1405049235
EAN: 9781405049238
Dewy Decimal #: 793
Hardcover: 280 pages
SKU: B891-1094
Condition: Acceptable
Comments: Shows signs of wear. In stock - Immediate despatch from an efficient and professional leading British bookselling firm.
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Customer Reviews
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Good book, but watch out for some tricky puzzles
Rating  (4)
Date: 2005-04-06
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
The presentation can't be faulted (so much easier to idly jot answers on the sofa when you're holding a hardback!) and the 'once a decade' sections of material about things like the puzzle's setters and editors are interesting.But the use of one puzzle per year shows just how much this puzzle has changed over the years. I'm supposed to be very good at this game, but there are some puzzles in the first couple of decades where I'm stumped by many of the clues. Perhaps the best method is to start at the back of the book and travel gradually backwards in time, so that you begin with puzzles of a more familiar style.
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80 years of pleasure
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-12-21
11 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is not only a fantastically presented book, the content is flawless too. Starting with the first Telegraph Cryptic Crossword from June 1925 this book races through the development of the cryptic crossword over the last 80 years - lots of entertaining, baffling and thrilling puzzles here combined with anecdote and entertaining explanations of clues. Loved it!
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