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The Crossword Puzzler's Handbook
Compiled by Richard Showstack
#UC1372
Paperback, 189 pages; 2008
$9.95
 Members' Price: $8.46
I have a crossword-working friend who always seems to know the oddest things: a smew is a small Eurasian duck, Superman's biological mother is named Lara, and Otero is a county in New Mexico. I'm beginning to suspect he has this book! The Crossword Puzzler's Handbook is filled with hundreds of words and names that appear in crossword puzzles unusually often (because, among other reasons, they use the most common letters of the alphabet). Arranged by categories—animals, body parts, fictional characters, scientists, historical places, rivers, abbreviations, foreign words, money, music, and so on—you can use this handy guide while working puzzles, or just browse it as a fast, easy, and amusing way to bolster your puzzling skills! It makes the perfect gift, too, for all the cruciverbalists on your list.
(CH)
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