The Expert's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary

The Expert's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary

by Herbert M. Baus
The Expert's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary

The Expert's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary

by Herbert M. Baus

Paperback(1st ed.)

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Overview

Become a crossword whiz with this educational vocabulary builder, compiled from puzzles everywhere and from all major dictionaries, thesauruses, and other reference books.

The dictionary for crossword puzzle solvers is a working distillation of 1,250,000 words and terms assembled and catalogued from the most up-to-date sources. Avoiding time-consuming repetitions, it is skillfully cross-referenced to give speedy access to practically all answer words that one can expect to find in the modern crossword puzzle. It is the most complete and efficient instrument ever devised for puzzle solving. It is self-activating: it leads the user accurately from word to word until all reasonable answer words in relevant categories are exhausted.

The Expert's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary surpasses all known crossword puzzle solvers in completeness and ease of reference. It is the ultimate in practical puzzle solvers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780385047883
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/12/1972
Series: A Dolphin Book, C106
Edition description: 1st ed.
Pages: 608
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Herbert M. Baus was born in 1914 in Indianapolis. Formerly a political campaign manager who delivered California to Richard Nixon in 1960, Baus turned his attention later in life to more varied pursuits, among them restaurant criticism and crossword puzzles. His books include Wine Your Way to Health, Best Restaurants of Orange County, The Expert's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, and The Master Crossword Puzzle Dictionary. He died in 1999.
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