Times Books The Times Big Book of Quick Crosswords 1, Sports, Hobbies & Travel, Paperback, The Times Mind Games
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Brand: Times Books
Description: Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles From the puzzles section of The Times our Editors have chosen the best selection of general-knowledge and definition crossword puzzles to keep even the most eager enthusiasts entertained for hours. Times Books The Times Big Book of Quick Crosswords 1, Sports, Hobbies & Travel, Paperback, The Times Mind Games - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: Harper Collins
Product ID: 9780008195762
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Dimensions: 129x198mm
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ISBN: 9780008195762
Author: Mary Day
Rating: 5
Review: Bought as a gift from my uncle together with some other books he loved it
Author: Wim De Weerdt
Rating: 3
Review: I'm wondering what is so world-famous about these puzzles? The Times brand? Take the first puzzle for instance, clue 17 Across: money of Portugal (ESCUDO). Since Portugal ditched the Escudo almost twenty years ago in favour of the Euro, and there's no mention of this being a former currency in the clue, such clues make me understand that HarperCollins has been recycling these puzzle collections for decades, in countless editions and under various brand names. Who are the authors by the way? There's not even an editor-in-chief worthy of mention. So the puzzles have probably been generated automatically by a crossword program and slightly edited at the end, or maybe not even that, at 5 minutes per puzzle. On top of that, these puzzles contain too many hyperobscure words that should have been avoided, because of the high percentage of non-interlocking squares. It would not have been such a big deal in American crosswords, which have nothing but interlocking squares. Puzzles like these should rely on a mixture of fairly easy, mostly common and surprising words, and challenging questions, in orde to provoke an "AHA" response from those who solve them. On top of this, the solution section is way too large (a whopping 153 pages out of 460!), with only two solutions per page. This book could easily have been 75 pages thinner, or it could have had at least 50 puzzles extra for people to enjoy, at four solutions per page. And why not 8 or 12 solutions per page? I have been a professional crossword setter for over twenty years now. I know when I am being tricked.
