Solving Cryptic Crosswords
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2009
128 pages
978-1-4081-0170-4 (ISBN)
Description
This title offers hundreds of examples to illustrate how crossword clues work and helps readers understand how crosswords are created and how to interpret the clues.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
N/A
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-0170-4 (9781408101704)
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B. J. Holmes
Solving Cryptic Crosswords
Book
10/2005
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
€27.42
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Person
B. J. Holmes has published more than 20 novels, as well as articles for academic journals, and teaches creative writing. He is fascinated with word puzzles of all sorts.
Content
- COVER
- TITLEPAGE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. ENGLISH - WHAT MAKES THE LANGUAGE SO HANDY FOR CROSSWORDING
- 3. THE BASIC TRICKS
- 4. TYPES OF CLUE - COMPOUND & NESTING
- 5. OTHER TYPES OF CLUE
- 6. MORE ON THE SELECTION OF LETTERS
- 7. COMPLICATIONS SET IN
- 8. SUBSIDIARY TRICKS
- 9. CONCLUSION
- PRACTICE CLUES
- (A) BASED ON TYPE OF CLUE
- (B) THEME-BASED
- ANSWERS
- GLOSSARY
