| About the books |
| Word Play Crosswords by Gayle Dean and Richard Lederer |
| ABOUT THE BOOKS; My puzzle books are unique- featuring themes that have never before been considered for inclusion in crossword puzzles. One of my favorites is called a SET-UP; According to my partner- Verbivore extraordinaire- Richard Lederer "in a good set-up pun, we groan at the absurdity of the situation while admiring the ingenuity with which the tale reaches its forordained conclusion". For example: There once was a court jester who drove everybody crazy with his compulsive punning. One day the king could stand it no longer. Enough! cried the king. Hang the fool! But, as the rope was being drawn around the punster's neck, the king had a change of heart. I'll free you on the condition that you never make another pun as long as you live. That I promise your majesty, no noose is good noose! So they hanged him. Editorial Reviews Book Description Let the games begin with this all-new collection of 50 extra challenging puzzles based on wordplay themes! Features anagrams, bloopers, jokes, palindromes, puns, and rhymes. Puzzle introductions written by humorist and word-play expert Richard Lederer, with witty titles such as: -- It's a Punderful Life--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Here's what Amazon reviewers had to say: Five stars ***** Awesome, September 18, 2001 Reviewer: A reader Bought this for my mom, who is an avid, competitive crossworder. She fell in love with this and had a hard time forcing herself to put it down. Five stars ***** Theme puzzles abound, August 8, 2001 Reviewer: Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews This crossword puzzle book provides a satisfying collection of crosswords by a 'word wizard' whose books on language both entertain and educate, and a puzzle constructor. Word Play Crosswords Volume 1 is recommended for advanced crossword puzzle solvers who want a greater challenge than most. Theme puzzles abound |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Gayle's puzzles can be found regularly in Simon & Schuster books, Book of The Month Club books, Dell Puzzle Magazines, Crosswords for Dummies series, The New York Times, Washington Post Magazine, Tribune Media newspapers, and Universal Press syndicated websites including Microsoft, MSNBC, CNN, The Christian Science Monitor, and over 200 websites and newspapers nationwide. Recently one of Gayle's previously published N.Y. Times puzzles was chosen by Will Shortz, the Times' editor, to appear in his new puzzle book "Will Shortz's Favorite Crossword Puzzles". In the introduction Shortz says that he chose the 75 "favorites" for his collection from over 2600 daily puzzles that he had edited for the Times in the past 8 1/2 years. Quite an honor! Richard Lederer-- the true king of language comedy is the author of over two dozen books on language including best-sellers Get Thee To A Punnery, Anguished English, and Crazy English. Richard and I have teamed up to create these unique new crossword-puzzle books, which have been published by Merriam-Webster. Visit Richard's Verbivore website! |
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| Vol.2 $10.95 |
| ORDER DIRECTLY FROM ME AND I WILL SIGN THE BOOK AND PAY SHIPPING! |
| Vol.I $10.95 |
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