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The New York Times Will Shortz's Funniest Crossword Puzzles : From the Pages of The New York Times

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By: The New York Times and Will Shortz
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EDITORIAL REVIEW

Yes, crossword puzzles can be funny. Not surprisingly, puzzle solvers and creators alike share a love of wordplay, puns, and verbal trickery of all kinds. For example, have you heard of the famous Egyptian actress? It's Mia Pharaoh of course. And what do you call a workaholic's memoir? It's a Love of Labor. Here, New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz selects the fifty puzzles out of the thousands he's edited that are most likely to make readers chuckle, chortle, moan or groan. Also included is an introduction on crossword humor from Will Shortz.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Pub. Date: 4th September 2004
Catalog: Book
Media: Spiral-bound
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Pages: 64

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USER REVIEWS

A Pet Peeve
~ Written on Apr 20, 2008. 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.

I enjoy puzzles with a funny or punny theme, but many, many of these puzzles contain a pet peeve of mine. I much prefer that the longer theme answers be self-contained to give a decent chance of solving them; in this book, however, the theme answers are all part of a single quote, or even worse, a made-up quip. Half the fun of solving a themed puzzle is figuring out what the theme IS, then solving each clue. I would say about half of these puzzles have clues that consist of "Quip, part 1" or whatever. Boring!

The cover is the funniest part of this book.
~ Written on Dec 4, 2007. 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.

I did not find these puzzles either challenging or amusing - would have been better off just to buy a penny press book off the grocery store shelf.

The New York Times Will Shortz's Funniest Crossword Puzzles
~ Written on Feb 20, 2007. 5 out of 5 users found this review helpful.

The crossword puzzle is great. It is fun to work and gives me quite a few challenges. It is a great mind stimulant.

Not So Hot
~ Written on Jan 4, 2007. 6 out of 6 users found this review helpful.

I didn't like these puzzles much. They had some amusement value, but my chief complaint was that they were too easy. Maybe even easier than the Monday New York Times puzzle.

Funny but disappointing
~ Written on Jul 1, 2006. 15 out of 18 users found this review helpful.

This is a nice selection of fun crosswords, but they are too easy.

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