![]() He lives in NY with his wife and has three grown children. Newman is the author or editor of more than 200 books and has organized and conducted many puzzle and trivia events in the United States, including four seminars at the Smithsonian Institution and, in 2007, the first crossword tournament ever held at Yale University. His puzzles have appeared regularly in Prevention, People, Sport, and Business Weekmagazines. The tournament starts on the first of every month and the winner is announced at the end of the month. Start playing today's batch Crossword tournament are for those addicted players who want to put their solving skills to test. And if the puzzles ever make you feel at a loss for words, the answers are always in the back.Ībout the Author Stanley Newman, crossword editor for the Long Island newspaper Newsday, is syndicated worldwide to more than 200 daily, Sunday, and internet newspapers. The section features seven daily crossword puzzles of increasing difficulty. ![]() ![]() This 96-page puzzle book features 72 themeless 15x15 crosswords from some of the top puzzle makers in the country, with wide-open diagrams that will make you wonder "How did they even make this?" Expert solvers will love the challenge, and those who want to become expert solvers will enjoy the opportunity to hone their skills. Hard as a Rock Crosswords: Really Hard! features the hardest of the hard, with some of the twistiest, most fiendishly misleading clues you'll ever have the pleasure of tearing your hair out over. And if the puzzles ever make you feel at a loss for words, the answers are always in the back.īook Synopsis These super-tough crosswords are rock-solid entertainment for puzzle fans!Įveryone looks forward to Saturday, but for some of us, it's not just because it's the weekend-it's when the newspapers publish their hardest crosswords. I liken it to musical study - whether we’re studying the viola or solving puzzles, it’s important to review our mistakes if we want to hone our skills.” Gorski notes that the paper in the Mega Crossword books is “high quality,” which is important “because you won’t destroy the page when you ‘accidentally’ stab the puzzle with your pen or pencil while recoiling from a bad pun” (or while crossing out mistakes) and that the pages are perforated so that you can tear out a few puzzles rather than carrying the whole book around.About the Book Everyone looks forward to Saturday, but for some of us, it's not just because it's the weekend-it's when the newspapers publish their hardest crosswords. “There’s no crime in looking up an answer or two to nudge you along while solving. Scorchingly Hard Fireball Crosswords: 45 Ultra-Tough Puzzles Gordon, Peter on. “I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them for beginners, as well,” says Gorski. There’s something for everyone - simple 15x puzzles, big Sunday-sized crosswords, themelesses of various sizes, literary themes, and tricky rebuses.” If you’re just getting into crosswords, the Mega books might be a good place to start. But there’s something in the books for puzzlers of all kinds, according to Gorski: “I like Mega’s variety of puzzles: You’ll find crosswords made by folks of all ages and backgrounds. ![]() HARD CROSSWORDS SERIESElizabeth Gorski, the editor of Crossword Nation and a crossword contributor to The New Yorker, recommends Simon & Schuster’s Mega Crossword series (full disclosure, she has contributed to the series) and says she likes to give the books as gifts because they are good “intermediate-level” puzzles. The New York Times Crosswords for a Long Weekend: 200 Easy to Hard Crossword Puzzles (Paperback) On hand as of May 10 9:18pm Description. ![]()
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