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E-raamat: How To Crack Cryptic Crosswords: Hints and Tips To Help You Find The Answers

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  • Ilmumisaeg: 02-May-2013
  • Kirjastus: Robinson
  • Keel: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781781021521
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Are you baffled by cryptic crosswords? Do you want to increase your word power and exercise your brain, but can't always make any sense of the clues? This book is packed with all the know-how, hints and tricks you will ever need to help you find the right answers every time. From clever to cunning to downright devious, all the different types of clue are here, with tips on how to recognise them, interpret them and, of course, solve them!

Not only is doing crossword puzzles a great recessionary hobby because it costs very little to pursue, but solving a daily puzzle is good for your health: it has been shown to help reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's, or at least delay its onset.

With around one hundred and fifty clues analysed and explained in full, you will soon be on your way to the satisfaction of completing your first crossword grid; impressing your family, friends and fellow commuters; and maybe even winning a prize!

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This book is packed with all the know-how, hints and tricks you will ever need to help you find the right answers to cryptic crosswords every time.
1 Introduction
1(9)
A little bit of history
1(1)
Discovering crosswords
2(5)
The benefits
3(1)
Starting young
4(2)
Who does crosswords?
6(1)
What does cryptic mean?
7(3)
2 Let's Get Started
10(17)
What do crosswords look like?
10(3)
The layout of the grid
10(2)
How many letters?
12(1)
Two sets of clues
12(1)
What you need to get started
13(3)
Tools of the trade
13(1)
Books to help you
13(1)
Finding specialist help
14(2)
Choosing a puzzle
16(11)
Crosswords in the national press
17(8)
Types of clue to suit you
25(2)
3 Tackling Anagrams
27(10)
What is an anagram?
27(10)
Recognising the signs
27(3)
Some examples explained
30(3)
Adding extra letters and taking them away
33(2)
Finding pointers
35(2)
4 The Answer's in the Question!
37(9)
Looking for hidden words
37(3)
Recognising the signs
37(1)
Some examples explained
38(2)
Finding pointers
40(1)
Using alternate letters
40(3)
Recognising the signs
41(1)
Some examples explained
41(2)
Finding pointers
43(1)
Initially speaking
43(3)
Recognising the signs
43(1)
Some examples explained
44(1)
Finding pointers
45(1)
5 Going Backwards
46(5)
Reading words in reverse
46(5)
Recognising the signs
46(1)
The two-stage clue
47(3)
Finding pointers
50(1)
6 Now It's Your Turn
51(5)
Clues for practice
51(5)
The solutions
53(3)
7 Double Meanings
56(5)
Words with two or more meanings
56(5)
Recognising the signs
56(1)
Some examples explained
57(3)
Finding pointers
60(1)
8 Sounds Familiar
61(5)
What is a homophone?
61(5)
Recognising the signs
61(1)
Some examples explained
62(3)
Finding pointers
65(1)
9 Letter Maths
66(11)
Subtraction
66(5)
Recognising the signs
66(1)
Some examples explained
67(4)
Finding pointers
71(1)
Addition
71(4)
Recognising the signs
72(1)
Some examples explained
72(2)
Adding whole words
74(1)
Finding pointers
75(1)
Moving and replacing letters
75(2)
Some examples explained
75(1)
Finding pointers
76(1)
10 Now It's Your Turn
77(5)
More clues for practice
77(5)
The solutions
79(3)
11 Keeping It Short
82(8)
Abbreviations commonly used in crosswords
82(8)
Some of the compilers' favourites
82(3)
Recognising the signs
85(1)
Some examples explained
85(5)
12 Looking Out for Foreign Words
90(6)
Words from other languages
90(6)
Recognising the signs
90(1)
French words
90(2)
Going beyond the French
92(1)
The Greek alphabet
93(3)
13 A Little Knowledge Goes a Long Way
96(9)
Using general knowledge
96(5)
Clues that mix general knowledge with cryptic elements
97(2)
More specialist knowledge required
99(2)
Using prior knowledge
101(4)
Interlinking clues
102(3)
14 A Box of Tricks
105(4)
Clever twists to remember
105(4)
The usual suspects
105(4)
15 Now It's Your Turn
109(5)
More clues for practice
109(5)
The solutions
111(3)
16 Now It's Your Turn -- Advanced
114(3)
Final clues for practice
115(2)
The solutions
116(1)
17 And Finally...
117
Author Vivien Hampshire developed a fascination for cryptic crosswords by the age of ten, and has never looked back. She now cracks at least one puzzle every day (the more challenging and devious the better), collects and analyses some of the cleverest clues, and leads crossword workshops to help others learn to solve them. Vivien lives in Middlesex with her partner, an elderly cat, and far too many dictionaries.