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85A Journey Inside the Mind of a Serial Cruciverbalist
Crossword puzzles have challenged, titillated, entertained, and vexed some of the best minds out there. Have you got the right stuff to be a good cruciverbalist?
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78The Mystery of Ambigrams Tattoo (Earth Fire Water Air)
Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Needful things Diagram, parallelogram, diaphragm, histogram, cardiogram... but do you know what an Ambigram is? NO???? My goodness it is hightime then for you to know what it really is. Have you read Angels and Demons by...
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78CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE Lesson # 1 ANAGRAMS
Anagram Lesson #1 by The Cryptic Pro Excerpt from THE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE To solve a cryptic crossword puzzle you have to know how to break down the clues. SOLVING...
1 comment72CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE LESSON # 8 FAMOUS PERSONS NAMES
A CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE LESSON # 8 FAMOUS PERSONS NAMES This lesson deals with famous names being part of the clues or answers in a cryptic puzzle. As explained in previous...
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69Confessions of a Scrabble Lover-What's Your Best Score?
Scrabble, anyone? I'm extremely competitive when it comes to games, especially word games. Most specifically, I LOVE to play Scrabble. Here's the problem: no one ever wants to play with me. When my husband and I decide to pull out a board game and...
42 comments71CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE INTRODUCTORY LESSON
HOURS OF INEXPENSIVE ENTERTAINMENT PLUS INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION AND MENTAL ALERTNESS GUARANTEED “Eat mush for a beverage” [3] Can you solve this simple cryptic clue and come up with the...
5 comments71CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE LESSON # 4 ABBREVIATIONS
LESSON # 4 ABBREVIATIONS A CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE Can you solve this simple cryptic clue? Edward is in the car to get wood. [5] This is an example of...
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69Brain Health (Word Games)
Our brain is a muscle that has to be exercised or it will atrophy just like any other unused muscle in our body. I have never accepted the myth that we get too old to learn something--it is never too late to get in brain-shape.
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69Have Fun With Kangaroo Words
Kangaroo words are words that contain other smaller words within them that have the same meaning, just like a kangaroo carrying its baby in its pouch. Take for, example, the word chicken. Let us write it as cHickEN, and put together the words...
2 comments68CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE LESSON # 5 SOURCES OF DOUBLE LETTERS
LESSON # 5 SOURCES OF DOUBLE LETTERS Double letter combinations, like single letters are used extensively by puzzle creators to...
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