Cryptic Crosswords - Couverture souple

Cox, Emily; Rathvon, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1402721382 ISBN 13 : 9781402721380

Editeur : Sterling, 2005

Synopsis

Join the millions getting hooked on cryptics. Think of these 65 "mindfields" as combining crosswords, logic puzzles, and acrostics, with clever puns as your reward for winning. New York Times puzzle experts serve up a feast of Double Definitions (words with two meanings), Hidden Answers (words inside other words or phrases), and Homophones (clues that only sound like the answers). Add to that puzzles featuring Charades (word clues that break into syllables), Reversals (clues spelled backwards), Deletions (clues where you lop off a letter), Complex Clues (clues that combine these other tricks), and Containers (too fiendish to explain here) - and you'll know why puzzle fans who love a challenge will thank the Mensa geniuses who created them. About MENSA:- Mensa is the internationally renowned high IQ society which has a worldwide membership of almost 100,000 members in more than 100 countries. There are 28,000 members in the UK, including 2,200 Junior Mensans under the age of 16. To join Mensa, the only requirement for membership is that an individual's IQ falls within the top 2 per cent of the population.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

From Mensa® comes a series of super-challenging puzzles that go way beyond the average crosswordand also offer an authentic treasure-trove of wordplay demanding some skilled solving. Each clue has two partsone is the normal definition of an answer, while the other features a little linguistic playfulnessmaybe an anagram, perhaps a pun and sometimes even a word written backward. And the hitch istheres usually no indication of which comes first, or punctuation to mark the division. Youve got to see through the clue-makers deceptions and tease out the correct answer by rethinking the clues wording. Some of the irresistible language trickery includes double definitions, hidden answers, homophones and containers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sterling
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1402721382
• ISBN 13: 9781402721380
• Reliure: Couverture à spirales
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible