Random House Puzzlemaker's Handbook

248 Pages·17.662 MB·English

by  Mel Rosen

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FOREWORD vii
ACKNOWlEDGMENTS Ix
PREFACE xlx
THCOEM PELACTR UVECRIBALIST
PREFAtCoE xxi
PART 1:BA CKGROUND 1
CHAPTER 1:T HEH ISTOROYFC RUCIVERBAUSM 3
EarPluyz zFloer ms 3
CrosswPourzzdl es 4
ReviovfSa oll vTionugrn aments 12
ContempCorraorsys wPourzdz les 13
Technology 15
CrypatndiH cu moroCurso sswPourzzdl es 16
AcroPsutzzilce s 18
Acrostics 18
Anagrams 20
Invenotfti hoMenod emA croPsutzizcl e
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OthFeorr ms 24
AnswetroPs u zzles 24
ArthWuyrn ne'sW oFrdIC rrsotPs usz zle 24
Double-C#1r ostic 25
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O-fAPTER2 :W HO'SW HO OFP UZZLEDOM 28
TheI nventors 28
ElizaKbietnhlg esy 28
EdwardP owysM athers 29
Lewis Carroll 30
TheE ditors 31
MargarPeett herbFrairdrgaer 31
WilWeln g 32
EugeneT .M aleska 33
WilSlh ortz 33
Answert oP uzzle 35
PuRtO UGEo nmE EK (DoubblyeLewis t Carroll) 35
PART 2:SO LVING 37
O-fAPTER 3:S OLVINGCO NVENTINOALCR OSSWORD PUZZLES 39
GettiSntgar ted 40
Wherteo B egin? 40
TestiaHn ygp othesis 40
RunnitnhgGe a mut 41
RejectaHi ynpgo thesis 42
UsinAglt lh Ien formation 43
SubtleInti Deesf initions 43
Whati'nsa N ame? 44
Impasses 44
Hopscotch 44
Halftime 45
Looikut p 45
Trivia 46
TherMeu sBte a C atcthoI t! 46
TheU ltimIamtpea sse 47
GameExsp ertPsl ay 47
CompetitSieocnr ets 48
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Co�tenxtsiii
CHAPTE4R:S OLVINCGR YPTICC ROSSWORPDU ZZLES i 49
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Diagrams I 49
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Clues : 50
TwoM eanings 51
Hints 51
Kindosf W ordpalnaSdyi gnals 52
HiddWeonr ds 52
Anagrams 53
Reversals 53
Charades 54
Containers 54
Homophones 55
Homographs 55
AdditionDse,l etioannds C,h anges 55
Abbreviaandt Seiloencsti ons 56
AndL iterSoa (l&lLyi � 56
SolvingC lues 57
SampPluez zle 58
AnalyosfSai msp lCer yptSiocl'ust ion 58
AnnotatingC rCorsyspwAtioncrds wers 60
CompounWdo rdplay 60
Summaroyf C rypCtilcU ing 61
SolvAidnvgi ce 62
GadgeatnsBd o oks 63
A FuCrlyplt iEcx ercise 64
VariPeutzyz les 65
NonstanCdlaureds 65
NonstanAdnasrwde rs 66
Nonstandard Grids 67
A VariCertyyp Etxiecr cise 67
Answertos P uzzles I' 68
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VariCertyyp tic 69
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CHAPTE5R:S OLVINHGU MOROUCRSO SSWORDP UZZLES 70