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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 21 OthFeorr ms 24 AnswetroPs u zzles 24 ArthWuyrn ne'sW oFrdIC rrsotPs usz zle 24 Double-C#1r ostic 25 xU Cotnet ns 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 i I Co�tenxtsiii CHAPTE4R:S OLVINCGR YPTICC ROSSWORPDU ZZLES i 49 I Diagrams I 49 ! 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 , CrypEtixce rcise , 68 , VariCertyyp tic 69 1 CHAPTE5R:S OLVINHGU MOROUCRSO SSWORDP UZZLES 70