Synopses & Reviews
This new updated third edition is a rich storehouse of indispensable information that puts the correct answer right at a puzzler's fingertips.
- Twice as many entries
- The most comprehensive and up-to-date definitions available
- Revised for the way clues are written today
- More readable and user friendly than other mammoth tomes with tiny print
- Unique categories section makes looking up clues even easier, including The Bible, Chemical Elements, Foreign Words, Geography, Mythology, Academy Awards, Sports, and Prefixes and Suffixes
Synopsis
This new updated third edition is a rich storehouse of indispensable information that puts the correct answer right at a puzzler's fingertips.
Twice as many entries
The most comprehensive and up-to-date definitions available
Revised for the way clues are written today
More readable and user friendly than other mammoth tomes with tiny print
Unique categories section makes looking up clues even easier, including The Bible, Chemical Elements, Foreign Words, Geography, Mythology, Academy Awards, Sports, and Prefixes and Suffixes
Synopsis
The essential tool for every crossword puzzle lover This updated and expanded third edition of the New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionary is a rich storehouse of indispensable information that puts the correct answer right at a puzzler's fingertips.
With over twice as many entries as other crossword dictionaries and revised for the way clues are written today, it is the most thorough and easy-to-use crossword reference on the market with:
- The most comprehensive and up-to-date definitions available
- Advice for solving cryptic puzzles
- A unique categories section which makes looking up clues even easier, including The Bible, Chemical Elements, Foreign Words, Geography, Mythology, Academy Awards, Sports, and Prefixes and Suffixes
...And More
About the Author
Philip Morehead is Head of Music Staff for Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is the son of the late Albert H. Morehead, lexicographer and games expert, the original co-editor of this book, who was Bridge Editor of the New York Times for over 25 years and the editor of many books on games. He is editor of The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary and The New American Rogets College Thesaurus and is author of The New American International Dictionary of Music. He lives in Chicago with his wife Patricia, oboist and composer.