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Puzzle books
Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8)
By Sandy Balfour
Paperback
Published 11-Mar-2004
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This work is a personal reminiscence and a guide to solving crossword puzzles. Each chapter starts with a clue and uses anecdote, history and autobiography to solve it, in the process describing something of what it means to love England.
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Penguin Sudoku
By David J Bodycombe
Paperback
Published 06-Dec-2012
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Includes 365 sudoku puzzles at five levels.
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Mastermind Quiz Book
By Richard Morgale
Paperback
Published 06-Sep-2012
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Guardian Sudoku
By The Guardian
Paperback
Published 13-Jul-2001
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Handcrafted in Japan, these 100 puzzles have been specially commissioned from the original inventors of "Sudoku". The book includes a selection of easy, medium and diabolically difficult puzzles plus a collection of top tips compiled by Guardian writer and dedicated Sudoku fan, Tim Dowling.
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Black Belt Kakuro
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Paperback
Published 07-Sep-2006
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Kakuro language-free number puzzle that uses pure logic and requires just simple arithmetic to solve. This book is a part of a multilevel series of "belt" books, each containing 150 kakuros. These books take their cue from the belt colors in martial arts such as: white is for novices, and black for those consummate experts who crave a challenge.
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Cracking Cryptic Crosswords
By Colin Dexter
Paperback
Published 28-Nov-2009
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Mensa Kakuro
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Paperback
Published 05-Oct-2006
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What could be more appealing to Mensa members - or anyone who enjoys a good challenge - than a cunning test of intelligence and logic? That's what this book of 250 puzzles provide. It starts with the simple kakuro puzzles and then progresses onto the more difficult puzzles.
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Easy Italian Crossword Puzzles
By Richard Goldhagen
Paperback
Published 01-Nov-1989
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Students of Latin and all crossword puzzle aficionados will enjoy broadening their knowledge of Latin and discovering English words rooted in Latin, with this ingenious Quid Pro Quo method-exchanging English clues for Latin words (and, for the last four puzzles, vice versa).
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Solving Cryptic Crosswords For Dummies
By Denise Sutherland
Paperback
Published 13-Nov-2012
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The cryptic crossword world...explained Even expert crossword-solvers struggle with cryptics. The clues can often seem nonsensical, mysterious and infuriating, but finally cracking them is immensely satisfying.
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Crossword Lists & Crossword Solver
By Anne Stibbs Kerr
Paperback
Published 11-Oct-2012
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Anyone who regularly tackles challenging crossword puzzles will be familiar with the frustration of unanswered clues blocking the road to completion. Together in one bumper volume, Crossword Lists and Crossword Solver provide the ultimate aid for tracking down those final solutions.
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