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Title: Crossword Solver's Dictionary by Anne R. Bradford, Peter Collin Publishing ISBN: 1-901659-03-8 Publisher: Peter Collin Pub Ltd Pub. Date: March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Solver's Vademecum
Comment: Anne Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary would be my first choice, along with Chambers, to take on my desert island. It is a most dependable source of inspiration for the crossword solver.
For the past forty years Anne Bradford has been scrutinising every puzzle that she has encountered. She has broken down the clues into definitions and cryptic definitions and has carefully recorded and stored all the words, including those that indicate anagrams, reversals and puns. It is for this reason that this volume is so valuable in decoding the cryptic clue.
Even the most obscure word can be found under its every day definition. If you are searching your memory for a word meaning fidget, for example, just look it up and she gives you: fantad, fanteeg, fantigue, fantod, fike, fuss, fyke, jimjams, jittery, niggle, trifle, twaddle, twitch and uneasy. Word-length, crossing letters and subsidiary indications do the rest. If you are looking for a fish she gives you two pages of them!
I have found that this book makes solving the most difficult puzzle (including those of Ximenes and Azed) an easy task. It is undoubtedly the best of the solving aids available and I have no hesitation in recommending it to débutante solvers. The experts already have it on their bookshelves!
Rating: 5
Summary: Solving Made Easy
Comment: Anne Bradford has used her 40 years of crossword solving and setting to produce an essential aid for the crossword fan. She has examined every cryptic clue that she has tackled over these years and has compiled a dictionary that includes even the most obscure references. I find that this book can half my solving time and, when creating puzzles, it is a magnificent thesaurus. I can certainly say that this is the best crossword dictionary available.
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Title: The Chambers Crossword Dictionary by Catherine Schwartz ISBN: 0550100067 Publisher: Chambers Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Crossword Proper Name Finder by John C. Plankinton ISBN: 0887393187 Publisher: Creative Arts Book Co Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Oxford Essential Guide for Puzzle Solvers by Oxford University Press ISBN: 0425175995 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 10 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Contemporary Crossword Dictionary by Thomas E. Libby, Douglas Rousso, John Libby ISBN: 042516523X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Bantam Crossword Dictionary by Jerome Fried, Walter D. Glanze ISBN: 0553263757 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1983 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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