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HomeEverything ElseWill ShortzThe New York Times Ultimate Crossword Omnibus: 1,001 Puzzles from The New York Times |
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 Good, but not great Jan 09, 2010
I think this is an excellent compilation of crosswords and a good value however there are a couple of things keeping it from being great. The first, though it doesn't bother me so much, is that each crossword is only half a page. This is probably equivalent to their actual size in the paper but I know some people prefer larger print in their crossword books. Next up, the solutions are crammed into the back, something like nine per page, and I find that their small size makes it a little harder to find a particular word that I cannot solve in the puzzle without seeing scanning others by accident. These are minor complaints, what gets this book 3-stars are the following two items. I cannot yet tell and the author doesn't make note of whether the puzzles are in weekday order (and thus difficulty) and all mixed up. He explains how they are mixed up over larger date periods, so a puzzle may be next to one run two years later, but not whether they are in the weekday order most people would expect. Finally my largest problem with the book: each puzzle is not accompanied by its title so you do not know the theme of the harder clues with the long solutions, which makes it very difficult to get some puzzles going.
 Crossword puzzles Sep 17, 2009
The book arrived at its destination within a few days. However, I just received it from my friend, who brought it back to me from the U.S.
I love the book. It's very challenging and keeping me very busy.
Amazon's service is excellent
1001 Crossword Puzzle book - New York Times Ultimate Nov 09, 2008
This crossword book is the best I have ever had. I have been doing crossword puzzles for over 40 years. I like the size of the puzzle itself and the puzzles are semi-hard to solve. I wish they would come out with different books like this with different puzzles in them. I buy the same book every year. I would rather have this puzzle book than any other I have bought. It is a pleasure to work these puzzles.
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 Dangerous Product Oct 14, 2008
This book contains an absurdly large amount of high quality puzzles. Do not buy this product if you are the kind of person who will have trouble putting it down unless you truly have nothing else to do.
Some of the very hard puzzles have clues and/or answers containing words that I can't find in any dictionary.
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 1001 NYT Puzzles Sep 11, 2008
The puzzles are OK, but most of them are very simple and not really worth doing. I am a fairly accomplished puzzler, and I find most of the puzzles too trivial to spend time on.
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