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The New York Times Ultimate Crossword Omnibus: 1,001 Puzzles from The New York Times

 
 
The New York Times Ultimate Crossword Omnibus: 1,001 Puzzles from The New York Times
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The New York Times Ultimate Crossword Omnibus: 1,001 Puzzles from The New York Times

There's never been a crossword puzzle book like this one. Simply put, it offers more puzzles, more value, and more enjoyment than any other book on the market. It's got: -An unbelievable 1,001 crossword puzzles-more than have ever appeared before in a single volume -An eye-catching cover design that stands out from the pack -The New York Times puzzles: the standard by which all others are measured -Hundreds of hours of puzzling fun for even the most accom-plished solver -All difficulty levels-from easy Monday puzzles through the Friday and Saturday end-of-the-week enigmas. 'Will Shortz, crossword editor of The New York Times, is [the crossword book world's] John Grisham.' -Martin Arnold, The New York Times

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Product Details:
Author: The New York Times
Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: May 16, 2003
Language: English
ISBN: 0312316224
Package Length: 10.8 inches
Package Width: 8.3 inches
Package Height: 1.5 inches
Package Weight: 2.2 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 21 reviews
 
 

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Average Customer Review:4.5
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3Good, 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.

5Crossword 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

51001 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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4Dangerous 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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21001 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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