The New York Times Vocabulary Power Crosswords: 50 Puzzles to Sharpen Your Mind, Improve Your Corssword Skills and Increase Your Word Power (New York Times Crossword Puzzle)

A love of the language and love of crossword puzzles are natural bedfellows. In The New York Times Word Power Crosswords, the interesting, obscure, and unusual vocabulary of the crosswords is highlighted and explained. For solvers who've ever wondered what, exactly, is a calx, the origins of the onomatopoeic brusque, or how Germany, Italy, and Japan came to be called the Axis in World War II, here's the perfect crossword collection.