Crossword Lists & Crossword Solver - Over 100,000 potential
solutions including technical terms, place names and compound expressions
Book description
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, C
rossword Lists and Crossword Solver
provides the ultimate aid for tracking down those final solutions.
The Lists
section contains more than 100,000 words and phrases, listed both
alphabetically and by number of letters, under category headings such as
Volcanoes, Fungi, Gilbert & Sullivan, Clouds, Cheeses, Mottoes, and
Archbishops of Canterbury. As intersecting solutions provide letters of
the unanswered clue, locating the correct word or phrase becomes quick
and easy.
The lists are backed up with a comprehensive index, which also guides
the puzzler to associated tables - e. g. when looking for Film Stars;
try Stage and Screen Personalities.
The Solver
section contains more than 100,000 potential solutions, including
plurals, comparative and superlative adjectives, and inflections of
verbs. The list extends to first names, place names, technical terms,
compound expressions, abbreviations, and euphemisms. Grouped according
to number of letters - up to fifteen - this section is easy to use and
suitable for all levels of crossword puzzle. At the end a further 3,000
words are listed by category, along with an index of unusual words.
Anne Stibbs has edited a range of crossword reference books. She is a
certified crossword addict.
