An ideal aid to help solve crosswords, this reference features clear guidance on how to recognize and work out anagrams and on how to decipher cryptic clues. The reference also includes 1000s of synonym entries that are arranged in order of the number of letters in every word.
Stephen Curtis, MA (Oxon), BPhil (York) is a former university teacher of English language and literature. He is now a freelance writer, editor, lexicographer and playwright.
Written for British crossword aficionados, this remarkable crossword reference includes a dictionary of clues with possible answers arranged in order of length, but so much more. Entries include possible uses in cryptic style clues. Plus there are hundreds of arcane specialty lists, currencies and capitals, of course, but also famous diamonds, Dickens characters, dinosaurs, famous doctors, dog breeds, diseases, deserts, dances, diarists, and ducks. A must-have for the compleat cruciverbalist.