More Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Crossword Puzzles

by Christopher Adams, Benjamin Tausig, Emmett Quigley

Filled with clues from NPR's popular news quiz show, Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! , this collection features 80 new crossword puzzles, perfect for every fan who's been itching to put their own trivia powers to the test!With a foreword by your host Peter Sagal, More Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! Crossword Puzzles is bound to challenge and delight listeners of the show and die-hard puzzlers alike.

• BRAND-NEW PUZZLES FOR WAIT, WAIT The 80 all-new puzzles in this book include content featured on the last several years of the show, ranging from pop culture to current events.
• THERE'S TRIVIA The book also includes six pages of specialty trivia, perfect for hardcore Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! fans
• A GREAT GIFT FOR THE PUZZLER IN YOUR Buy this crossword collection for trivia nerds, pop-culture fanatics, word-game lovers, and public radio enthusiasts.

96 pages, Paperback

Published September 8, 2020

Reviews

[Peter J. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was really enjoying this: the puzzles were fun and hit the right level of difficulty. The more impossible clues (often ones related to the specific episode being used as a springboard) you could work out after a while and were never as bad as they seemed (an example might be Tom Bodett said Starbucks would do _______. Intitially you'd think "I don't remember that was years ago on a show that changes every week", but as you fill out the clues around it, they could often reasonably be guessed with the only consistent headaches being the limerick puzzles).

Then, about half way through the book, those things that weren't a big deal became slightly more annoying. Which might not be so bad. I'd still probably get some enjoyment. But then we got to the puzzle that could not be completed because the grid didn't match the clues. The grid didn't even match the provided solution. There are two such puzzles in the book (Pages 58 & 91), which is beyond annoying. Difficult clues, odd wording I can handle, a puzzle that can't be done - less so. Much less so.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are really fun puzzles actually based on the quiz show featured on NPR. Most clues are answered fairly easily, but sometimes you have to piece out the actual answer based on what you can work out phonetically. Fun. also some of the silly limericks come directly from the show, as well as the adlibs.