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Author: Edward Powys Mathers Publisher: Unbound Publishing ISBN: 1800183275 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 384
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“If you’re ready for an extra-hard, old-time challenge, have at it!”-- Will Shortz From the creator and publisher behind the viral sensation Cain's Jawbone: A Very Novel Mystery, is a collection of 112 difficult cryptic crossword puzzles. Before Edward Powys Mathers wrote the world's most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle, he was a cryptic crossword creator. Under his pseudonym "Torquemada", his puzzles would taunt readers for days. He created his first cryptic crossword puzzle in 1924 and went on to set them for the Saturday Westminster and the Observer for the next 15 years. His true identity was only revealed when he died in 1939. As well as earning the reputation for setting the world's toughest crosswords, Torquemada - or 'Torq' as he was often referred to - was also delightfully creative: with many puzzles written in perfectly constructed verse, or delivered as mini-narratives to their solvers. There's even a version where the clues are knock-knock jokes. For many years cryptic crosswords were simply known as puzzles in the 'Torquemada style'. This selection of Torquemada's best crosswords was originally published in 1942 and contains three short accounts of Torquemada's life and achievements, including one by his widow, R.C. Mathers as well as a foreword by the crossword puzzle editor for the New York Times, Will Shortz. The successful revival of Cain's Jawbone has inspired a new generation of puzzle solvers. Here then is the next challenge for Torquemada's fans - dare you take it on?
Author: Edward Powys Mathers Publisher: Unbound Publishing ISBN: 1800183275 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
“If you’re ready for an extra-hard, old-time challenge, have at it!”-- Will Shortz From the creator and publisher behind the viral sensation Cain's Jawbone: A Very Novel Mystery, is a collection of 112 difficult cryptic crossword puzzles. Before Edward Powys Mathers wrote the world's most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle, he was a cryptic crossword creator. Under his pseudonym "Torquemada", his puzzles would taunt readers for days. He created his first cryptic crossword puzzle in 1924 and went on to set them for the Saturday Westminster and the Observer for the next 15 years. His true identity was only revealed when he died in 1939. As well as earning the reputation for setting the world's toughest crosswords, Torquemada - or 'Torq' as he was often referred to - was also delightfully creative: with many puzzles written in perfectly constructed verse, or delivered as mini-narratives to their solvers. There's even a version where the clues are knock-knock jokes. For many years cryptic crosswords were simply known as puzzles in the 'Torquemada style'. This selection of Torquemada's best crosswords was originally published in 1942 and contains three short accounts of Torquemada's life and achievements, including one by his widow, R.C. Mathers as well as a foreword by the crossword puzzle editor for the New York Times, Will Shortz. The successful revival of Cain's Jawbone has inspired a new generation of puzzle solvers. Here then is the next challenge for Torquemada's fans - dare you take it on?
Author: Edward Powys Mathers Publisher: ISBN: 9781460765395 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery? 'If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it.' The Daily Telegraph In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written. The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers. Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain's Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks? Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted. 'A unique hybrid of word puzzle and whodunnit.' Literary Review
Author: Jim Bernhard Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 1626369364 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 339
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Chock-full of jokes and entertaining twists of the tongue, this lighthearted but scholarly guide to humorous language is a sure?re hit with word lovers. The examples are entertainingly bawdy, with a delightful narrative voice in word sleuth and author, Jim Bernhard. He provides examples and puzzles, teaching a smidgen of historical and etymological scholarship, but above all, amusing his audience. Puns from Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, the Bible, George S. Kaufman, and Groucho Marx vie for attention with comical spoonerisms, droll malapropisms, witty anagrams, and humorous palindromes—plus original material by the author—including limericks, clerihews, crossword puzzles, acrostic puzzles, tonguetwisters, and other kinds of word play. Some examples: Why does a match box? Because it sees a tin can. Time ?ies like an arrow. Fruit ?ies like a banana. The pony was unable to talk because he was a little hoarse. Two peanuts went into a bar. One was a salted. The chicken that crossed the road was pure poultry in motion. As the gardener said when asked why he was cutting grass with a pair of scissors: “That’s all there is; there isn’t any mower.”
Author: Richard Wolfrik Galland Publisher: Welbeck Publishing ISBN: 9781787395985 Category : Languages : en Pages : 224
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The official Ticket to Ride Puzzle book, offering the same fun game-play experience as the boardgame and hours of endless fun in a book!
Author: Edward Powys Mathers Publisher: Unbound Publishing ISBN: 1800182953 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 138
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Over half a million copies sold Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations… but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada’s murder mystery? In 1934, the Observer’s cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written. The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible – through logic and intelligent reading – to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers. Dare you take it on? Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.
Author: The New York Times Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 1250831717 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 0
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When the going gets tough, pick up a crossword puzzle! The Friday and Saturday New York Times crosswords are the hardest of the week, and this collection of truly tough puzzles has a value-packed 200 crosswords. If you crave a challenge, you’ve met your match. - 200 of the hardest crossword puzzles - Edited by crossword legend Will Shortz - Challenging for veterans and experts alike
Author: Hugh Stephenson Publisher: ISBN: 9781843540540 Category : Languages : en Pages : 192
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This title provides another selection of the nation's brainteaser: 'The Guardian's' quick crossword. The book also includes 25 quiptic crosswords - the unique 'Guardian' puzzle that's halfway between the quick and the cryptic crossword.
Author: Telegraph Group Limited Publisher: Pan ISBN: 9780330463997 Category : Languages : en Pages : 208
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Appearing every week in The Saturday Telegraph Weekend, these highly enjoyable puzzles are designed to test your general knowledge to its limits. They should be tackled with the help of encyclopaedias, a Who's Who and an atlas, and probably with a drink to hand. This new collection contains sixty crosswords, offering hours of mental exertion. As always, the solutions are included at the back of the book.
Author: Edward Powys Mathers
Author: Edward Powys Mathers
Author: Edward Powys Mathers
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Author: Richard Wolfrik Galland
Author: Edward Powys Mathers
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Author: Hugh Stephenson
Author: Telegraph Group Limited