Mensa Cryptic Crosswords (Official Mensa Puzzle Book S.)

by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

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From Mensa[registered] comes a series of super-challenging puzzles that go way beyond the average crossword - and also offer an authentic treasure-trove of wordplay demanding some skilled solving. Each clue has two parts...one is the normal definition of an answer, while the other features a little linguistic playfulness - maybe an anagram, perhaps a pun and sometimes even a word written backward. And the hitch is...there's usually no indication of which comes first, or punctuation to mark the division! You've got to see through the clue-maker's deceptions and tease out the correct answer by rethinking the clue's wording. Some of the irresistible language trickery includes double definitions, hidden answers, homophones and containers.
  • ISBN10 1402745060
  • ISBN13 9781402745065
  • Publish Date 1 June 2007
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 7 August 2012
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Sterling Publishing Co Inc
  • Imprint Sterling
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 96
  • Language English