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The New York Times Acrostic Puzzles Volume 10: 50 Engaging Acrostics from the Pages of The New York Times
Stylish, literary, gracefultry something different from standard puzzles with these elegant acrosticsFeaturing quotations from Nabokov to Hughes, Melville to Dave Barry, Stephen Jay Gould to Arthur Conan Doyle, and everyone in between, this collection of fifty of the Timess famous Sunday acrostics marks their first appearence in book form. The Times is the only widely-distributed source of acrostics in the nation. Covered spiral binding for easy shelving..
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Mensa Big Book of Acrostics (Mensa)
Get ready to sharpen both your pencil and your wits with these 60 challenging acrostics from renowned puzzle-master Michael Ashley, a frequent contributor to Games magazine Quotation-based acrostics are among the most popular types of puzzles, and enthusiasts of all skill levels will spend hours solving these Mensa-approved teasers. The quotations come from all fields of knowledge—literature, science, commerce, sports, and pop culture—and from such luminaries as Mark Twain, Emily Brontë, Dave Barry, and others. This one is from E.M. Thomas: “As we own cats by human rules of ownership, so cats own us by cat rules.” And this gem is from Alfred Hitchcock, who when asked what it was that he produced, responded “Gooseflesh.” .
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Exceptional Acrostics to Keep You Sharp (AARP)
Use it or lose it! We all know that mind-flexing puzzles help us stay mentally agile—and AARP’s Crosswords to Keep You Sharp series has done a great job of maintaining older adults’ mental fitness But it’s also important to do a variety of brain-challenging exercises to stay on your toes. Created by former USA Today crossword editor Charles Preston, these 50 smart and diverting acrostics reveal wise and whimsical sayings about lessons learned along the road of life or the value of experience. Solve the clues in the word column; transfer them to the diagram; and find quotations from people like Muhammad Ali, Christopher Buckley, and Helena Rubinstein. The spiral-bound book lies flat as you solve. .
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The New York Times Acrostic Puzzles Volume 8
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Mensa Big Book of Acrostics 2 (No. 2)
Another heaping helping of fun for acrostics fans! Let the solving begin. Michael Ashley, a regular contributor to Games magazine and one of America’s best-known crosticians, has devised another 110 devious acrostics to delight puzzle-doers. They’re entertaining and challenging, mixing the fun of crosswords with a bit of code-breaking. Start by solving the clues, such as “Scottish philosopher of the 18th century (2 wds.).” The answer’s David Hume; write it on the numbered blanks. Then, transfer each letter to the grid, putting it in the correspondingly numbered square. The result, when you read the finished diagram from left to right: a thought-provoking quotation. To find out who wrote it and where it’s from, just look at the first letters of the answer words. The featured luminaries include Muhammad Ali, Erma Bombeck, Joyce Maynard, Jerry Seinfeld, and Mark Twain. .
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The Everything Word Games Challenge Book: 750 Scramblers, Anagrams, Acrostics, And More (Everything: Sports and Hobbies)
If mind benders and brain teasers in the Sunday paper get your noggin going, then grab a pencil and start puzzling with The Everything Word Games Challenge Book! Packed with more than 700 assorted word games, you'll find everything from anagrams and acrostics to cryptograms and chronograms-all organized into puzzles and riddles meant to sharpen your thinking skills and increase your word power. With these games, you can:
Code and decode secret messages with phone numbers Try your hand at word ladders, the most popular word game invented by Alice in Wonderland author and mathematician Lewis Carroll Magically transform words into other words with logogriphs Impress your friends with an expanded vocabulary in Word Know-It-All Discover the Riddle of the Sphinx Complete with an answer key to reference when you're really stumped, The Everything Word Games Challenge Book puts your wits to the test with hours of wordplay fun!.
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USA TODAY Movie Acrostics
Forty quotes from the greatest motion pictures…and 900 movie-related clues to solve before you can figure them out! These acrostics will provide both film lovers and wordsmiths with hours of pleasure The unforgettable lines come from movies old and new, famous and a touch obscure; the clues cover performers, directors, plots, titles, and more. Just write the answers down on the blanks, then transfer the letters to the correspondingly numbered boxes in the grid. To help you out, the initial letters of the answer words spell out the speaker of the quote and the movie it’s from. Each puzzle is rated by difficulty on a star system: one for Easy Rider; two for Semi-Tough; three for Flirting with Disaster; and four for Mission Impossible! .
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Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic
Sleds sailing downhill on newly fallen snow, animals nestled deep in underground burrows, and families gathered hearthside to share the joys of the season are among the alphabet of cold-weather delights celebrated in 26 acrostic poems, alphabetically arranged. The colors and textures of winter—the cool blue of icy ponds and the golden glow of holiday candles—are gloriously captured in linoleum-cut illustrations. A companion volume to Autumn, Spring, and Summer, Winter rounds out the year of seasonal collaborations by Steven Schnur and Leslie Evans..
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Astounding Acrostic Puzzles (Mensa)
Acrostic puzzles lift word game fans beyond crosswords to the next level. Just dust off your memories of great writers and philosophers, and add today's movie stars and sports heroes. Each of the 40 puzzles features three simple steps, starting with treating the clues just like crosswords. Next, you fill in the empty boxes with words that complete a quote from the book. Fortunately, you can figure out answers you don't even know from the clues provided, so the more you play, the more informed you become! Finally, you read the first letters of the answers to read the author of the quote and its source. You'll have fun, even as you learn. .
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