Crossword Puzzles

Challenge yourself and excite your brain with this entertaining collection of new puzzles created in partnership with American Mensa and the AARP (American Association of Retired People).

Young or old, your brain is essential to everything you do. You owe it to yourself not just to stay physically fit, but to stay mentally fit, too! This book of logic and number puzzles will help you do just that. A collaboration between Mensa and AARP, it is packed with brain teasers to exercise your mind and keep yourself sharp.

Whether you are looking to practice your critical thinking skills or you just want to keep your mind sharp, these puzzles will provide a short workout for your cognitive lobes. In the end, you'll have given your mind a problem-solving workout--and you'll have had fun in the process.

Challenge yourself and help keep your mind sharp with these brain-bending games and puzzles.

100+ Puzzles based on the British Library Crime Classics series. Hours of enjoyment for puzzle lovers!

Polish off your magnifying glass and step into the shoes of your favourite detectives as you unlock tantalising clues and solve intricate puzzles. There are over 100 criminally teasing challenges to be scrutinised, including word searches, anagrams, snapshot covers, and crosswords--a favourite puzzle of crime fiction's golden age. Suitable for all levels, this is the ultimate test for fans of the British Library Crime Classics series.

A great how-to-play and strategy guide to 100 of the most classic, interesting, challenging and fun solitaire games.

These are the 100 best and most enjoyable variations of America's most popular card game--solitaire! Loads of examples, diagrams, illustrations and strategies keep the writing lively, while showing you all sorts of fun ways to enjoy your favorite game. From straight-ahead solitaire to two-player games, readers will find all kinds of fantastic solitaire games--the classic ones, the new ones, those that require a lot of strategy, and the just plain fun ones. And because solitaire is perfect for playing when you're on the road, the chapter on travel solitaire is essential. As a bonus, the authors have included solitaire games for two players.

Have you daydreamed of being approached to be a secret agent? Imagined yourself being propelled into the dangerous and elegant world of spies?
Blending extraordinary and illuminating historical tales of the British Secret Intelligence Service from over the years with a wide range of mind-twisting puzzles, Secret Agent Brainteasers will test your mental agility to discover: Do YOU have what it takes to be a spy?
Long gone are the days when the tap on the shoulder was largely a result of social connections. Now the secret intelligence services have cast their nets wider, and it's your chance to join the ranks. Whether you have a linguistic flair, an instinct for technology, or good old common sense, pit your wits against some of the greatest minds of our time with ingenious brainteasers including secret languages, sabotage-themed brain bogglers, and hidden codes.

Based on The Times Bridge column, an extensive bridge guide aimed at the less experienced or social player who longs to improve their game, with instructive deals and tips, as well as a helpful Index.

Andrew Robson, The Times Bridge Correspondent, is both a champion Bridge player and an inspired teacher. He teaches and tutors at his Bridge Club and has acquired great practical knowledge about how people learn to play Bridge.

Based on Andrew Robson's Friday column in The Times, common scenarios are presented with an outline of what actually happened, as well as what should have happened. Along with every deal is the very popular handy tip 'If you remember just one thing...', which features throughout the book.

The first section of the book, 'The Game', is a basic outline providing the key to playing a sensible game of Bridge, subdivided into 'Bidding', 'Declarer Play' and 'Defence'.

The reader can either read 'The Game' first, paying particular attention to the tips, or they can dip in and out of the book, picking a common mistake at random, with the option to cross-reference to the same tip in 'The Game' section.

Bridge is now reaching a new audience, and is being played by people of all ages. Let Andrew Robson help you to improve your game!

Previously published as The Times Bridge: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Easy to solve . . . hard to resist!

Start of a new Day of the Week series: 75 ever-popular easy Tuesday from Times editor Will Shortz in a convenient portable size.
- Easy puzzles are popular: everyone loves the thrill of actually finishing the Times crossword, especially casual puzzlers, for whom these relaxing, solvable puzzles are a real delight.

- 75 daily-sized puzzles, the easiest published in the Times.

- Portable 6x9 trim size is perfect for solvers on the go.

- Edited by Will Shortz.

The next in a new series: a positively HUGE book of 500 sudoku puzzles for all skill levels

What's better than a book of sudoku? A Great Big Book of Sudoku! If you can't get enough of these grids, you're sure to enjoy this extra-large collection of 500 sudoku puzzles that get progressively challenging as you go.

Features:
- 500 easy to hard puzzles
- Big grids for easy solving
- Introduction by legendary Puzzlemaster Will Shortz

Escape for the weekend with this giant collection of 200 puzzles from The New York Times

This huge volume of 200 New York Times crosswords provides lots of puzzling power for fans to enjoy at home, outside, or on the beach. The first giant collection of 200 easy to hard puzzles in many years features:

* Big omnibus with hundreds of hours of solving fun
* Daily puzzles featuring all difficulty levels
* Crosswords edited by the #1 man in crosswords, Will Shortz

A NEW day-of-the-week series with striking covers and convenient spiral binding

Are you a die-hard Friday solver? Then you're in luck because you've found this collection of 50 New York Times Friday crossword puzzles!

Featuring:

- 50 New York Times Friday crosswords
- Edited by crossword legend Will Shortz
- Convenient spiral binding for easy solving

The beginner's collection of a new trio of easy, medium, and hard crossword puzzle books from The New York Times, edited by Will Shortz

If you love to relax with the New York Times' easiest puzzles, you'll be right at home with this collection of 200 Monday and Tuesday crosswords.

- 200 of the easiest puzzles from the Times
- Puzzles edited by crossword legend Will Shortz
- Convenient portable paperback size for on-the-go solvin

75 New York Times Sunday crossword puzzles: everyone's favorite!

The New York Times Sunday crossword is the undisputed king of crossword puzzles. This collection features 75 of them, sure to put the "fun" in your Funday!

Features:
- 75 themed Sunday New York Times crosswords
- Portable packaging for solving on the go
- Smart, fresh vocabulary, fun themes, and pop-culture references

The next in our popular series of New York Times Sunday crosswords with bigger, more readable clues!

The Sunday New York Times crossword has been a beloved fixture for over seventy-five years. It's America's favorite--and most famous--crossword puzzle. Now the clues in these extra-large Sunday puzzles are bigger and better: easier on the eyes for stress-free solving!

Features:

- Fifty New York Times Sunday crosswords edited by puzzlemaster Will Shortz
- Bold, fun series cover design
- Covered spiral binding for easy, stay-flat solving

A value-packed volume of 200 difficult New York Times crossword puzzles

When the going gets tough, pick up a crossword puzzle! If you crave the challenge that comes with the New York Times' Friday and Saturday puzzles, you've met your match with this collection of 200 difficult crosswords.

- 200 Friday and Saturday puzzles from the Times
- Puzzles edited by crossword legend Will Shortz
- Convenient portable paperback size for on-the-go solving

A brand-new spiral series featuring New York Times Wednesday crossword puzzles only!

Wednesday is never the best or worst day of the week, but if you're a crossword solver, a Wednesday puzzle is always just right! This volume collects all your favorite not-too-easy, not-too-hard Wednesday puzzles in one big, spiral-bound edition.

Features:

- Fifty of the Times's Wednesday, medium-level crosswords edited by Will Shortz
- Puzzles that are not only fun but completely solvable by all puzzlers, from beginner to expert
- Covered spiral binding for easy lay-flat solving