As a child, David Astle's hero was the Riddler. Figuring out brainteasers like 'Where is a man drowned but still not wet?' (quicksand) and 'How many sides has a circle?' (two - the inside and the outside) became an obsession and, eventually, his life: his cryptic crosswords now appear in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald every week, to the delight and frustration of thousands.
In Puzzled, Astle offers a helping hand to the perplexed and the infatuated alike, taking us on a personal tour into the secret life of words. Beginning with a Master Puzzle, he leads us through each of the clues, chapter by chapter, revealing the secrets of anagrams, double meanings, manipulations, spoonerisms and hybrid clues. More than a how-to manual and more than a memoir, Puzzled is a book for word junkies everywhere.
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Print ISBN
9781846685422
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: How the Bug Bit
- Master Puzzle
- Anagrams
- Charades
- Containers
- Hiddens
- Double Meanings
- Homophones
- Deletions
- Alternations
- Codes
- Exotics
- Manipulations
- Puns
- Reversals
- Spoonerisms
- Rebuses
- &Lits
- Hybrids
- Mini Puzzles
- Quizling Solutions
- Mini Puzzle Solutions
- A Word of Thanks