Caroline's Cryptics — Puzzles with a Smile!

Softcover, 8" x 10 7/8" inches, 140 pages

Contents

The book covers, in seven chapters, how to solve each type of clue.

  • Anagrams
  • Charades
  • Abbreviations & Short Words
  • Selections & Hidden Words
  • Containers, Reversals, & Position Instructions
  • Double Meanings, Homophones, & Puns
  • Others — Foreign Words, Dialect, Slang, & Lit, Names Etc.

 

See introduction to Cryptics for insight into the samples and explanations.

 

 

With 2 sample puzzles to go with each chapter, especially designed to give you practice on that particular type of clue, and to build on what you have learned in the previous chapters. With detailed explanations of how each word was derived from that particular clue.

Wittily illustrated.

Plus 52 of Caroline's Cryptics, as originally published in the Toronto Star.

 
 
EDITORS: Please note, we can supply you with puzzles for your publication, either print or online. We can even tailor the content of the puzzles to the interests of your readership. Contact us directly at caroline@carolinescryptics.com