Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Book #12: The Biggest and the Best

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Another huge collection of classic and challenging crossword puzzles from Simon & Schuster, complete with tear-out perforated pages so you can take your puzzles to go!

Prepare yourselves! Here are 225 bigand toughcrosswords taken from out-of-print books in the famous Simon & Schuster crossword puzzle series. Inside these covers are tons of Sunday Times-caliber wordplay just waiting to taunt and tantalize you. Originally edited by former New York Times crossword editor Eugene Maleska and his colleague John Samson, every puzzle in this book has been completely revised and updated. Super Crossword Book #12 is the ultimate challenge for the truly fearless crossword aficionadoso sharpen your pencils and wits and get ready for hours of delightfully frustrating fun.

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John M. Samson is an expert crossword puzzle constructor and editor. His crosswords have been published in leading magazines and newspapers across the country, includingThe New York Times.He lives in upstate New York. Johns favorite published crossword is his three-page centerfold forGolf Digestfeaturing pictures of past US Open winners. Johns puzzles have appeared in unconventional settings: on cereal boxes, a rock bands album cover, and the side of a three-story brick building. A jigsaw puzzle for USCongress members, a crossword in the shape of the H. J. Heinz keystone logo, and another in the shape of an Absolut Vodka bottle were memorable design challenges. John has been honored to construct special birthday puzzles for Lee Iacocca, F. Lee Bailey, Ed Ruscha, Keith Hernandez, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, and Harry Connick Jr., and framed fan letters from Stephen King and Frank Sinatra hang proudly in his upstate New York office.

Eugene T. Maleska (19161993) was a crossword puzzle creator, editor, and educator. He was the crossword editor forThe New York Timesfor nearly two decades.