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Welcome to the Crossword Links page. We'll be adding links on an ongoing basis. Please note that links to other crossword websites are done only on a reciprocal basis. If you would like your crossword website to be listed here, please email me at president@mirroreyes.com.

www.crosswordtournament.com

www.a1puzzles.com

www.puzzles.ca

www.puzzlexpress.com

1st-spot.net/topic_crosswords.html

All of the books listed below can be ordered directly from Amazon, just by clicking on the click here link. In a few days, we'll be updating the books listed and making a few new additions.

There are hundreds if not thousands of puzzle compilation books out there, so we won't bother listing many of them here. But a crossword book list would be incomplete without at least one compilation book listed, so here it is...

Title: Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus, Volume 3
Author: Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick
Publisher: Times Books
ISBN: 0812933575
Physical description:224 pages, ?? cm.
List price: $12.50
Edition: Paperback, August 2000

Two hundred Los Angeles Times Sunday crosswords in one book. Renown for their funny and punny puzzles, this collection from Bursztyn and Tunick will delight even the most dedicated puzzle- solver. Just 5 cents per puzzle.

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Next come the crossword dictionaries. There are dozens of them out there -- here are the best of the lot...

Title: Crossword Solver's Dictionary
Author: Anne R. Bradford
Publisher: Peter Collin Pub. Ltd.
ISBN: 1901659038
Physical description:714 pages, 20 cm.
List price: $17.95
Edition: Paperback, 3rd edition, March 1999

This dictionary was based on actual crossword clues, not "official dictionary" type entries. There are 300,000 clues, all cross-referenced to possible answers. Includes hints on word plays, anagrams, puns and puzzles.

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Title: The Dell Crossword Dictionary
Author: Kathleen Rafferty; expanded and updated by Wayne Robert Williams
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing
ISBN: 0385315155
Physical description:447 pages, 20 cm.
List price: $9.95
Edition: Paperback, Revised edition, January 1996

This is one of the crossword dictionaries in my personal collection. Filled with useful facts that many crossword creators like to use in generating their puzzles. First or last names of famous people, Shakespearean characters, US Presidents, US universities and their nicknames, along with a decent-sized list of clues and possible answers. A handy reference to have.

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Title: Crossword Proper Name Finder
Author: John C. Plankinton
Publisher: Creative Arts Book Co.
ISBN: 0887393187
Physical description:732 pages, 22 cm.
List price: $13.95
Edition: Paperback, July 2000

I don't have this book yet, but, since I've discovered that puzzle makers are using proper names quite frequently in their puzzles, having a definitive reference will make solving puzzles that much easier. This book is on my gift wish list. I'll provide a review when I get it.

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Title: The Crossword Answer Book
Author: Stanley Newman and Daniel Stark
Publisher: Times Books
ISBN: 081292729X
Physical description:??? pages, 24 cm.
List price: $27.50
Edition: Hardcover, May 1996

Thousands of 3 to 7 letter words arranged in such a way that you can find them even if you only know 2 letters. Includes popular phrases, abbreviations and proper names. The publishers have included a money-back guarantee!

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Title: The Complete Crossword Wordfinder
Author: Diane Emerson Spino (editor)
Publisher: Perigee
ISBN: 0399524517
Physical description:512 pages, 23 cm.
List price: $15.00
Edition: Paperback, 1st Perigee edition, December 1998

Another wordfinder, that will help you find your answer even if you know just one letter. Includes modern technical terms, famous people, geographical names and more. Words from 2 to 21 letters long.

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Last modified: March 14, 2005.

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