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The New York Times Will Shortz's Favorite Sunday Crossword Puzzles: From the Pages of The New York Times Spiral-bound – March 17, 2004

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The Biggest and Best Sunday Crosswords Ever Published in The New York Times!

The New York Times Sunday crosswords are America's favorite puzzles, and under the leadership of legendary Times crossword editor Will Shortz, the Sunday puzzles have become even more renowned, featuring virtuoso contstruction, clever clues, and increased wordplay, as well as fresh vocabulary, and a hip, contemporary attitude.

Now Shortz has chosen his fifty all-time favorite Sunday puzzles from the pages of the Times and collected them all in this volume. Once you start these puzzles, you won't be able to stop!

* Special introduction by Will Shortz
* Personal commentary from Will Shortz on why each puzzle made his list of all-time greats
* Creative themes, wordplay, and amazing tricks-each puzzle has something that makes it one of the best ever!
* Sunday puzzles are up to 40% bigger than weekday-size puzzles, with fewer black squares and more inventive themes

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  1. Print length
    64 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    St. Martin's Griffin
  4. Publication date
    March 17, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    9 x 0.25 x 11 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0274871416
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0312324889
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“[Will Shortz] is the crossword king.” ―Steve Kroft, 60 Minutes

“The prince of crossword puzzlers.” ―Greenwich Magazine

“The Riddler's got nothing on Will Shortz.” ―Time Out New York

“Will Shortz is [the crossword book world's] John Grisham.” ―Martin Arnold

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The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. Founded in 1851, the newspaper has won 112 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization. Its website receives 30 million unique visitors per month.

Will Shortz has been the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. He has edited countless books of crossword puzzles, Sudoku, KenKen, and all manner of brain-busters.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 031232488X
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition (March 17, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Spiral-bound ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0274871416
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312324889
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.25 x 11 inches
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Will Shortz has been crossword editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

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Leasyspieces
5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging and fun theme puzzles!
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2023
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I love me a Sunday crossword, so I get these books all the time. I love that it’s in a spiral bound book that lays flat (I’m a lefty so standard books are sometimes hard to fill out). I love the themes and the ones that have puzzles within puzzles. However, these puzzles go back to the 1990s, so it’s also fun to revisit the past on a lot of these.
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Robert J. Thomas Sr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fine, but did I really need it?
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2014
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Fine. Lies flat with the wire binding with a sturdy cover so you don't need a table. 50 puzzles from 1993 onwards. Paper slightly better than newsprint, so adequate since normally one does these in a newspaper. Clue questions perhaps a tad smaller than in newspaper, but likely legible unless you have a problem reading same in newspaper. In Atlanta where I live they print the Times puzzle in the AJC a week late and it takes me a week to solve (or more usually not), so one wonders why I bought this book.
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Jeffrey Daniels
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun to be cross at these crosswords
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016
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Ha! Good luck with this book.

After a few decades away from crosswords, I've been slowly returning to my old enjoyable pastime by ripping out the Sunday puzzles from my local paper. I get two each Sunday, the LA Times and the NY Times.

After rumbling, bumbling and stumbling a bit, I got back in the hang of it and my heretofore little used vocabulary started having purpose again. Problem was, I didn't have enough puzzles!

Step right up with this collection of mighty tough puzzles. Some feature those annoying "trick" answers that include multiple letters, symbols and whatnot that makes me cross, but on the whole, it's still a collection of amazingly tough crosswords.

Well, at least for me. With no puzzle dictionary and using pen, I haven't been able to finish a single one yet without "puzzle support" from the back of the book. I feel no shame whatsoever.

Speaking of the book, it's a gem that it's spiral bound. Some other collections I looked at are simple gum-bound and that means the puzzles don't sit flat. Here, the only annoyance is where it should be: solving the puzzle.

I look forward to buying more collections in the future. The distant future, at the rate I'm solving these.
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january
5.0 out of 5 stars Old puzzles!
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2023
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No doubt I did some of the 30-year-old puzzles at the time. It was fun and amusing to put myself back into that time in order to solve the puzzle.
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CDL
5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasurable passtime
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2023
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Nice collection.
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zuzu s.
3.0 out of 5 stars These are 20 years old.
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2023
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I prefer to do puzzles that are newer. I can’t remember what happened in 2001.
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Joseph A. Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars I Really Liked This Collection.
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2019
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I've always liked the New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles. Challenging, sometimes very tricky, but always fun.
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MsH
2.0 out of 5 stars TINY TINY TINY PRINT VERSION
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2023
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I couldn't read the clues even with reader glasses on. Went back & ordered a large print edition because this is not even a NORMAL print size edition. What a shame!
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Lt. Zott
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't go wrong with NYT crossword books
Reviewed in Canada on October 10, 2022
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Yet another welcome edition of the New York Times Crossword puzzle compendium series. This one is especially nice, featuring stand-out Sunday size grids with super clever 'tricks' and 'gags' the NYT Crossword is famous for. Looking forward to many hours of enjoyment doing all the puzzles in this book. But be warned, they are not for the faint of heart, and may prove frustratingly difficult for some solvers. My advice is that if you get blocked, set the puzzle aside for a while and come back to it. You'll be surprised how many more answers come to you.
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ariel kraft
5.0 out of 5 stars really nice book
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2023
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good hard puzzles
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PDK
4.0 out of 5 stars Good crossword book
Reviewed in Canada on February 5, 2023
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Great crosswords.
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K McKernan
5.0 out of 5 stars Hours of entertainment
Reviewed in Canada on July 28, 2022
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None of these are too easy. They keep me busy for hours.
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Dana Kovacs
3.0 out of 5 stars Very small print
Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2024
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Format of the binding is great. The puzzles are quite challenging. However, the print is quite small, which results in eye strain.
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