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The Daily Telegraph Big Book of Cryptic Crosswords 17 Paperback – October 1, 2006

by The Daily Telegraph (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
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A collection of over 200 large, easy-to-use crosswords from The Daily Telegraph with the answers at the back of the book.
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  1. Print length
    272 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Macmillan UK
  4. Publication date
    October 1, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    5.1 x 0.69 x 7.6 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0330442821
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0330442824
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan UK; Unabridged edition (October 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0330442821
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0330442824
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 0.69 x 7.6 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
28 global ratings

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J. C. Koval
5.0 out of 5 stars "Pure dead brill" i.e., excellent
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014
Yes these puzzles are hard. Great fun learning to do them! I used to get Games magazine and would skip these because they were so difficult. But as an adult I really enjoy the challenge. Some setters make clues a little unfair according to the rules but I can skip and come back to those. Overall loved solving these, took me 3 years to do all these but I got them all...sometimes with help from the answers in the back...very fun if you are if the standard crossword books are too easy for you.
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Eleanor B. Fine
5.0 out of 5 stars Like having W H Smith in my home
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2009
Having visited England many times to visit friends I got hooked on the British Crossword Puzzles. My friends sent these puzzle books to me by mail after it became a problem for me to visit them. I always felt badly about putting them out to purchase the books and then having to post them to me until I one day happened to search Amazon.com and there they were!!!!! Now it's so easy to get these books and, using the "free shipping" makes it even better. The books have always arrived in good order in a timely fashion. No problems. Thank you Amazon for being my personal W H Smith book store.
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Richard D. Marzi
4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of entertainment
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2014
Good value. Lots of entertainment for very little money.

Some puzzles are too tough for me but they still are fun.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Cryptic crosswords
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2009
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This cryptic crossword came from England. It is extremely hard, much harder than anything I have seen from the US. I don't know if they use words differently there, and that causes the harder clues, or what. I did not enjoy this at all. I like them to be tough, but I like to be able to answer at least some of them.
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zebra
5.0 out of 5 stars Cryptic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2022
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Standard you would expect. Some 'simple', some more 'cryptic' than others. Far cheaper and convenient than buying the paper. You can easily manage in every room of the house, and elsewhere. I have up to 30 on the go at once, so I can move on rather than get stuck.
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Ann Vincent
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2015
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good
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Good crosswords
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2017
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These earlier volumes of 14,15,16 and 17 are much better than the later high numbered volumes of say 54. Their difficulty level is on par with the D Tel today whereas those in volume 54 are too easy and very few crosswords in the book. There are some really hard crosswords n Volume 17 too. I can highly recommend it if you like doing one or even more crosswords a day as these volumes have 240 crosswords in them- plus answers in the back to check the word you have created from the clue.
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Cecilwsowden
4.0 out of 5 stars Xwords
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2016
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thank you we love cryptic xwords this is fine
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JeannieR
5.0 out of 5 stars He loves it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2013
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Had many before , my husband has a quiet time every morning to do a crossword and unlike the book he has at the moment this has crossword grid and clues on the same page which he likes..
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