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Simon & Schuster Mega Crossword Puzzle Book #4 (4) (S&S Mega Crossword Puzzles) Paperback – January 6, 2009

by John M. Samson (Editor)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 217 ratings
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Across or Down, the Best Crosswords Around!
With 300 Brand-new Puzzles to Solve

In 1924, Simon & Schuster published its first title, The Cross Word Puzzle Book. Not only was it the publisher's first release -- it was the first collection of crossword puzzles ever printed.

Today, more than eighty years later, the legendary Simon & Schuster Crossword Puzzle Book series maintains its status as the standard-bearer for cruciverbal excellence. This series continues to provide the most challenging, fresh, and original puzzles on the market. Created by the best contemporary constructors -- and edited by top puzzle master John M. Samson -- these Thursday to Sunday-size brain breakers offer hours of stimulation for solvers of every level.

With hundreds of puzzles in one volume, the Simon & Schuster Crossword Puzzle Book will test the knowledge of solvers everywhere.

Can you avoid turning to the answer key? Sharpen your pencils, grit your teeth, and find out!
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    336 pages
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    January 6, 2009
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    8.5 x 0.8 x 11 inches
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    1416587810
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    978-1416587811
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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, including The New York Times. He lives in upstate New York. John’s favorite published crossword is his three-page centerfold for Golf Digest featuring pictures of past US Open winners. John’s puzzles have appeared in unconventional settings: on cereal boxes, a rock band’s album cover, and the side of a three-story brick building. A jigsaw puzzle for US Congress 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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Books; Illustrated edition (January 6, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416587810
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416587811
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.73 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.8 x 11 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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AJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Good puzzle book
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023
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I do crosswords to relax and to keep my mind busy and I am pleased with this volume. It's not so easy or hard as to be unworkable, and it is printed clearly, with answers in the back portion of the book. I would recommend this tome.
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Just an average joe
5.0 out of 5 stars Good difficulty level for me
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2023
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These crossword puzzle books are great! They provide enough of a challenge to keep them interesting, but they aren't so incredibly difficult that I give up on them. If you are like me and don't enjoy watching television, this can be a good way to spend your time and exercise your brain in the process.
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Newbury Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult but workable
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2022
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Most of the puzzles are challenging. Like the ability to tear out pages.
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A Good Person
5.0 out of 5 stars Great series! I highly recommend it!
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015
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I really enjoy this entire series, and highly recommend it.. I suppose everybody who enjoys crosswords needs to find ones that are at the right level of difficulty for them, personally. These seem to be right for me: some are very hard, but not impossible. I like the fact that you can spend as much time as you like on a puzzle, and then decide when you've had enough. You can then decide how much you want to "cheat". Sometimes just looking at a small part of the solution is enough to help you finish the puzzle.
I also think that many of the themed puzzles in this series are very clever. This series does have a lot of themed puzzles, so if that's not your style, this might not be the right series for you. I really enjoy the clever themes, and I also enjoy the many "punny" clues throughout the series. They can be extremely clever, too, and when you figure them out, there's not only a great sense of satisfaction, but also the pleasure of understanding the joke!
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S.Giannotti
5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Ever
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2019
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I've ordered five of these Simon & Schuster Mega Crossword Puzzle books so far, and I've just begun my second. I.e., 300 crossword puzzles is a long-lasting stash of puzzles! They wouldn't be so great, however, if the puzzles themselves weren't great. Which they are. They say that these are never-before published puzzles, all, and I can't swear as to the veracity of that claim. But the puzzles, for me, are the right blend of a few too hard for me to finish without cheating, and the balance being puzzles that are hard, but ones I can actually finish with a little time, and a little thought. IMHO, that's a hard thing to find in a crossword puzzle book. I love 'em. Will probably end up ordering every single one of them, God willin' n' the crik don't rise.
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C. Ward
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and challenging crosswords!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2020
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I enjoy working the puzzles in the Simon & Schuster Mega books of 300 puzzles. Some are tough, some are easy, some made me laugh, and as with all collections some puzzles have nonsensical and head-scratching clues that I will never understand. Overall, the book has a good cross-section of easy and tough puzzles to satisfy most puzzle enthusiasts.
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RetiredITguy
5.0 out of 5 stars These books are always good
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021
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Good variety of puzzles with varying degrees of difficulty.
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Dena Ward
5.0 out of 5 stars Difficulty
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2019
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I very much like the perforated pages in Simon and Schuster' s crossword puzzle books. I have found this particular edition's puzzles to be a little more difficult, on the whole, than others I have solved, but that's fine. Sharpens the brain.
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Bal
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy instructions. No training and kg
Reviewed in Canada on February 29, 2024
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crossword book
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Jeff Harding
5.0 out of 5 stars They arrived on time and they are a great crossword book....
Reviewed in Canada on October 6, 2023
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You will want to buy all 26 of these books
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Barney
5.0 out of 5 stars As described
Reviewed in Canada on February 21, 2023
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Prompt delivery reasonable price
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PCarlyle
5.0 out of 5 stars My husbands favourite crossword books
Reviewed in Canada on October 8, 2022
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We buy them in sequence they are a great value
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Tracey
5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy
Reviewed in Canada on July 14, 2021
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Great puzzles. Not too easy so you have to think. Have 1-13.
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