Puzzled
Secrets and clues from a life in words
David Astle
ISBN: | 9781846685422 |
Publisher: | Profile Books |
Published: | 1 June, 2012 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
Puzzled
Secrets and clues from a life in words
David Astle
As a child, David Astle's hero was the Riddler. Figuring out brainteasers like 'Where is a man drowned but still not wet?' (quicksand) and 'How many sides has a circle?' (two - the inside and the outside) became an obsession and, eventually, his life: his cryptic crosswords now appear in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald every week, to the delight and frustration of thousands.In Puzzled, Astle offers a helping hand to the perplexed and the infatuated alike, taking us on a personal tour into the secret life of words. Beginning with a Master Puzzle, he leads us through each of the clues, chapter by chapter, revealing the secrets of anagrams, double meanings, manipulations, spoonerisms and hybrid clues. More than a how-to manual and more than a memoir, Puzzled is a book for word junkies everywhere.
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