The New York Times Acrostic Puzzles Volume 8

by Thomas H. Middleton and The New York Times

50 puzzles from the New York Times by Thomas H. Middleton New York Times puzzles are America's Favorites Millions of puzzle fans know that the New York Times is the gold standard in puzzling. Here is the next installment of 50 Acrostic puzzles, which appear every other week in the Sunday Times .

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000OTLYXY
• ISBN13: 9780312284107
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.8" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Perfect Solving on the Go!

Whether you're flying, lounging by the pool, stretched out on the couch or riding a bus, this little entertainer is right there for you. Each puzzle is contained on a single page and the spiral binding folds back on itself to provide a firm, page-size writing surface, so you don't need a lap-table or tray. Puzzles are challenging (after all, it IS the NY Times we're talking about) but a good search engine will prove invaluable.

Challenging Acrostics #9

These puzzles are extremely hard but they are clever and fun to do. I've only been able to do two so far without cheating ie: looking up the answers. They are tricky but I'm getting used to some of the tricks such as realizing that a single letter need not be an "a" or an "i" . And clues can have several different meanings and word forms -what looks like a noun can be a verb etc.For example a recent clue was "single" and I was trying to think of a word for unmarried or a one dollar bill. The answer was "one base hit."

NY Times Acrostics

As a long-time solver and former constructor of acrostic puzzles, I find it difficult to find acrostics that can challenge me, but these do! They are considerably more challenging than the ones Middleton does for the Simon and Schuster series. I highly recommend them to experienced solvers.