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by Barbara Gettinby

Author:

Barbara Gettinby

ISBN13:

978-0980637243

ISBN:

0980637244

Language:

English

Publisher:

Radge Publishing (July 5, 2009)

Category:

Humor

Subcategory:

Puzzles & Games

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1522 kb

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Barbara Gettinby 2009. Good luck, Barb Gettinby. WELCOME CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS The dictionary meaning of cryptic is veiled in obscurity or of mysterious meaning and this is how cryptics appear at first. This book serves as an introduction to these enigmatic puzzles. It is useful to have a dictionary and a thesaurus. There are some good electronic handhelds on the market which will even allow you to put in a question mark for the letters that you dont know.

Cryptic means ‘mystifying or having secret meaning’, so in these crosswords the answers to the clues are deliberately hidden. In every clue there are two ways to get the answer – There’s the true definition and the sneaky way round. It’s just a matter of knowing how to look at each clue to unlock the answer. Good luck! Don’t know where to start? View our ONLINE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD TUTORIAL. Christine Lovatt, Australia’s Cryptic Queen, will talk you through a simple cryptic crossword step-by-step and clue by clue. Each crossword clue is animated to better demonstrate the rules behind cryptics.

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Barbara Gettinby has been compiling cryptic crosswords for more than 20 years. Frustrated when compilers did not reveal how they constructed the clues, Barbara decided to start compiling clues with detailed answers herself. Barbara has released 10 magazines and two books. Cryptic Crossword Secrets - Where EVERY answer is FULLY explained is her third. Cryptic Crossword Secrets contains 75 crossword puzzles including both cryptic clues, straight clues and solutions. If you are having trouble solving the cryptic clue, use the straight clue for assistance. Still can't solve it? Check the answer for a full explanation.

It's so easy

I'm a newbie to cryptics and this book was very helpful in teaching me to break down the clues and to think differently about what the clue is actually indicating. I liked that she included the standard crossword cluing, so that if you did get stuck, you could use that information to continue to attempt to solve the cryptic. Warning though, the book uses British spellings and abbreviations which could cause some frustrations for non-Brits. Although, her techniques do work with American cryptics as well.

Mavegelv

I got this because my eight-year-old daughter is interested in doing cryptics, and I was looking for better examples to help her learn the different types of cryptic clues.

On the good side, the example clues at the beginning were sufficiently well described that my daughter was able to solve most of them fairly quickly after reading the description of how that type of clue worked, and the examples she worked helped her to recognize and solve those types of cryptic clues when doing crosswords.

On the bad side, at least one of the most common clue construction techniques wasn't explicitly addressed -- there was no discussion of charades.

For better or worse, there was no discussion of what makes a cryptic clue fair. It's very focused on practical aids, giving specific examples of the clue elements that have invented meaning specific to the cryptic crossword (for example, "Banker" for "river", so "Italian Banker" may be used to clue "po" in a charade) without the context of debates over what is fair. (Search for "Ximenean clueing" or "Ximenes" or "Ximenean clueing Alberich" for context here.) It can be useful to know whether to look for the more devious types of clues depending on the source of the puzzle.

So far, I haven't tried any of the included puzzles; this review is only of the introduction. So it's hardly a fair review...

Kerry

I HAVE BEEN DOING CRYPTIC PUZZLES FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS OR SO. THE AUTHOR IS THE ONLY ONE YOU GIVES YOU A DETAILED INFO ON WHAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER. I AM ABLE TO DO MORE OF A PUZZLE WITHOUT HAVING TO RESORT TO THE ANSWER KEY. MOST ANSWER KEYS DO NOT TELL YOU WHAT REVERSAL CONTAINER IS OR LEAD ON QUESTIONS. I LIKE THAT SHE HAS THE IMPORTANT WORD FOR EACH QUESTION BELOW THE PUZZLE QUESTION. I ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM FIGURING OUT WHICH HOMOPHONE IS THE CORRECT ANSWER. WITH THE CHEAT LIST BELOW IT IS EASY. CYRPTIC PUZZLES SOLVING IS MADE BY ALWAYS SEEING HOW THEY GOT THE ANSWER. VERY GOOD LEARNING TOOL

Talvinl

very happy with product

Coron

At last, someone has taken the time to explain how to do cryptic crosswords. I am not talking about "the rules" (that are also included in this book) but the answers. Barbara Gettinby explains every answer. She gives you both the cryptic clue and the straight clue. If you still can't work out the answer, look at the solution in the back of the book.

Thank you, Barbara. I really appreciate your efforts!

Realistic

If you have a passion for crosswords, but don't know how to do cryptic crosswords, this is book for you.
Barbara consolidates her decades of experience into this well constructed book. With the straight clues and cryptic clues for each crossword on the same page, and the easy reference to the types of cryptics at the start of the book, I am on a "fastpath" in learning a new hobby. The solutions at the back of the book are educational and understandable. Thanks Barbara!

Macill

This is probably the best Cryptic Crossword book ever because it introduces everybody to the basics of compiling and solving the Clues. If you have always avoided cryptic crosswords in the past then this is the book which will get you started and give you hours of pleasure plus a feeling of real achievement when you solve every clue. Thanks Barb. Lets have some more books.

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