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New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionary : 3rd Edition--Revised and Expanded
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New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionary : 3rd Edition--Revised and Expanded Mass market paperbound - 2004

by Morehead, Philip D

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This new updated third edition of the most thorough crossword reference available is a rich storehouse of information that puts the correct answer right at a puzzler's fingertips. Original.

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  • Title New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionary : 3rd Edition--Revised and Expanded
  • Author Morehead, Philip D
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Revised
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 751
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, N.Y.
  • Date July 6, 2004
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2342738-6
  • ISBN 9780451212559 / 045121255X
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.88 x 4.28 x 1.32 in (17.48 x 10.87 x 3.35 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Crossword puzzles
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004042186
  • Dewey Decimal Code 793.732

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Summary

This new updated third edition is a rich storehouse of indispensable information that puts the correct answer right at a puzzler's fingertips.

  • Twice as many entries
  • The most comprehensive and up-to-date definitions available
  • Revised for the way clues are written today
  • More readable and user friendly than other mammoth tomes with tiny print
  • Unique categories section makes looking up clues even easier, including The Bible, Chemical Elements, Foreign Words, Geography, Mythology, Academy Awards, Sports, and Prefixes and Suffixes

 

From the publisher

Philip Morehead is Head of Music Staff for Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is the son of the late Albert H. Morehead, lexicographer and games expert, the original co-editor of this book, who was Bridge Editor of the New York Times for over 25 years and the editor of many books on games. He is editor of The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary and The New American Rogets College Thesaurus and is author of The New American International Dictionary of Music. He lives in Chicago with his wife Patricia, oboist and composer.

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About the author

Philip D. Morehead is the editor of The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary and The New American Rogets College Thesaurus and the author of the New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionary and The New American International Dictionary of Music. He is the son of late lexicographer and games expert Albert H. Morehead, the original co-editor of this book, who was the Bridge Editor of the New York Times for over 25 years and the editor of many books on games.