A bumper collection of 300 quick crossword puzzles to test your word knowledge and have you reaching for the thesaurus. The puzzles are in a standard 13x13 grid size. How quickly can you solve these? You will find the solutions easily at the back of the book. Keep your mind sharp and improve your word power at the same time. Ideal for whiling away the time while travelling, on holiday or relaxing at home.

Relax and take a mental break before the week begins with these Sunday-sized puzzles! Sunday morning is made for solving, so take your time and enjoy these 72 medium-hard, large-size puzzles. Edited by a master, they all have fantastic themes and clues. And after you've conquered a grid, go to the answer section and take a peek behind the scenes for fun facts about some of the clues.

A NEW day-of-the-week series with 100 puzzles in a convenient portable paperback package If you love to think outside the little black-and-white boxes, the witty New York Times Thursday crossword puzzle is for you! This collection of 100 pun-fueled crossword puzzles from The New York Times is full of head-scratchers and funny-bone ticklers to liven up your week. Features: -100 medium-level Thursday puzzles -Bold, fun series cover design -Edited by crossword legend Will Shortz

Extreme Spot the Difference is the ultimate photo puzzle challenge. Tougher, more engaging and more visually impressive than anything you've seen before, this book takes you on a tour of the world's most beautiful, busy and exotic cities in amazing extreme detail.

The Sun is Britain's bestselling daily newspaper, with over 3.5 million copies sold every day. This makes The Sun Two-speed Crossword Britain's favourite daily crossword puzzle.

The Sun Two-speed Crossword Book 3 is the latest collection of 80 puzzles, featuring cryptic and coffee time ? or general-knowledge ? clues for each. The twist is that both types of clue lead to the same solution.

Clearly laid out with both sets of clues adjacent to the grid across a double-page spread, and all the solutions at the back of the book, The Sun Two Speed Crossword Book 3 will appeal to those wanting a fun and informative break from office or home chores, or a more stimulating intellectual challenge.

There's something hiding among us: an elusive cryptid is prowling our city streets. The evidence is clear but, without definitive proof, the scientific community will never believe you. There's nothing else to be done - you must track down this cryptid yourself! Play as a determined Scientist manipulating heat, movement, and sonic sensors to scan the city, identify your quarry's true location, and capture them. Or take the role of a Cryptid, snaking your way through the shadows and back alleys of the metropolis that surrounds you, eliminating all evidence of your existence as you go, desperately avoiding capture. Emerging victorious in this high stakes cat-and-mouse chase, played out across a sprawling urban landscape, will require all your ingenuity and foresight. Cryptid: Urban Legends is a tense asymmetric game of competitive deductive reasoning for two players from the creators of Cryptid. Players: 2 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 20-40 minutes Contents: 41 cards, 10 plastic cubes, 9 plastic discs

'An entertaining book we can all enjoy... highly informative and amusing.' Daily Mail 'Full of valuable insight...this is a must-read for those looking to nail their next interview.' Publishers Weekly How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? explores the new world of interviewing at A-list employers like Apple, Netflix and Amazon. It reveals more than 70 outrageously perplexing riddles and puzzles and supplies both answers and general strategy for creative problem-solving. Questions like: Today is Tuesday. What day of the week will it be 10 years from now on this date? How would you empty a plane full of Skittles? How many times would you have to scoop the ocean with a bucket to cause sea levels to drop one foot? You have a broken calculator. The only number key that works is the 0. All the operator keys work. How can you get the number 24? How many dogs have the exact same number of hairs?

How much do you know about Scottish history? We all know bits of it. This book by the authors of Scottish History: Strange but True sets out to show how these 'bits' fit together - how the characters and events of Scottish history made the country of Scotland. We do not ponder 'WHY?' we demand 'HOW?' How was Scotland founded by refugees? How did the Vikings make Scotland happen? How did King David save Scotland AND give it away? How did Robert the Bruce forget Scottish history? How did a King of Scots declare war on Scotland? How did the Jacobites win every round, yet get smashed in the final - twice? How did Scotland embrace kilts and tartan after it banned them?

Piece together a fascinating visual exploration of the natural world. Featuring illustrations from Julia Rothman's best-selling book Nature Anatomy, this jigsaw puzzle will open your eyes to new ways of seeing earth and sky, flora and fauna. With each piece you put in place, nature's wonders unfold: the crystalline structure of a single snowflake, the different types of feathers on a bird, a constellation of stars. A distinctive blend of art and science, this sweeping study of the universe will delight, educate, and enlighten.

A new collection of 80 cryptic and coffee-time crosswords

Two sets of clues but the answers are the same

Britain's best-selling crossword from Britain's best-selling daily newspaper

Curious about the world around you? Brushing up for Trivia Night? Studying for a test? Looking for new dinner-table discussion topics? Take a deep-dive into subjects you may have learned about in school, but not in the kind of depth you wanted or needed. Entertaining, educational, and full of interesting information, Fun Facts to Engage Students: Questions to Inspire Thinking and Learning includes hundreds of multiple-choice, true/false, and open-ended questions about myriad topics ranging from astronomy to zoology, history to modern technology. Written for all ages and grade levels, Fun Facts to Engage Students takes everyone-from children to seniors, casually curious to trivia buffs-down a path of learning, enrichment, and enlightenment. Special Did You Know facts provide a more detailed look into the topics and leave you thirsting for more.

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles Give your memory a workout and hone your general knowledge with 80 definition-style puzzles from The Times2 section. Containing 80 definition-style puzzles all reflecting the T2's unique style, and encompassing a wide range of topics from geography, to literature, history and culture, this collection will test your word power and boost your general knowledge to boot. Compiled by the T2 Crossword Editor and taken from the T2 section of The Times, these quick accessible puzzles are utterly absorbing and addictive, yet concise enough to be completed on the move. With clues that are satisfyingly skilful and solutions helpfully provided at the back of the book, Times T2 Crossword Book 4 is guaranteed to entertain your brain. Previously published as The Times T2 Crossword book 4.

The next in a new series: a positively HUGE book of 500 sudoku puzzles for all skill levels What's better than a book of sudoku? A Great Big Book of Sudoku! If you can't get enough of these grids, you're sure to enjoy this extra-large collection of 500 sudoku puzzles that get progressively challenging as you go. Features: - 500 easy to hard puzzles - Big grids for easy solving - Introduction by legendary Puzzlemaster Will Shortz

"You can be sitting in the train working on a puzzle but it can take you far away from the everyday. Before you know it you're at your stop or about to pass it. It's not like you were even in the train. It's something different, something removed from the ordinary." --Maki Kaji, "Japanese Times"

The Nation's No. 1 Newspaper offers puzzlesmiths the ultimate cranium compendium boasting five challenging mind teasers.

USA TODAY is America's most recognized newspaper reaching more than 5 million people each day. Now, USA TODAY has collected five popular game formats into one book, including: Logic Puzzles, Crossword, Killer Sudoku, and Hitori.

Complete with 400 puzzles (that's twice the size of comparable game books), USA TODAY Jumbo Puzzle Book includes an introductory chapter that offers solution tips as well as a concluding chapter that reveals all the answers.

Pen and pencil puzzles are big business. According to a national poll by the American Society on Aging, 84 percent of people report that they spend time daily in activities that are good for brain health.

Do you feel like you've solved enough traditional Sudoku, crosswords and logic problems to last a lifetime? Thinh Lai's Puzzle Universe is the second book in an exciting new series for everyone who loves puzzles and wants something fresh! Vietnamese puzzle master Lai Van Duc Thinh has created a series of original puzzle types sure to test the skills of even the most experienced puzzle-solver. Creatively stimulating new puzzles include Bar Code, Elbow Room, Boxing Match, Borderlands and more, each of which come with full instructions on how to solve them, as well as a variety of difficulty levels to aid in your progression.

Part of an exciting series of sturdy, square-box 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles from Flame Tree, featuring powerful and popular works of art. This new jigsaw will satisfy your need for a challenge, with Alice and the Queen of Hearts. This 1000 piece jigsaw is intended for adults and children over 13 years. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Finished Jigsaw size 735 x 510mm/29 x 20 ins. Now includes an A4 poster for reference. The Science Museum Group is a collection of museums comprising: Science Museum, Science and Industry Museum, National Railway Museum, Locomotion, National Science & Media Museum, and National Collections Centre Museum. The breadth of the collection is regularly showcased at their sites across the UK. This jigsaw features a hand-painted magic lantern slide from the National Science & Media Museum Collection. The image is loosely based on Sir John Tenniel's frontispiece illustration for the 1866 edition of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The original image did not feature Alice herself, but was added here to better illustrate the conversation between Alice and the Queen of Hearts in the final scene of the story.

More than 2 million Everything(R) games books sold

Do you love a good word search, but hate the small type and tight spacing in typical word search puzzles? With 150 oversized, large-type puzzles, "The Everything Large-Print Word Search Book, Volume V" is for you This all-new volume helps you avoid eyestrain while boosting vocabulary, memory, and problem-solving skills. Featuring puzzle themes including:

• Favorite foods
• Popular music
• Sports
• Plants and animals

Never get stuck inside an escape room again, with this strategy guidebook to beating your favorite immersive interactive game-from a well-known game designer and puzzle enthusiast Chances are you have visited an escape room, whether for a birthday party, a corporate team-building exercise, or as a weekend excursion with your friends. But what does it take to maximize your chances of solving the puzzles, while ensuring everyone has a good time along the way? Planning Your Escape is the perfect guide to making sure you never get stuck in another escape room again. Game designer extraordinaire Laura Hall has all the best strategies for every room you might encounter, so your team can function like a well-oiled machine. This guide offers: -A history of puzzles and experiential entertainment, from the 4,000-year-old dexterity puzzles of Mohenjo-daro to the spectacle of immersive theater installations like Secret Cinema, Meow Wolf, and Sleep No More; -Different types of escape rooms, and solvable examples of the common puzzles they employ; -Common escape room player personality types, and how best to work with them; and -Advice for constructing your own escape rooms and puzzle hunts Bringing in a cast of experts, Planning Your Escape is the must-have strategy book for any escape room enthusiast, puzzle fan, and aspiring experience designer. Get ready to wow your friends and impress your co-workers with your new skills, and never enter a room you can't get out of again!

THE TANGRAM is one of the oldest types of dissection puzzles in the world that originated from China. It traditionally requires the participant to arrange seven pieces (or 'tans') into a shape just by looking at the given silhouette.LEARN WHILE PLAYING The puzzles in this unique book are fresh, innovative and compelling. The puzzle pieces are building units for puzzles that boost mental dexterity with a variety of challenges from various fields of recreational mathematics. Come on and play with symmetry puzzles, cover-up puzzles and self-similarity puzzles to increase your skill and mental acuity!NEW PUZZLE DESIGNS To add variety and challenge, some of the puzzles may not use all seven pieces of the Tangram set, while others may use pieces from two or more sets.The authors utilize a creative twist in this collection that is different from classic Tangram puzzles: Most of the puzzles do not allow connections between the pieces unless they share a common edge. With this slight change to the rules, an entirely new universe of Tangram puzzles and challenges is unleashed to delight the puzzle solver!PROVIDES HOURS OF FUN The majority of the puzzles in this book are new and original. They range in difficulty to suit various levels of puzzle enthusiasts. Some selections are based upon famous classic puzzles while others are modified to stimulate and captivate the puzzlist as they have done for more than a thousand years!

A jumbo crossword puzzle and general knowledge workout to test and stimulate the brain cells with 50 large grid puzzles from The Sunday Times. These puzzles use the 23 x 23 jumbo-size grid, and appeared in the pages of the Sunday Times, they offer an entertaining and stimulating challenge to all crossword lovers and anyone interested in quizzes, trivia and testing their all-round knowledge. Contains more general knowledge clues then the standard Times Jumbo crossword, for example names of famous people, titles of songs, books, films, plays, operas, musicals and TV shows; places and sights, quotations – questions with one or more words in a quote to identify as the answer.

The perfect gift for the incurably curious. With an introduction from Zoe Ball.

This edition includes all new, even more ingenious questions and answers! It was previously published in hardback as Funny You Should Ask... Again.

Which lottery numbers should I pick?
Is it true that we are made entirely of stardust?
Can dogs tell the time?
Why do songs get stuck in my head?
If Rome wasn't built in a day, how long did it take?
Do plants make noises?
Where is last Wednesday?

These are just a few of the questions put to the QI Elves by the listeners of BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. This book is a collection of their cracking, unexpected and frequently hilarious answers.

Chock full with extra facts and illustrations from the Elves, 222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions will spark wonder and joy.