Product Description

For the real crossword nut, this calendar offers hundreds of crossword challenges that are tough enough to be sanctioned by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society, but designed to be solvable in just ten minutes. Created by Fred Piscop, a Mensa member and veteran crossword writer for The New York Times and The Washington Post, these puzzles are perfect with a morning cup of coffee—a quick, stimulating, and satisfying daily fix for the crossword lover.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #181388 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Calendar
• 320 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780761152668
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

About the Author
Expert puzzle constructor and editor Fred Piscop is known for his clever themes and lively clues. Before his appointment as crossword editor of the Washington Post Sunday Magazine in 2002, Mr. Piscop was crossword editor of Crossword America and created puzzles for the Time magazine News Quiz Crossword. 

Customer Reviews

Intelligent way to start the day
I work a Mensa puzzle every morning with my coffee and the combination is a delightful way to warm my brain up for the day ahead. The puzzles are challenging but not as difficult as the "Mensa" designation might indicate.

Appropriate Title for Calendar
I bought this at the beginning of the year and so far has lived up to it's name. The puzzles take me more than ten minutes to do but that's good. That means they are just a little harder than I'm used to. They aren't as hard as the New York Times crosswords and they aren't as simple as those Easy crossword books you buy at the supermarket checkout.

The only drawback to this calendar is that it's too small. I have pretty good eyesight and the questions are a little hard to read and the puzzle itself is hard to write in. The paper dimensions of each sheet are 5 1/4 inches by 4 1/2inches with the 15x15 box puzzle being a little more than 2 1/4 inches square. Thats really tight. I had to buy a extra fine roller ball pen to make the letters small enough to fit in the boxes.

One thing I do like is that you can get an extra online calendar for free when you buy this. I have a wordsearch puzzle emailed to me every morning,

Just right for waking brain gently
These puzzles are not insultingly simple (furry animal that meows) but do not use clues such as "metric distance between uppermost points of Mont Blanc and Finster Aarhorn" or words that appear only in crossword puzzles. I seldom need to refer to the answers that are conveniently on the back of each page but when I do it is an opportunity to jolt the memory or learn a new word.