The New York Times Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords: 500 Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles)
July 14, 2014 - Comment
500 puzzles; the biggest collection of Sunday crosswords (the Times’ most popular) EVER. Everything about the New York Times Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords is, well, supersized. At one hour per puzzle (that’s pretty fast!), eight hours of solving per day, it would still take two months of solid solving to finish this book.
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Boy, What a Bargain! This huge book contains 500 Sunday Times crossword puzzles from the Shortz and Maleska eras, but most of them are from the wittier Shortz group. And think of it: this contains ten years worth of Sunday New York Times crossword puzzles! Ought to take you at least a couple of weeks to finish, right?The book is well-made, with good quality paper — much better than the slick glossy Times Sunday magazine paper that doesn’t take pencil or ink marks very well — and for those like me who…
Changing size of grid was a dirty trick As other have noted, many of these puzzles are difficult because there is no time/date reference. When they ask things about a ‘new tv show’ or ‘latest world series’, etc. it is quite a challenge as the dates of these puzzles could be anywhere from 1983 to 1998. The date of publication listed on each page for the crossword would be very helpful.However I was going along OK even with the lack of time frame of the puzzles until I got to puzzle #56. All of a sudden the grid got very…