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Author Connor, Alan.

Title The crossword century : 100 years of witty wordplay, ingenious puzzles, and linguistic mischief / Alan Connor.

Publisher New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2014]

ISBN 9781592408580 (hardback)
1592408583 (hardback)



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Description xi, 191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index.
Contents Genesis -- Fad -- Jargon -- Ancestors -- Nina -- Fair -- Wicked -- Alamo -- Authorship -- Translation -- Cant -- News -- Spooner -- Sondheim -- Cryptic -- Double-crossing -- Gaga -- Fast -- Addiction -- Dual -- Program -- Intelligence -- Gumshoe -- Simpson -- Bug -- Plum -- A-list -- Future -- Implement.
Summary A British comic writer at The Guardian explores the history of the crossword puzzle, which made its debut in 1913 and went from being considered a menace to productivity to being used to recruit codebreakers by the military.
Subject(S) Crossword puzzles -- History.
Added Title 100 years of witty wordplay, ingenious puzzles, and linguistic mischief
Cross-word century: one hundred years of witty wordplay, ingenious puzzles, and linguistic mischief
ISBN 9781592408580 (hardback)
1592408583 (hardback)