With more than 1,000,000 answers, this volume contains more than twice as many answers as any other crossword dictionary. More important, it is the first crossword dictionary ever to comprehensively cover the clues and answers that actually appear in today's most popular crosswords, including contemporary slang, phrases, and brand names.

Meticulously compiled by two crossword professionals with a combined thirty years in the field, and based on a massive analysis of current crosswords, there has never been a crossword dictionary with the breadth, depth, and currency of this one. From...

• More than 1/3 million answer words
  
• Easiest to use
  
• Easiest on the eyes
  

Here is the work that made all other puzzle dictionaries obsolete. Its unique Instant Finder System saves you time-consuming searches through the long, jumbled paragraphs of words that are so common in other crossword puzzle dictionaries. Suppose your clue is a six-letter word for RAGE: just turn to that entry and your eye immediately picks out the bold number 6. Now you can pick your answer from just five words, ignoring the 32 others that can't fit....

-Clues and answer words from television, music, brand names, history, geography, myth, and pop culture
-Comprehensive and easy-to-use for all levels of crossword puzzle and trivia buffs

Stephen P. Elliot specializes in encyclopedias and dictionaries. He compiled the original Random House Crossword Puzzle Dictionary and has updated subsequent editions. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Including a thoroughly cross-referenced "Word Finder," the most extensive "Name-Finder" in any dictionary, and countless special trivia sections, this comprehensive, easy to use reference tools is a must-have for any puzzle...

This updated and expanded third edition of the New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionary is a rich storehouse of indispensable information that puts the correct answer right at a puzzler's fingertips.

With over twice as many entries as other crossword dictionaries and revised for the way clues are written today, it is the most thorough and easy-to-use crossword reference on the market with:

- The most comprehensive and up-to-date definitions available
- Advice for solving cryptic puzzles
- A unique categories...

More than 11,000 cross-indexed names across 100 categories.

Crossword puzzles are more popular -- and more complex -- than ever. Answers to those vexing clues relating to names are seldom found in crossword puzzle dictionaries. Avid solver Terry Falconer now fills this significant gap for the serious crossword puzzle fan.

Among the categories covered are:

• Actors, actresses and directors
• Artists, architects and photographers
• Athletes, including Hall of Famers and Olympians
• Authors, playwrights, composers and cartoonists
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With more than 1,300,000 answers, this volume contains more than twice as many words as any other crossword dictionary. Meticulously compiled by two crossword professionals with a combined fifty years in the field and based on a massive analysis of current crosswords, there has never been a crossword dictionary with the breadth, depth, and currency of this one. From Jim Carrey to Sister Carrie, Homer Simpson to Homer's Iliad, the wide-ranging entries include 500,000+ synonyms, 3,000+ literary works, 3,000+ films, 20,000+ famous people from all fields, and more than 50,000 fill-in-the-blank...