This guide to crosswords consists of more than 10,000 words specifically designed to help crossword-puzzle and word-game fans. The words are organized into sections by length and, in some cases, plurals of nouns, comparatives and superlatives of adjectives are also included.

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Compiling more than 250,000 crossword solutions including anagrams, proper names, and unusual words, this essential aid to solving crossword puzzles is organized for a variety of uses. Arranged first by word length and then in alphabetical order followed by phrases, the solutions in this reference are taken from hundreds of real crossword clues. Highlighted cue words alert solvers to different types of clues, such as word reversals. Over 1,000 multiword phrases are also included.

This crossword dictionary contains 200,000 entries, including synonyms, anagrams and plays on words listed under 18,000 headwords, arranged alphabetically. What makes the book unique is crossword enthusiast Anne Bradford's 35 years of careful analysis of real crossword clues. This is why Bradford's includes so many obscure words and puns, unlisted in other crossword dictionaries. '…an excellent reference work… this book is wholeheartedly recommended.' - 1 Across

This is a combination of two crossword books, Bloomsbury Crossword Lists and Bloomsbury Crossword Solver. The former is a collection of over 100,000 words listed by word length under 100s of thematic categories - people, places, birds, animals, names of drinks, gemstones, palindromes, homophones, foreign words and phrases and so on. It also contains hints on solving cryptic clues and a selection of the conventions used by setters of crosswords.

More than 100,000 words and phrases are listed alphabetically and by number of letters under a wide variety of category headings, including Presidents of the USA, Greek and Roman Gods, Breeds of Pig and Characters from Opera. Locating the correct word or phrase becomes quick and easy as intersecting solutions provide letters of the unanswered clue.

Anagrams - the re-arranging of letters in a word or phrase to produce another - are frequently used by compilers of crossword puzzles, and many other word puzzles. Now in its second edition, the Bloomsbury Anagram Solvercontains over 200,000 words and phrases, including plural forms of nouns, palindromes, words of sixteen letters and over, backwords, all parts of speech, Christian names and idioms. The anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain, from 'if' and 'dean' to 'coffee-table book' and 'take the rough with the smooth', with the letters set out in alphabetical order. So once the letters of a crossword anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating a word in a dictionary. Together with Bloomsbury's Crossword Solverand Crossword Lists, the Anagram Solverwill prove invaluable to both beginners and experienced crossworders. Dgoo cklu hitw efrtuu cdoorrsssw!* *Good luck with future crosswords!