On 2007-02-10 riprap, Redding, CT USA wrote: I used to be a fan of the Sunday Times traditional and acrostic puzzles and The Times of London cryptic puzzles, but diagramless make those look like a Word Jumble on a kids´ menu! What makes these particularly fun (and addictive) is that they require right brain activity -- working out spacial relationships -- as well as left. Each one is very different from the last, making them to my mind much more interesting than Su Doku (which imho all begin to seem alike after a while). And diagramless puzzles aren´t nearly as difficult as they might seem at first look (and I´d always assumed they were when I was a kid). -- SPOILER ALERT -- It´s not just that the clues and answers are easier; the numbers provide clues, and one can exploit the formal patterns of the grid and shape, just as one can exploit the spelling & grammar patterns of the English (or whichever) language in an acrostic or traditional puzzle. -- END SPOILER ALERT --
This is the ONLY collection I´ve seen that´s composed entirely of diagramless puzzles. Sadly, I´ve never been able to find Volume 1, although perhaps it´s time to try another search.. And summed up by saying Diagramless Rocks!. Currently The New York Times Best Diagramless Crosswords, Volume 2 (NY Times) has an overall rating of 10 over 10.
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Random House Puzzles & Games claimed Diagramless crosswords have appeared every other week in The New York Times for over fifty years. At last, Times Books presents the first series of New York Times diagramless crosswords -- all edited by the legendary Eugene T. Maleska.If you´re a newcomer to diagramless crosswords, they re solved just like regular crosswords, only you have to figure out yourself where the numbers and black squares go.And it´s not nearly as tough as it sounds this book will teach you how to solve them. Stanley Newman, diagramless-puzzle creator for The New York Times and managing director of puzzles and games for Times Books, has written a detailed introduction to teach you everything you need to know.
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