Collins A to Z of Crosswords by Jonathan Crowther
A unique insight into the cryptic crossword setting world and the secrets of the setters revealed with one of the UKs most respected crossword setters.‘Jonathan Crowther's magisterial book sets out the principles of setting and unmasks our principal setters’ Colin Dexter
Jonathan Crowther was born in Liverpool in 1942, and was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he read classics. He joined Oxford University Press in 1964 and worked for OUP in India, London, and Oxford for 35 years, latterly as an EFL lexicographer, before retiring in 2000.
Jonathan 'discovered' XIMENES, the father of cryptic crosswords, while still at Rugby and became an instant convert. After leaving university he started submitting occasional puzzles to The Listener under the pseudonym Gong, a family nickname, and competed in Ximenes competitions until taking over from him in the Observer after his death in 1971. Azed No. 1 first appeared in the Observer in March 1972.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007229239 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007229232 |
| Title | Collins A to Z of Crosswords |
| Author | Jonathan Crowther |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2006-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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