Newsday Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Volume 1

by NEWMAN, STANLEY

• ISBN13: 9780812935912
• ISBN10: 0812935918
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-10-11
• Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games

Summary

We are pleased to bring you a new series of newspaper-branded crossword books from the Long Island paperNewsday, one of the largest newspapers in New York. 50 Sunday-size puzzles edited by Stanley Newman,Newsday's longtime crossword editor Newsdaycrosswords are syndicated worldwide to over 100 daily, Sunday, and Internet newspapers Our series ofNewsday-branded daily puzzles debuts in April 2006 [PuzzleMeter: DifficultyMedium; styleContemporary]

Author Biography

Stanley Newman has created or edited thousands of puzzles and scores of puzzle books and has regularly contributed original puzzles to numerous publications, including the New York Times. He is the crossword editor for the New York newspaper Newsday, whose puzzles are syndicated throughout the United States. He hosts puzzle cruises and lectures at the Smithsonian. His most recent book of original puzzles is the Random House Puzzles & Games title Stanley Newman's American Originals Crosswords (on sale 11/6/05). Stan's 100th book, Stanley Newman's Opus 100 Crosswords, was published in June 2005.

As a puzzle solver, Stan holds the world's record, set in 1996 under Guinness Book conditions, for the fastest completion of a New York Times crossword: 2 minutes, 14 seconds.