The Million Word Crossword Dictionary

The Million Word Crossword Dictionary
by Stanley Newman, Daniel Stark

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Author: Daniel Stark, Stanley Newman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-01
ISBN: 0060517573
Number of pages: 1280
Publisher: Collins Reference

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Book Review: Best crossword dictionary on the market probably
Summary: 5 Stars

I've used this dictionary ever since I first saw it in 2004. I work NY Times Sunday crosswords exclusively, and can't work them without it. I own Merriam Webster's regular dictionary, its biographical dictionary, its one-volume encyclopedia, and its geographical dictionary, and yet this one volume, the MW Crossword Dictionary, just about takes the place of all of them. I would suggest to its authors only that they work on a TWO million, or THREE million word upgrade. The crossword creators are getting slyer and sneakier, and we need ever bigger dictionaries of this type. One area they could improve is the list of Scottish words. Another is in foreign words and phrases. (Will somebody please come out with a Scottish dictionary? Or a dictionary of rivers and mountains? Sorry, where was I.) Where it is super helpful is with movies, books and authors, and personalities; nowhere else comes close. Also it is a big help with rivers and cities near rivers. I wish it were twice as big as it is, though, simply because it is already so very very good it makes me want more of it. If you buy this book, you will still need your Almanacs, your expensive world atlases, your mythology books, and your Stars and Planets; and you will still need all your foreign dictionaries. And you will need your ability to figure out puns and tricky clues that are deliberately misleading -- no dictionary can solve those. You need your brain for that. But if you have to travel, or if you were on a deserted island with just one book to help you, this book, the MW Crossword Dictionary, is the one you will want along with you. One last word -- buy the hardback. You will wear out the paperback.

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Summary of The Million Word Crossword Dictionary

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 Jim Carrey to Sister Carrie, Homer Simpson to Homer's Iliad, the wide-ranging entries include 500,000+ synonyms, 3,000+ literary works, 5,000+ films, 20,000+ famous people from all fields, and more than 100,000 fill-in-the-blank clues so popular in today's crosswords.

Featuring an introduction by New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz, The Million Word Crossword Dictionary makes every other crossword dictionary obsolete.

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