Puzzled

David Astle

As a child David Astle's hero was the Riddler. Figuring out brainteasers like 'Where is a man drowned but still not wet?' (quicksand) and 'How many sides has a circle?' (two - the inside and the outside) became an obsession and eventually his life: his cryptic crosswords now appear in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald every week to the delight and frustration of thousands.

In Puzzled Astle offers a helping hand to the perplexed and the infatuated alike taking us on a personal tour into the secret life of words. Beginning with a Master Puzzle he leads us through each of the clues chapter by chapter revealing the secrets of anagrams double meanings manipulations spoonerisms and hybrid clues. More than a how-to manual and more than a memoir Puzzled is a book for word junkies everywhere.

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