Books published by publisher Puzzlewright

Take it easy, with this collection of 72 daily-sized themed crosswords. Not every puzzle needs to break your brain—and here are 72 gentle challenges you’ll really fall for! Every crossword has a theme and features common words, phrases, and names. The clues are on the easy side, too, so you can finish each puzzle with confidence. They’re perfect for winding down after a hard day.

An official Mensa puzzle book!Master puzzle maker Trip Payne has come up with another brain-busting collection that will wow youngsters. His Crosswords for Kids has sold nearly 60,000 copies, and his Great Crosswords for Kids is on its way to similar success; these oh-so-clever puzzles should scale the heights of popularity, too. Children will enjoy figuring out such kid-friendly clues as “Last name of the author of Curious George,” “One of Santa's helpers,” and “Sylvester the Cat chased him.” And while they're having a good time filling in the answers, youngsters will also improve their vocabulary, learn interesting facts, and boost their powers of concentration.

Puzzle master Trip Payne is back with more Mensa-quality crosswords for smart young word lovers. His brain-busting collections--including Awesome Crosswords for Kids and Clever Crosswords for Kids have all become bestsellers, and in these puzzles Payne's devoted audience will find the challenges it craves. Each crossword offers plenty of variety, with questions about sports, food, movies, geography, colloquial sayings—anything at all. And to make things even trickier, the same word might recur in different contexts from one puzzle to the next: Bat might be the answer to “flying animal" in one instance and to "baseball club" in another, so watch out! From "Homer Simpson's exclamation” to “The calm center of a hurricane,” these crossword clues offer plenty of intriguing enjoyment.

An Official Mensa Puzzle BookMaster crossword creator Trip Payne has devised ingenious kids’ puzzles for such publications as Scholastic News, Games Junior, and TV Guide. His Crosswords for Kids has sold nearly 60,000 copies, his other titles in the series are selling well, and now he’s back with another children’s challenge. These 40 puzzles, with such age-appropriate clues as “Insect that buzzes,” “Monsters, ___ (animated movie),” “Superman, for example,” and “Pointy building in Seattle: 2 words,” will keep youngsters entertained for hours. At the same time, these crosswords will help improve kids’ concentration and their vocabulary.

These 59 stimulating word searches—many with entertaining themes like "Birdwatching," "Boxing Match," and "Patchwork Quilt"—just don’t follow the rules! Sometimes words change direction, form shapes, or meander to create a continuous path. Letters "go missing"—or extra ones appear that aren't on the list. Other puzzles mix it up with anagrams and rebuses for extra-hard solving. Are you tough enough?

Puzzlers everywhere will enjoy the trendy threads and smart puzzles of Elegant Hangman. Each page features a word or phrase for you to figure out by picking a letter and scratching off the lotto-style silver coating to see if you’re right. Fill in your correct guesses—or add to the hangman if you’re wrong. This hip-looking book is small enough to fit anywhere, so you’ll always be ready to stretch that brain muscle elegantly!

Give your mind a mathematical workout. Test, prod, and stretch your wits to the outer limits. Even if you’re extra clever, you might get stumped, but we guarantee you'll enjoy every minute of it! Sharpen your smarts on a combination of original puzzles, and classic teasers with new twists. Some have surprising answers, but none involve advanced math. Try this one:Many years ago, a farmer had 200 shekels with which to purchase 100 animals. Cows cost 20 shekels apiece, pigs cost 6 shekels apiece, while a sheep could be purchased for a single shekel. Assuming that he had to purchase at least one of each of the three animals, and assuming that he had to use all of his money, how many of each kind of animal did he purchase?

These dot-to-dot puzzles are truly works of art. Conceptis has taken the Dot-to-Dot to exciting new levels! When completed, the 122 puzzles in this book reveal intricate pictures that range from people to animals to landscapes, all perfect for coloring in. These dot-to-dots are not so easy . . . but not too hard either! Solvers will find just the right amount of challenge in this mid-level collection.

Fun grids, hidden messages, and entertaining twists that only a top puzzlemaker like Mark Danna could dream up! You’ll find all that right here, in one of the best word search collections ever. It has amazing variety, with grids that form cool pictures (like a rocket ship) to match the puzzle’s theme and extra challenges to add spice to the solving. Some searches contain rebuses to decode; others make you come up with the word list yourself; and all of them contain a secret message! Once you’ve found all the words, read the uncircled letters from left to right, and top to bottom, to spell out a fascinating fact, riddle response, or interesting observation.