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A Display of Lights (9): The Lives and Puzzles of the Telegraph's Six Greatest Cryptic Crossword Setters by Val Gilbert, Telegraph Group Limited (Hardcover, 2008)

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A Display of Lights (9)* is not just a collection of classic puzzles, it is also a history of the crossword itself and a joint biography of six of its most talented practitioners. Far from the closeted intellectuals you might expect, these puzzlers have had extraordinary lives, some tragic, some awe-inspiring; all are fascinating (one was arrested under suspicion of supplying secrets to the Nazis through his clues). Val Gilbert tells the life story of each alongside an explanation of what makes their clues so fiendishly rewarding, and ends each chapter with a selection of the greatest puzzles from across their career. A Display of Lights (9) is two books in one - a great read in its own right, and a collection of some of the greatest crosswords of all time. It's the perfect gift for lovers of cryptic crosswords everywhere. *Answer: Crossword (a 'light' is a word for 'clue' in crossword parlance, so: a display of lights/display of clues/crossword)

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Pan Macmillan
ISBN-13
9780230714465
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Book Title
A Display of Lights (9): The Lives and Puzzles of the Telegraph's Six Greatest Cryptic Crossword Setters
Author
Val Gilbert, Telegraph Group Limited
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Games
Publication Year
2008
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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206mm
Item Width
136mm
Item Weight
341g

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Telegraph Group Limited, Val Gilbert
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United Kingdom

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by romaril17 Mar, 2020
Handy crossword clue source.
Fascinating history of GB crossword compilers and a ggreat selection of cryptic crosswords to solve (answers provided).
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