Simon & Schuster Mega Crossword Puzzle Book #15

I've been doing these crossword puzzles for years. I really enjoy that they are easily separated from the book and I can put a few in my purse for when I get out somewhere with a few spare minutes. They are mind challenging. I actually am working my way through all of them for the third time. Keeps my old brain charging.

Great pass time.

Great crossword puzzle book. This is my 4th in the series. Generally very clever puzzles, many with themes. Many of the clues have either multiple possible answers or double entendre's that make you dig for the right one. The puzzles tend to shy away from answers that would require a crossword puzzle dictionary, a friend with a PhD degree in some esoteric field or Google. After all, if a puzzle requires using any of the three former "help-mates", what would be the point of doing the puzzle in the first place? Nope, these many times require innovative and sometimes out of the box thinking. Yes there are a few clinkers but the vast majority of the 300 puzzles are enjoyable indeed. And if you do them in ink it adds that much more to the flavor. Enjoy!

I love the range of difficulty in working the puzzles in this volume, from moderately difficult to impossibly arcane. Which is why I like the Answer Section at the back of the book. It helps me to learn. Unfortunately, the book I received was lacking the answer page (front and back) for puzzles 37 - 56. It probably was dropped out somewhere along the layout/printing/collating/binding process. Anyway, I need it that page. What can you do for me? Barbara B. Hunt, April 18, 2021

This is the second Mega Crossword Puzzle Book I've purchased. I love the series! It's packed with 300 puzzles, and they're hard enough to be somewhat challenging without being so difficult they're impossible to solve. I'm a little over halfway finished with this one, and I'll be ordering another one when I'm through. If you really enjoy doing crossword puzzles, I think you'll really like this series!

I'm working my way through these books, and always look forward to a new one. They are great for the intermediate crossworder or for when I don't want to think too much. Some are easy, some harder, some just fun. I like that the pages are perforated to tear out so that it is easier to do the puzzles on the left side in the first half, and the puzzles on the right side in the second half. I just wish there were fewer "quote" puzzles.

These puzzles are just the right challenge level for me. They do vary in difficulty, which keeps me on my toes I guess. And, I tear out the pages and put them on a clipboard so they lay flatter. They teat out of the book very well.

Challenging but no too hard. Love the tear out pages.

I've done about 15 of these crossword books. I love the wit of the compilers.

Always challenging, and the perforated pages are the only way to do crosswords - keep them coming!!

Difficult enough to keep us challenged but not impossible.

Always the best

While I normally love these books, and have gone through quite a few over the years, this is the first time I've felt compelled to write a review. This is not a reflection of any of the other mega crossword books. This particular one, however, didn't just slip by editing, it dressed itself in black and belly crawled out of the editor's notice. There are several clues peppered throughout the book which hung me up for hours due to the answer being misspelled, or nonsensical. I found a few where the clue and the answer didn't even make sense because they had absolutely nothing to do with one another. The worst offender is on puzzle number 205, on the 55 down clue. The clue is "Habaneros, for one". The answer is "chilli". The answer that fits into the grid and is listed as correct is the country, Chile. I can understand variations in spelling, but this is not a variation. The country has nothing to do with the hot pepper. For the most part, this crossword book is as fun as any other. There are 300 puzzles to work with, and not all of them throw the solver into unfair chaos due to editing mistakes. The problem is that there are more than I've ever seen in any puzzle book I've ever worked. I've been obsessed with crosswords for easily forty years. Unless you have a sense of humor, maybe try another one of S&S's great mega crossword books.