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Been slowly going through the Roger Wolff curated “Cryptic All-Stars,” and it suddenly dawned on me that I’d never mentioned it. I might have mentioned it when it was at the Kickstarter stage, but it’s been out now for a couple months and, well, I’ve been enjoying them. Here’s the short review: Variety cryptics, some done by at least two titans of the game (Henry Hook and Joshua Kosman) and a few by some demi-gods (Mike Selinker and Kevin Wald), published entirely independently = time and money well spent. I’ve done about half of the book now and let me say I was floored by two of them: Mark Gottlieb’s stellar treasure map puzzle and Mark Halpin’s “Missing Pieces.” The latter one reminded me of some Listener puzzles in terms of complexity and erudition, however, unlike most of the Listener puzzles, this one was totally solvable. Definitely a fun book, and cryptic fans should pick one up.
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