Ready to tackle the ultimate crossword challenge? Try these cryptic crosswords, which not only test your conventional crossword skills, but also provide other forms of word play as well. The Everything Cryptic Crosswords Book boasts a hundred pencil-nibbling puzzles, in which each clue is a riddle in itself, such as:

• Double definitions: Create vegetables and fruits (PRODUCE)
• Hidden words: Repeat part of the chorus (ECHO)
• Anagrams: Change of heart for our planet (EARTH)

The Everything Cryptic Crosswords Book is your perfect introduction to these mind-bending, addictive puzzles. Whether you're new to the cryptic trend or an experienced fan, you'll be hooked in no time!

Geraint Tucker discovered cryptic crosswords at university in the UK and soon started to make them as well-first for a Web site and later for the student newspaper at Bath University. His cryptic crosswords site (www.gptucker.net/crosswords) has numerous visitors from all over the world.